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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
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