Hi mouse48,

A very good free fractal program is Fractal Explorer. Here is a link where you can download it. 

http://www.eclectasy.com/Fractal-Explorer/

There is also a users group which has a mailing list and tutorials which will help you get started. Here is the link for it:   http://www.fractalfairy.com/~feusers/links.html

Mary

I would be interested.  :)

Thank you everyone for all the congratulations. 

Congrats to all the folks who had their images selected! 

Special thanks to Linda and Panny for the awesome job they do bringing fractal art to the public eye. You ladies are super!   :thumbupboth:        Mary

Cool!! I checked them out online and those kites are awesome! Here is the link: http://www.orientaltrading.com/otcweb/application?namespace=browse&origin=categoryDisplay.jsp&event=link.itemDetails&sku=26/1488&mode=Browsing&catDestinationJSP=/browse/categoryForward.jsp?categoryId=342875

Congrats Vivian!

Thank you everyone! And Congrats to hikesouth and Nadita! Wonderful contest! :)

Congratualations on your new position! You will be missed here in the forum, but I know you must really be excited about your promotion. :) Best of luck! Mary Thornton

There are several formula writers who subscribe to the UF list and I am sure they would be happy to help you. I would be happy to play with this formula and make images. I have tried to paste what you posted into an empty formula file, but it doesn't work in UF, or maybe I am doing something wrong. :( Mary

How wonderful for you, Arned! That must have been such a joyful event for you! :) Mary

Last year, Keith gave basically the same advice: Look at what the publisher likes and try to render a fractal that meets those requirements. I took this advice to heart and studied all the the art on the calendars from previous years. Still, I was shocked to see that one of my fractals made the calendar since I have only been making fractals for a little over a year and I still stuggle with coloring and compositon. I am not a trained artist. I am eternally grateful to Linda and Panny. If it weren't for them, we would not have this calendar to get fractals out there for folks to view, enjoy, and hopefully purchase. Since this calendar sells out each year, there seems to be a market for fractal art presented this way.... hint, hint. Like Keith, I would love to see fractal art become part of mainstream art. This calendar is one way to get it there. I submitted my fractals partly for the money, but mostly to help promote fractal art. I would love to see more fractal art in art shows and possibly even a gallery in the near future. If y'all remember, a while back, Janet Parke had some of her fractal art published on the covers of a series of mathematics workbooks that students all over the country will be using. I think that is great! Mary