July 4, 1997: Diamond Beehives | July 3 | July 5 | 1997 | FOTD Home |
Fractal
visionaries:
After yesterday's fiasco, where I attached the wrong formula to my
letter, I feel obliged to post one of my more unusual fractals
today. So here it is -- a study in fractal textures.
If there is one single thing that computer generated art all too often
lacks, it is a natural appearing texture. This unnatural
smoothness is frequently the only thing that reveals the computerized
origin. In some cases, such as with those all-too-familiar
ray-traced metallic spheres, this smoothness is desirable, and indeed
better than an artist could achieve with traditional tools.
But
often it gives an appearance of artificiality. IMO, the
skillful
handling of texture is one sign of computer artists' mastery of their
profession.
Today's fractal is loaded with texture -- in fact it's nothing more
than one big study in textures. If anything, it has too much
texture. Almost all of it is bof60 inside fill, which colors
the
inside according to which iteration comes closest to the
origin.
It's one of those immediately striking pictures that catch the eye at
once, but lack depth.
Many of my fractals lack depth, however. I'm so busy trying
out
new formula ideas that I rarely delve very deeply into any of my
images. Today's image is posted to a.b.p.f. and
a.f.p. As
for tomorrow's fractal -- it will be interesting.
Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com
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frm:JulibrotInvZ {; Jim Muth
; Draws oblique slices of order n inverse Julibrot Figure
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z=(-z)^p1+c,
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