Fantastic Fractals

Spiritual and Mystical

astepabove — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:37:39 +0000

As I continue my exploration with fractal imagining, I am finding myself creating mystical/spiritual images.

Goddess Expanding

Ceremonial Mask

Signs of Life

Emergence

Chinese Birth Signs

astepabove — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:14:02 +0000

Year of the Dog

Year of the Snake

Year of the Hare

Year of the Horse

Year of the Boar

Year of the Tiger

Year of the Rat

Year of the Ram

Year of the Monkey

Year of the Rooster

Year of the Dragon

Year of the Ox

Photoshop and Fractals

astepabove — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:33:59 +0000

The next logical step in this fractal journey of mine is to combine images and fractals. Sometimes I use the fractal as the background, sometimes the image is the background.

Floral Swirls

Koi Pond

Night Dreaming

Okay; It’s official; I’m addicted.

astepabove — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:42:44 +0000

The more I experiment with the possibilities of this medium, the more excited I get. Here are some more of my layering pieces.

Planet of My Making

Fireworks

Visions in Turquoise

Playing with Layers II

astepabove — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:43:40 +0000

Part II of my experimentation with layers in Ultra Fractal.

Touch of Blue

Spiral Footprints

Loops and Circles

Playing with Layers

astepabove — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:57:51 +0000

As I started getting more comfortable with using the program, I decided to use the layers palette to experiment. Here are some of the pieces I produced playing with layers.

Swirls and Lace

Galaxy Expanding

Ribbons

Designs are still pretty simplistic, but intriguing. Stayed tuned as I experiment more!

Discovering the Wonderful World of Fractals

astepabove — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:56:57 +0000

Fractals are an important part of the mathematical world. I am not a mathematician; I am an artist. Thank goodness I don’t have to understand the math to be able to create some really remarkable fractals using Ultra Fractal.

Within a few days of using the program, I got so much better at it that I deleted the first fractals I created. I’m sure as I mature in the art, I won’t like some of the ones I’m posting here, but it is a wonderful medium that I want to share.

Although this one is fairly easy to make using layers, it is one of my better first fractals.

Lilac Spiral

I liked this one so much that I played with the colors and produced this variation.

Green Spiral