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Ultrafractal 4.03 - Apophysis 2 beta 13 (really!)
"Due to the inherently fractal nature of all creation, the arrangement of available galactic hyperspatial connector points is of course somewhat chaotic as well. And in order to get around, one inevitably must travel in a convoluted Ikenaga/Henon-like path to get from say, the hypermandel slipgate nexus in the busy, dog-eat-dog New York giga-urboplex to the softly singing, crystalline waves and a nice cool sierpinski-colada on the voronoi-plaz beaches of Lyapunov IX. Which, unless one is part of the uber-class of not so idle rich like the scions of the heirs of the inventor of the Ultrafractal 4.4208 hyperspace flightpath generator, F. Slijkerman VIII, could neccessitate overnight stays in some fairly hellish and definitely unsexy locations like the Cosmo-tel 6 here on a minor moon of Arrakeen IV.......we'll leave the light on. Hah! What's in YOUR wallet?" ;-)
LOL - I think half the fun of these things is figuring out their names and making up stories to sort of set the tone for them. Still playing with the "3d Spheres" ucl in mtz.ucl. (anyone know who "mtz" is? I'd sure like to give them a BIG thankyou) Edit: Panny just told me it's Mihai (whatta cool name - "me high" lol) Cuziac - THANKS, MAN! This one sets a personal record for layers - 184 - for me and has taken me about a week and a half to complete.
A BIG thankyou to Damien Jones for his awesome "Deluxe Clipping" mapping that made the Platonic Solids tetrahedron "light" much easier to make "transparent" and probably saved me 12 regular scissors/clips and 6 layers and was MUCH easier to use. The weird tree thing is a modification of part of a shape originally found by Bryan Smith(smithgiant), a really visionary and ahead-of-his-time fractallist from a number of years back that I've always revered.
I reckon the "big planet on the horizon" bit is a pretty common - almost cliche'(?) - ploy that is seen in a lot of Terragen/Bryce/Vue space scenes but I've always wanted to give it a whirl using UF.
Thanks for stopping by for a look and encouragement - watch out for micro-meteorites on your way to the ice machine. Uh, sorry, the one in the lobby is on the fritz but the one out by the liquid carbon lake is working just fine. :-)
Rick
***(Fine art giclee' prints of most of my work are available in limited edition on archival paper or canvas - e-mail: drahcir3@hotmail.com and get busy filling that empty spot on the wall!*** :-)
Comments (42)
CorneliaYoder
LOL The story is almost as good as the picture! Nice :)
algra
Very impressive and the story is great fun! I guess that with 184 layers you will be a serious candidate for the Guinness Book of Records!
cymbidium
Such an imaginative image - I love it!! Great use of fractals, and the colours are spot on - this composition must have taken an awful lot of thought, and patience with 184 layers, lol!! An instant fav!! Oh and I also like the story almost as much as the pic!!
soffy
impressive and very very beautiful,excellent piece of art work**** :)Have a wonderful weekend :)
docsanz
Fabulous world you've created here. My personal favourite part - the Mandy in the Moon!
CarolSassy
Excellent story. Excellent image! (:
kansas
I have to agree that your story is about as thrilling as your fractal creation!!!
XoxoTree
Super very cerative writing and image. :)
gateman45
textures based on Ferlins noise functions with fractals...
tresamie
mtz is Mihai Cuziac, according to the UF Database page. This is lovely! I do love that tree shape and you did a marvelous job on the 'big planet'. The real stunner in this one is the lamp! Amazing. :)
Fahrenheit451
You should be writing sci-fi novels my friend!Spectacular work all the way around! ;>D
DennisReed
Awesome Fractal Art Rick! Bravo!
Redshift
Fantastic image, Rick!
renderix
wow!
twiggypeasticks
.........................well in simple terms a great piece of fractal art Rick :O)
bpclarke
What a superb treat for the eyes. I love the mandelbrot galaxy especially. This is outstanding fractal work. Bunny
Pannyhb
What a lot of work, and it's paid off again! Love the comets and the tetrahedron light - it's all a gas. Thanks for bringing up Smithgiant - for those who haven't been to his gallery it's a must. And may I say, this is exactly how it looks from Zuton.
DreamersWish
A most wonderful creation and story! And thank you for letting us know what can be done with UF!
Sekadhar
Beautiful - superb work!
Kid_Fisto
WHOA! sweet job! the mandelbrot in the upper corner is super cool.
grind
Mind blowing! Fantastic creation.
psion005
Very nice creation m8 :)
melevos
excellent work!!!!
kierab
Very cool creation, well done!!!
Xantipa
Wow, intresting creations. excellent.
miwi
Excellent story,beautiful image;love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
voske
beautiful and excellent composition!!!Fantastic work!!!
joefraq
No can do a UF 3D fantasy world like you, Rick! Marvelous comp. Lots to see.
tyllo
Fantastico!!!
Burpee
And all of this in one atom! I got lost when you talked about 'hypermandel slipgate nexus' but the rest made sense, lol. Always excellent visionary images. PS-they use the planets because they look so cool ;)