HAPPY NEW YEAR!

FRACALACEOUS FIREWORKS

The fireworks begin over Sydney Harbor at 9 pm. Fractals in action. What a great show.

FRACTAL MOUNTAIN DREAMING

My mountain home is like a giant head dreaming into the sky. A random flame I couldn't resist montaged over the cutout silhouette in PSCS2.

Happy New Year everybody, may good dreams fuel your fractal visions.

Happy New Year

Happy 2008 everyone! Here's hoping you all have an amazing year.

Here in Auckland, New Zealand, its 37 minutes before the New Year comes in.

Christmas Eve - Fractal Irony

If the festive season has not yet reached as far as your desktop, its not too late! This image is ironic for two reasons, first I don't celebrate Christmas and second, its the middle of summer over here in New Zealand.

Here's wishing all of you out there a great Christmas - wherever you are.

Despite the time stamp, its Christmas Eve over here in New Zealand. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.

Season Greetings !

Pearl

Happy Christmas and best New Year wishes.

Already things on the up here in Oz with good news via media as our new government brings in long-awaited reforms and drought breaking rains brings smiles all round.

Tizzy Bling

I celebrate here with two of my Apophysis fractal composite creations, manipulated in Photoshop. Pretty things in the Christmas bauble genre.

They reinforce Dzeni's posit that more use be made of fractals in composits. I agree. I often make them. Go here for many examples.

I think there are many fractalists who feel one must create "pure" art, leaving Photoshop & GIMP etc out of the final image. I can understand that and strive for a final result just using Apophysis as much as I can. But every now and again an image begs to be improved, perhaps with a gradation background or as a composite, as my two baubles illustrate. Art is art, and how it is achieved is the artist's prerogative. I feel no restrictions in that!

However I think I will always first try to create something that works using Apophysis alone. It hones my skills.

Best wishes to you all.

Anu.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays

I just wanted to wish everyone a great holiday and new year

Disc Worlde

The image below is a mix of Apophysis, Illustrator and imagination. Its dedicated to all those Terry Pratchett fans out there.

It would be really exciting to see more fractal artists "play" with their graphics and use them in creative / novel ways, rather than simply presenting them as fractals. Often it feels as if there is untapped potential in our images and as artists we should try and make the most of what we create.



Needless to say, not all images should be post processed or reworked - perhaps a good rule of thumb in this case would be "Don't Kill the Magic".

Homage to Escher

The following images are part of my series Homage to M.C.Escher.
He would have been amazed at the fractal generating programs like Apophysis.
You can see more here and here.

Sufi

Bamboo Dreaming

Enjoy!

Yes, I know what you mean about some people who are unable to connect with fractal art. I have a good friend, she's an art director in the film industry, she is an image researcher for publishing houses and she comes from a family of artists & architects. She says fractal art all looks the same. I must say I was very surprised.

So I said some people say that white people all look the same, or that orientals all look the same, or black people all look the same......and so on....it's a matter of exposure to the subject matter. I also think it has a lot to do with personal taste and brain configuration.

I love the mathematics of fractals myself. The endless diversity I find every time I start creating with Apophysis. Fractal art has brought a new level of happiness into my life.

I am so pleased to be able to share it and enjoy appreciating the works of others.

Especially the work of contributors on this site.