Special Snowflakes

merrak · **Posted:** Thu Jun 13, 2013 11:16 am **(#1)**

I've been seeing a lot of fractal art lately, so I felt like dusting off my software and making some of my own.

Slightly bigger version

ek22 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 13, 2013 11:40 am **(#2)**

Oh that turned out really pretty.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 14730 **Location:** USA

Looks like glass flowers. Very nice!

AnMal · **Posted:** Thu Jun 13, 2013 12:15 pm **(#4)**

merrak:

this is a knockout! i like fractal art and i love snow, so of course fractal snowflakes would be a hit with me, but quite apart from that it's a very beautiful picture.

Erisian · **Posted:** Fri Jun 14, 2013 7:40 am **(#5)**

STUNNING!!! What software do you use Merrak?

The Warrior · **Joined:** Jun 02, 2013 **Posts:** 2075

That's exceptional. Well done.

Oregonian · **Posted:** Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:34 am **(#7)**

Very very pretty. So delicate looking. Two of those spokes would make great dragonfly wings.

K1TesseraEna · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2012 **Posts:** 2089 **Location:** US

That is a wonderful render, merrak!
I've tried Apo a few days ago and no matter what I did the results were quite disappointing.
I have no prev experience with fractal programs and I'm no mathematician by any means.
So maybe [holding breath, stammering] the professor of mathematics from NC will be so
kind to share his magic?

P.S. How did you achieve DOF effect? I can't remember this functionality in Apo.

Thanks.

merrak · **Posted:** Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:37 pm **(#9)**

Thanks for the comments; glad so many people liked it :mrgreen:

Although, I wonder if flower petals would've been a more appropriate name...

Erisian wrote:

:hi5

STUNNING!!! What software do you use Merrak?

I used Apophysis 2.09, which I think is the latest version.

K1TesseraEna wrote:

That is a wonderful render, merrak!
I've tried Apo a few days ago and no matter what I did the results were quite disappointing.
I have no prev experience with fractal programs and I'm no mathematician by any means.
So maybe [holding breath, stammering] the professor of mathematics from NC will be so
kind to share his magic?

P.S. How did you achieve DOF effect? I can't remember this functionality in Apo.

Thanks.

I think the blur transform helped create the DOF, since it blurred the outer edges, but not the center.

Other than just an appreciation for what is going on, I don't think knowing any of the math really helps in using the software. There's nothing the math could tell you that you couldn't learn just by experimenting with the software... and that's what I did. I just played around until I got something that looked interesting.

It's all in how much patience you have, and observing patterns.

For instance, today I figured out how to create a linear blur by making a linear transform (i.e. the default new transform) and shifting it.