A Good Place To Hide by locomouse

Fractal • Collage • posted on Sep 07, 2004

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Every element of this image was created from a single random APO flame consisting of only two transforms. When it first loaded in Apophysis, I immediately thought it showed Ultra Fractal nuances... right down to some orbit traps! Because there are only two transforms, one needs to be very delicate on the mouse movements when manipulating the triangles... but there are soooo many kewl things to be found in this unscripted flame and I wanted to share it with you guys (cuz you're the best!!). The parameter file can be snagged from my site here.

The first thing I did was to activate transform #1 in the editor window (the yellow triangle) and change the Polar variation from 0.05 to 0. Then I clicked on the Color tab for that same triangle and moved the slider all the way to the right. This makes for a silvery-blue flame. Then, if you grab the yellow triangle and begin to move it s l o w l y south, you'll find all kinds of wild faces with eyeballs... both hollow and with pupils. Halloween is just around the corner... and there are some really wild masks to be found in this flame. You'll also discover flowers, spirals and complicated flames like the background for this image. The flame that sits behind and below the cat is one iteration with no postwork at all. I started with that one and then went back in to find all the bits to create the cat. The most difficult part was uncovering the fairly plain circle for his eyes... but eventually I found it. ;) I used etomchek's "carpenter" gradient on all six iterations to produce this image.

I hope some of you will find the download of use... and, as always, I am forever in your debt for your gracious comments and votes on my previous endeavors. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart!! :) ~Helen~

Comments (46)

invidiosa

9:02PM | Tue, 07 September 2004

You have such an interesting eye, to find so many different effects to combine. Wow

PixelRic

9:26PM | Tue, 07 September 2004

OMIGOSH! The usual adjectives seem inadequate here. I am astounded.:o!

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Snow_Angel

9:46PM | Tue, 07 September 2004

This is brilliant and fasinating Helen! I wouldn't of believed this except seeing it with my own eyes,lol! Really great flame and thanks for the param file! V :)

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redbeard

9:48PM | Tue, 07 September 2004

Now I'm going to try and figure out how you do these amazing works! I am really speechless....

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CavalierLady

9:51PM | Tue, 07 September 2004

Ok, I think I'm giving up apo now and tossing all my parameters in file 13!! :)...sheesh, there's no way I could come up with something like this, but I'd sure like to have a look at the file, thanks so much for your generosity!! And this is drop dead gorgeous, so kooooooooool, and you are one talented lady, Helen! Congratulations, this is fabulous!!!

fractalinda

10:05PM | Tue, 07 September 2004

An incredibly creative and well-crafted piece of artwork, Helen. Exquisite flame sculpting. The lines are so fine and flow with elegance. The illumination is superb, and the golden color, perfect. A fascinating view and an outstanding piece of flame work. Bravo!

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maud

11:33PM | Tue, 07 September 2004

A very stunning flame! I like this one a lot!Absolutely perfect!! v :)

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alberto673

1:52AM | Wed, 08 September 2004

Incredible!!! vote ;O)

JennieM_PNT

1:55AM | Wed, 08 September 2004

blownaway.exe My hat goes off to you for this excellent collage. Well done!

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lahavana

3:12AM | Wed, 08 September 2004

It is a true art to come up with such an awesome image - very beautiful and delicate

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Fractelaar

5:29AM | Wed, 08 September 2004

Fabulois Apo artwork Cool all this fragile lines and the catty is so cute Congrats super job

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macelene

5:42AM | Wed, 08 September 2004

Oh this is cool... I would have never imagined this was one flame. You must be an expert, cause I can only get normal looking flames from Apo :)

midnightblue

6:57AM | Wed, 08 September 2004

Wow Helen! That's astounding! I absolutely adore the golden kitty cat. Excellent work! Thank you so much for sharing this with us and the parameter file too!

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kansas

8:59AM | Wed, 08 September 2004

Most amazing flame image!!! Very beautifully done. You certainly have lots of patience and are extremely skilled with this program. A real artist, in my book. Huge congratulations. Huge compliments.

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RNGOERNER

9:13AM | Wed, 08 September 2004

Your unique creativity really shines through in this marvelous and graceful image. The design is elegant and beautiful; thanks for sharing this with us! VOTE

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joefraq

9:57AM | Wed, 08 September 2004

Simply amazing!

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Richardphotos

10:09AM | Wed, 08 September 2004

fascinating image and quite cute. thanks for sharing the file.--vote

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miwi

11:31AM | Wed, 08 September 2004

I just love it, klasse !!!!!!!!!

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saldegal

12:38PM | Wed, 08 September 2004

LOLOL .... hhehe, excellent image!

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KITCHAOS

12:44PM | Wed, 08 September 2004

simply fantastic Helen! thanks for sharing your file and tek notes!

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Deloulark

2:31PM | Wed, 08 September 2004

Wow, I'm such a sucker for all things 'cat' I absolutely love this image.

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classyladytwo

3:35PM | Wed, 08 September 2004

wow I'm with Deloulark a sucker for cats this is absolute awesome art work Helen wow what an outstanding beautiful piece of art work and thanks for the parameters and explaination much appreiciated

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