Unnecessary Art

The question is, which bits of this image are "unnecessary". Today's Gratitude Item: Most of my students have handed in their permission forms for an upcoming field trip. Its been…

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Dragon Moon

Named because it looks like a full moon and the pattern is the result of the Mobius Dragon variation in Fractal Science Kit. Today's Gratitude Item: Networking opportunities. It turns…

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Tropical Trouble

As in, when a cyclone comes near a beach in the tropics, the results are often messy. Today's Gratitude Item: Someone "out there" saw my work on flickr and was…

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Corn Rise

As is so often the case, this one took a very long time to render. Happily the resulting image did not disappoint. Today's Gratitude Item: A caffeine high. I was…

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Tiled Corn

This one involved a lot of post processing. I took the "Cornrise" image and created a pattern with it. Then the pattern was tiled and finally the wallpaper was created.…

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Swirl Central

These fractals take a while to render but I'm enjoying creating them. Today's Gratitude Item: Requests from the Auckland Libraries are now free. That means not having to pay $1.00…

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Light Thief

The name was inspired by the quotation. This image was made using Fractal Science Kit, the background and quotation were added with PSP. Today's Gratitude Item: Fitting in a trip…

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Rainless Celebration

Created with Fractal Science Kit. This one took a bit of "tweaking" but the effort was worth it. Today's Gratitude Item: I had a small mountain of little things that…

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Inside the Machine

This one was only possible thanks to generous assistance from Ross Hilbert, the creator of Fractal Science Kit. Once he told me the variations he used to create some of…

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Night Web

Named because it rendered over night taking a massive twelve and a half hours. For the amount of time it took, I was hoping for something more impressive. Today's Gratitude…

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