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More Digital Mayhem

2006-01-22T21:16:00.000-08:00

Another batch post. No sigs this time, just renderin' and postin'.

Render settings: 1024x768, 1000q, 0.4fr, 2os

(except for GIGER, that's an older one of which I can't remember the render settings)

GIGER

CORAL WREATH

DAISIES

MOTHMAN

VEINS

Back from my holidaze.

2006-01-13T16:46:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year! Now that my brain is ridding itself of the holiday sediment, I figure it's time to catchup on some posts. Here are 4 new ones.

Render settings: 1024x768, 1000q, 0.4fr, 2os

WAVES

SWIRLING SQUARES

SHRIMP

HYPERSTAR

Magic Puff

2005-12-18T01:24:00.000-08:00

Lot of variations in this three transform image. One is pure swirl, the second is 95% spherical with a little horseshoe thrown in and the last is an equal mix of hyperbolic and bent. The gradient is green, orange, white.

Hades

2005-12-17T03:21:00.000-08:00

I think this one has an evil look about it. It's a four transform image, using only the linear variation. The color gradient is highly varied, with thin strips of deep blue, purple and red.

Four Flying Dragons

2005-12-15T00:28:00.000-08:00

This is a three transform sinusoidal/julia variation. The color gradient has a lot of vibrant green and red which reminded me of some Chinese art. Can you see the dragons?

Ornamental

2005-12-12T03:22:00.000-08:00

I used the same method to create this one as I did the one below named 'Tornado'. The only difference is that I changed the gradient and it came out with holiday spirit. And of course I changed the look of it as well. These last couple are very busy and have a lot going on...I guess I was in that sort of mood.

Render settings: 1024x768, 1000q, 0.4fr, 2os

Tornado

2005-12-12T02:57:00.000-08:00

On this one I used the Popcorn variation with Forced Symmetry set to Dihedral,4. I ran my modified Sierpinski script on it and then ran the Spiralize script on it. I toyed with the triangles and animated it until I got this. I added a gradient from one of my digital camera pics. It's somewhat chaotic and dark, but I like the straight lines and the subtle color differences.

Render settings: 1024x768, 2000q, 0.4fr, 2os

Flock

2005-12-10T02:43:00.000-08:00

This image uses two transforms, both partially linear and partially sinusoidal. The color gradient is from a Matisse painting.

Render: 1024x768, 1000q, .4fr, 3os
These are my normal settings unless otherwise noted.

Plan 9 From Outer Space

2005-12-09T21:11:00.000-08:00

This is another three transform fractal, but all three use the horseshoe variation. The color gradient was generated at random and I think it came out awesome.

Render: 1600x1200, 1000q, .4fr, 3os

Nebula

2005-12-08T02:58:00.000-08:00

This is an unedited three transform image, one each of linear, waves and spherical. It reminds me of some of the images that come off the Hubble.

Render: 1024x768, 450q, 0.4fr, 3os

Flapping Doggy Doors

2005-12-08T01:48:00.000-08:00

This one I created much like the ones below. I used Linear,Spherical,Diamond,Julia,Waves, and Popcorn variations and Rotational forced symmetry of 5. I applied a slightly modified Sierpinski script to the fractal that I liked best out of the generated group and used one of my own pictures for the gradient.

Render settings: 1024x768, 2000q, 0.4fr, 2os

Parachuting Mushrooms with Fall Leaves

2005-12-08T00:28:00.000-08:00

I included 2 this time because I made them the same way. This time, I checked all the vars and set the Forced Symmetry to 'bilateral'. Generated a batch and then I applied the Sierpinski script to the fracs with gradients that I liked. I modified the triangles until I came up with something that I liked. These are the result. I used the palette of some of my own pictures to get the gradients for these.

Render Settings:

Parachuting Mushrooms: 1024x768, 450q, 0.4fr, 2 os
Fall Leaves: 1024x768, 2000q, 0.4fr, 2 os

Saint Angel

2005-12-07T02:42:00.000-08:00

Two fractals, generated randomly using horseshoe, polar and ex. I spent some time with the colors, then merged them in Photoshop. I used a layer mask to accentuate the light parts at the top.

I was listening to Marsen Jules when I made this one.

Milky Totems

2005-12-05T03:08:00.000-08:00

This is a minimal fractal with dim colors. I set one variation setting to 'ex'. I then changed the forced symmetry option to 'bilateral'. Picked a good one out of the randomly generated batch and poked around until I came up with this.

Render settings: 1024x768, 450q, 0.4fr, 2os

Spirograph of Blood

2005-12-03T02:11:00.000-08:00

The key with this one was the Forced Symmetry option. I set it to dihedral 5, ran a random batch and sifted through the output for a nice one. Then added the white background and tweaked the color to blood red.

Render settings: 1024x768, 450q, 0.4fr, 2os

Dolphin Brains

2005-12-02T03:16:00.000-08:00

It's kinda hard to explain exactly how I got here, but I was trying to reproduce something I did before but didn't save. Started out with three variations checked: Linear, Spherical, and Waves. Generated the random batch and looked for one with only three triangles and one reference triangle. I used the following script to mutate the fractal in the preview window until I saw something cool:

Flame.SampleDensity := 5;
while not Stopped do
begin
RotateReference(1.6);
Preview;
end;

I used the editor to move triangles around and change their axis points. Ran the script. Modified triangles again. Ran the script. Repeated the process many times. Eventually I came up with this. I bumped up the brightness a bit and changed the gradient. Also put it in photoshop to add a signature...just because. Rendered it at 1024x768 at 450 quality, .4 FR, 2 oversample.

Electric Cobweb Vortex

2005-12-02T01:46:00.000-08:00

Nothing special, just started with a random setup and ran the spiralize script. Then I spent about 10 minutes tweaking the color gradient to produce a cool blue. This flame and my newfound Apophysis hobby were inspired by the genius of beefpepsi.