Do you know? The world is full of patterns and designs. If you have seen one, it leads to others, you can vary them, play with them, ...BIOBorn in December 1, 1963, Germany. Studied mathematics and physics in Heidelberg (lost my heart there :-) I still live not too far from this wonderful town and enjoy visiting it as often as possible.
I started with Fractals in October 1999. It did not take long until I noticed that writing colourings is my true fractal desire :-)
Inspired by Damien M. Jones, Mark Townsend, Edward M. Perry, Samuel Monnier, and others
I began to imitate their style. Being a software developer I finally found my own coding style in UF.
After a while I found some friends in the UF world whom I share my ideas and images and ... with.
They give me the impetus for creating new UF code. They show me what an artist can create with it :-)
And now? Now I look over all my pieces of code and try to reorganize them in a way that allows me
to create code with them more or less automatically :-)
Or I take a sheet of paper (!!!) and a pencil (!!!) and sketch some patterns and designs
and hope to find some time to transfer them into UF code.
But these patterns do not really fit into the fractals. Fractal processes distort them and
disturb the geometry. And thus I changed from making fractals to creating 2D geometric designs.
I still use my fractal program - because it can manage making images from mathematical code.
Who inspires me in the real world:
Paul Klee
Wassilij Kandinskij
Francis Bacon
Good old Single Island Malt (colour, scent, taste, warmth, ...)
Sometimes traffic signs or a new T Shirt design (please don't laugh (at least not too loud))
Water colour paintings
Exqusite Photos (Can you open this link to www.photosig.com?).
Renderosity is a nice place to virtually meet interesting people and begin some nice friendships...
Comments (22)
zzzzra
That's a superb image for your coming back ! I like the unique texture and the 3D effect. Vote of course !
logiloglu
^very impressive design and textures. a most fascinating fractal artwork. i am glad to see you back,Andreas ! #:O) ^^
pickles
Fantastic fractal design love the sphere/orb and the texture is superb wonderful piece of art (v)
fractalchemist
It has a very strange effekt to see the center coming out like this! An interesting image to come back with, dear Andy...Thank you:-)
missie_mandelbrot
For the short time I've been here, I wondered when or if you'd ever upload a new image. I'm so pleased you have. This is definitely an eye-catching image. Wonderful 3D perspective and interlacing embossed design. The orb brings life to the foreground and bends the design to give it a touchable feel. You've even created a shadow layer. The texturing gives it a painted feel too. There's everything to see here that creates an overall interesting image and perfect eye-candy. Thanks for sharing and hope you publish the code from UF2. Looking forward to seeing the preview.
joefraq
Super incredible weaved celtix! The lighting and the finish are spectacular, Andreas.
Pannyhb
I'm with everybody above - welcome back, and your geometric angles and soft sphere are wonderful!
tresamie
Superb! I'm so glad to see you posting again :) I can't wait to get this formula to play with!
soepie17
I saw this often as a boy when I was playing soccer in the backyard while my mother had her carpet hangin' out to dry :D
Rykk
Wow! This is one of the best Celtic(?) images I've seen, Andreas. I especially like the way you set up the gradients to give the links depth. Outstanding stUFf!
kansas
Welcome back, Andreas! An amazing convex sphere. I like the know design. I hope your family is doing well.
eras50
I think I would have known this is yours even if your name weren't there. Fantastic to see you and your beauties back. V
CavalierLady
It is so good to see you back again with your unique style and images, Andreas! You always choose the best colors, and this is no exception. Your design and depth are outstanding, as is your composition. This obviously took a lot of time and work, and it was well worth it. Thanks for sharing it with us. :)
Redshift
Good to see you posting a fractal image again, especially one like this, excellent depth and 3d feel, the shadows are a great find!
mintyfresh
Excellent to see this, Andreas; I've been missing seeing artwork from you, and all the depth, detail and nuance you've put into this make it really eye-catching. Looking forward to seeing more!
KPK
An impressive example of your wonderful creative work!
Fractelaar
Not easy to say somthing what not already is said Keep it short Like the image a lot :-)and special the outside framing
mountmous
Amazing 3D-effect with the orb in the middle. Wonderful work, Andreas.
wolfbear
Good to see you back here!!!!
Harmen
awesome Celtic fractal-frame Andreas @};-
Fogge
Amazing image.. =)
VDH
Original and creative work! Well done!!