Christmas Chaos – Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/xmaskaos How to create fractal looking imagery using a few Christmas bulbs and a camera.
Scientists studying fractal recognition
Researchers are hoping to discover why certain types of fractal images can actually sooth the viewer. The Register-Guard wrote this interesting article about the different types of studies being done across multiple professions in an attempt to understand how the brain processes fractal imagery.
Fractal Zoom Animations
Eric Bigas has posted a collection of 18 cool fractal animations online for those who are interested. Mesmerizing and fun, these animations show only a portion of the depths of infinity. More Animated Fractals: The Ultimate Fractal Video Project Jock Cooper's Fractal Animations www.fractalmovies.com “If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it truly is,
$69M Condo Project Lands Construction Loan
http://www.globest.com/news/791_791/portland/150998-1.html The exterior design for the proposed 937 Condominiums is based on fractal geometry, which is to say the smaller component parts are designed to look like reduced-size versions of the whole.
Fractal Origami
These fractal origami models were folded and photographed by Michał Kosmulski. Above, an image of the Sierpinski Tetrahedron. You can see many more examples of balls, polyhedra, intersecting planes and the like at the Modular Origami homepage.
3D Fractals
Weeee! Have fun playing with these 3D fractals. The Curlicue Fractal, and the Moving Fractal Tree are Java applets that let the user move the fractal around.
A Mandelbrot the Size of the Known Universe
I was asked to speak to an Art Appreciation class at Oakland College last Wednesday about fractal art and I talked about how you could keep zooming in to a fractal for an infinity and the patterns would never be the same, even if it were the size of the universe. This animation shows that theory in practice, by diving
Orbit Trap: Caricature
Is it a fractal of a caricature or a caricature of a fractal? Either way, I love it.
Cross Stitch Fractals
Yes, it's true, fractal cross stitch patterns do exist! Some are being sold here at Nordic Needle along with other artistic cross stitch patterns like the Mona Lisa and Starry Night.
Mathematical Pumpkins
Check out this Sierpinski Triangle carved into a pumpkin. Awesomeness!
SuperFractals
Michael Barnsley, a researcher and entrepreneur in fractal compression, has written the successor to Fractals Everywhere. The first edition of the book SuperFractals was published last month. The following is a quote from the editorial review on Amazon “Superfractals is the long-awaited successor to Fractals Everywhere, in which the power and beauty of Iterated Function Systems were introduced and applied
3D Fractal Rendering Project
Don Casteel won a First Prize award of $5,000 from the Sun Grid Cool Apps Developer Contest for his 3D Fractal Rendering project. The application assists in the creation, rendering, and animation of IFS fractals in full 3D as volumetric density fields. It was insipred by Apophysis and ElectricSheep, written in 100% pure Java – J3D, developed in NetBeans with
Royal Crustacean – fractal art quilt
I love this fractal quilt by Rose Rushbrooke
Fractal Terrains in Bryce 2
http://www.digitalproducer.com/pages/fractal_terrains_in_bryce_2.htm An easy to follow guide on how to create 3D terrains in Bryce using fractal bitmaps.
The Fractal Art of Steve Lareau
Steve Lareau of Hilltop Design is a fellow fractal artist who recently shared some of his interesting and strange fractal flames with me. He's a friendly guy with a great online gallery, but what I'd really like you all to see is this animated flame fractal, with music Steve created from random samples. The 13 minute video shows an animated