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 (34)
Juliette.Gribnau
one of it's kind !! sublime F
Gammacrucis
Very very nice! beautiful realization ^_^
Fractelaar
Creative wereldbol hele mooie textures
koosievantutte
fantastic image. (the lovely 'animal heads' are clearer in the thumb)
saretta
Unique and so creative design,a classy beauty!!:-)
SSoffia
MAGNIFICEN DESIGN & MOVEMENT :)
miincdesign
Superb colors, and wonderful textures. Love the design, and the flow of this planet. Very nicely done, Ed.
VDH
Creatief en mooi werk!
mansco
This is a real beauty, love it Ç;O)
farmerC
FIJN WERK OM NAAR TE KIJKEN. kLEUREN ZIJN BIJZONDER.
CarolSassy
Wonderful colors 'n' movement! Fantastic work! (:
daffodilbaggins
That's cool! Great color palette, and motion in this!
highcrow
This is so beautiful! Looks like an antique silver candy dish that I own.Lovely art!
mountmous
Very interesting design. Zoom in for the best view on the details. Mooi werk, Ed.
Henny31
Een museum stuk. Awesome!
pickles
superb design love it
carlx
Agree with Juliette!!! Superb work!!!
Electralena
Fantastic work , Ed. Very creative and beautiful!!! Fav
renderix
cool work!
softcris
beauty!
wannes
Uitstekend werk!!!
afugatt
Awesome!
Eleandras
Wow Algra this is really amazing image! +5
bpclarke
Magnificent! I really like the feeling of solidity to this. Excellent work. Bunny
fractalinda
Dynamic and beautiful. Superb!
amota99517
Fantastic work!!! I love the metal feel that this has. Superb render.
clifftoppler
Wonderful shape, and a well seen title. I like the soft colours.
Kartika
Excellent work!
erlandpil
Great picture erland
kansas
Very nice spinning globe. I like the texture.