Ed Algra, born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1930, now living near Rotterdam. My education was a technical one, I came by accident to artistry, although I always had much interest in art, photography and music.Â
I’m a retired chemical engineer, worked at a research institute on mechanical properties of plastics and composite materials. I heard of fractals for the first time in the late eighties, and then read the well known books of Prof. Hans Lauwerier and other authors on this subject. At that time I also attended a Fractal symposium at the Technical University Delft, where Benoît Mandelbrot and some other prominent authors revealed the secrets of this new mathematical world. The pictures they showed made an overwhelming impression. Years after that, after my retirement and the connection to the web in 2005, I discovered what had happened in the meantime, the birth of a new kind of art, based on fractal concepts. Then it became a creative hobby for me. Both the mathematical and the artistic side of it have my interest.  Especially Ultra Fractal offers the possibility to write your own fractal math codes, and I love it to do so. I started Renderosity uploading on instigation of Arend Nijdam, aka “Fractelaar†in September 2005.
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Comments (28)
erlandpil
Very beautifult erland
Juliette.Gribnau
Leuk, dit diepte effect in een simpele mandelbrot... anne... 3d wordt in mijn opinie vaak zwaar overschat, alhoewel het soms heel mooi kan zijn
carlx
Very beautiful Mandelbrot with 3D mood!!! Splendid work and design!!!
CarolSassy
Oh yeah! It is a sweet one! Looks perfect for your avatar! Excellent work! (:
SSoffia
BEAUTIFUL FRACTAL ,LOVE COLORS :)
Fractelaar
Heel mooi basic design Great lighting 3d effect
farmerC
Mooi werk. Kleuren lijken wel geglazuurd.
VDH
Mooi basisdesign Ed!
mansco
A very nice work, Ed. Mandy is so special ;O)
Henny31
super Mandy design, ready to jump out of there. I can see all the designs possible when you zoom into this..
annie5
Very beautiful Mandelbrot with 3D effect! nice colors too..love your avatar :)
Electralena
Oh, yes awesome looking Mandy. Definetely they deserve to be exposed in all there beauty. Excellent presentation, Ed!!! Great avatar 2!!!
amota99517
Fantastic!!!
Sylvia
Truly ~Lovely & Magical~ I feel as if I could touch it :-} FANTASTIC!! ^5^
bpclarke
Simple, yet gorgeous! Love the solidity of the design. Bunny
Dindin
Heel mooi Ed .Ik hou van Mandys in alle vormen en ik vind dat 3D effect heel goed .Dit zou ik graag als een hangertje hebben .
daali
....I love 3D :-)))
three_grrr
I have NEVER seen Miss Mandy look so vibrant and healthy! She must be extatic living in your fractal world! She makes a lovely avatar, too!
jccj56
Awesome Image!!
afugatt
You bring out the beauty in Mandy!
Eleandras
Lovely image!!!
highcrow
Simplicity at its finest! Very Zen! Excellent!!
miincdesign
Love it!! Nice colors and great 3D feel. Great job, and I love the story about Basie and Basic. Great job!!
fractalinda
Beautiful brot!
daffodilbaggins
Very nicely done, Ed!
saretta
Vibrant and wonderful,love 3D!!!!:-)
Lipa
I like the 3D-ness you accomplished here. The shine, the shadow, the colour. It makes a strong avatar, too, but I think it lacks your individuality. FractalForum has a simiar Mandy avatar, and although not nearly as beautiful and 3D as yours, the mandelbrot shape speaks "Generic" first and foremost. Your work is far more individual and not well represented by this avatar. In other words, when I see this, I have to read your name to see who you are. When I saw your previous avatar, I knew it was you immediately. Maybe it will grow on you (and me) in time.
LBJ2
Fractals is a feast for the eye. They are all pretty in different ways. So it's really hard to rate them with stars from 1-5 Im not a math genoius :) BUT.. Of what i remember its a formula that repeat itself through a LOT of iterations. I had a couple of Fractal programs for my Amiga 500 back in the late 80s and early 90s. I had great fun with them I remember the classic formula use in this render(or what it's called) +5