Intricate Variation

Keith was kind enough to allow me to contribute to this blog, so here goes.

One of the most powerful things about fractal software is that it allows the artist to create varied and interesting images that are still related. In this way, digital artists, can develop their own, often recognizable style.

Here's an example. A few months back, many of us over at the Fracfan Forum were experimenting with, and creating "disc / cog" fractals.



They're intricate and reasonably attractive, but after a while they all start to look very similar.

However, by playing with the variations offered in Apophysis, its possible to come up with images that are quite interesting.

With a bit of effort, imagination and *some* post processing, it was possible to create:

A Wall (or two)



A Shell



A Pretzel



and

A "Clock Flower"



It will be interesting to see what other images in this style can be coaxed from the program in the coming months, especially given the new "3D Hack".

All the images in the post are available as desktop wallpaper, just click on them to get to the associated flickr page and choose the original version option at the top of the screen. These images will be posted over at my personal blog in due course.