g’day, all… hoping it is for all, anyway…
today’s fractal offerings are again of my own creation… these were all made from the same fractal software: Fractal Explorer… the best thing about Fractal Explorer is that it is FREEWARE and OPEN SOURCE… next best could be any of many reasons… there are lots and lots of fractals already in FE and way lots of ways that one can manipulate/change/create very original and pretty cool myriads more fractals… then, there is also a a place where you can download public domain fractal files (known as parameters, or in FE, Spot files), palettes and so much more… careful, though… it is highly addictive…
so, without further ado… tadaaaaa… SACRED ROYAL TOTEM
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Fractal Explorer
What are fractals?
Fractal is a term which was coined by Benoît Mandelbrot. It refers to a certain group of shapes and objects. But how to define fractals?
Fractals are natural or artificial structures wich offer a high level of scale invariance or self-similarity.
Scale invariance relating to fractals means that the scale is not important for the result. Structures which are scale invariant can be observed from different distances but the object always looks the same.
Self similarity means that parts of the object are self similar (they contain parts of themself). Self similar structures contain parts which are similar to themselves. It is even possible that the whole sturcutre can be found within the object (i.e. Mandelbrot Set).
Because of these two attributes very complex structures can be reduced to simple rules when they are recognized as fractals.
Examples for natural fractales are:
Examples for artificial fractals are:
After understanding the beauty of fractals you will always try to find fractal structures in your environment. And you will find them. Fractals are more than just a mathematical theory to describe certain things. Fractals are the answer to so many different questions.
above text is from: http://www.fractal-explorer.com/whatarefractals.html
Further reading:
By the way:
In 1997 Arthur Clarke made a recommendable documentary about fractals called “Fractals: The Colors of Infinity”:
this is part 1 of 6 of the Arthur C. Clarke documentary which can be seen in full (about an hour) here… I’ll post each of the six you tube parts of this over the next 5 (more) Fridays, in case you want your documentaries in small doses…
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BuddhaKat 
Your fractals are beautiful. My person is tempted to download the software, but she says she doesn’t have the time to get addicted to anything else.
that’s why I added the warning, Bongo… teehee… if your person does take the plunge, I’d sure like to see what comes of it… 😉 thanks a bunch for your comment!!! 🙂