Finally got around to making a new piece.
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/2...sionfw7.th.jpg
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Finally got around to making a new piece.
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/2...sionfw7.th.jpg
That's awesome, Exo. :clap:
I still haven't gotten used to apophysis enough to make stuff like that. -_-
Nah me neither, I'm just making random stuff. I still don't understand at all, what those triangles mean :P
That picture there is awesoem though! Great work :)
Two more additions. Actually, one more, just with 2 different colour sets. These are both based off the Julian variation I have a few posts up.
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4...an43of7.th.jpg
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5...an45ne6.th.jpg
How do you make that?!
Its called the Julian variation. Long story short, fractals are repeating patterns. Julian is a variation of those patterns.
For example, a simple Linear fractal was Serpinski's Gasket. Serpinski was a mathematician that came up with one of the first fractals. Start with a simple right triangle. This is the first step- it is also called the first iteration triangle. Iteration, by the way, means to go step by step. Imagine that you photocopied this triangle. This photocopier is a very special photocopier. Instead of making a single copy, it shrinks the triangle and makes three copies of them, positioned inside the original triangle. So what happens if you run these three triangles back through the copy machine? It splits each triangle into three additional triangles.
Step by step, it'll do something like this.
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/2...sketem3.th.png
This part depends on what version you have. I have the 2.07 Beta. Can get the latest here). Anyway, to do it in Apophysis, open up Apophysis. Click on the options button. Click on the Random tab. Set the number of transforms to a minimum of three and a maximum of three.
Then Click on the variations tab. Click clear all, and then check linear. Close the options window.
In the main window, go to file, and click Random batch.
Chose a random fractal. All of this sets up the transform editor so that you will be working with the right number of transforms. Of course, you can manually add and remove transforms in the Transform Editor, but for the sake of teaching, this is much easier.
Now, to actually make the Gasket. Open the transform editor. You will see four triangles. One of them is stationary. It is the base triangle. It would be the first iteration triangle. It does not move. The other three, you can click on and move. These are the second iteration triangles. We call these triangles transforms. Select the first transform, and click on the transform tab. Change the weight to .5, and do the same for the 2nd and 3rd transforms.
Now, Arrange the transforms inside the base triangle in the same way the second iteration triangles are arranged in the first iteration triangle. Get that? In other words, put the transform in the base triangle identical to the second step in that picture I put.
If you select each triangle, you can go to the Transform Tab in the Transform Editor and put the values in manually, which may be easier for the sake of understanding.
Triangle 1:
X= 0.5 , 0
Y= 0 , 0.5
O= 0 , 0
Triangle 2:
X= 1 , 0
Y= 0.5 , 0.5
O= 0.5 , 0
Triangle 3:
X= 0.5 , 0.5
Y= 0 , 1
O= 0 , 0.5
(The values might be a bit skewed though :S )
Now, I don't know if that helped at all. But its a little step I hope. With different variations and different values (IE. This was a pure Linear fractal, you can change certain values, such as the Julian, Power, Bubble etc. for different effects. That however will require the transforms in different positions to get the desired look)
The two I just posted, believe it or not, only used 4 transforms.
That amazing, that looked great, but how can I utilize it, to make incredible stuff like you do? I still don't see how :(
To be honest I learnt through trial and error, I just tried to figure out what would do what where. Using that I just tried to find patterns in certain things. It took a while, cause as you can see my first pieces were random mess. Interesting, but still a mess. Once I toyed with values and such a bit, rotation, positioning, things started to take shape. Everything is key, size, length/width, the values, angle, weight, location, and especially colour.
Colour is where things get really complex. I still don't entirely understand colour so I'm not even going to try explaining it. :?
Okay, I'm rendering a pretty cool piece on my laptop right now. Isn't there some way to make the program utilize both CPUs? It could potentially use 4 GHz, but right now it only uses 1 core, which is 2 GHz :/
I see your point though. It's just a question of learning the very basics, and then try on and on, to make cool stuff :)
Nevermind, I found it. It's not using the entirety of both cores, but instead of 50% on one core, it's 25% on each core. This way it goes WAY faster $_$
Looks like i have a new wallpaper :)
I really like these. It's like a static version of winamp Milkdrop. Keep it up, it's great!
Those are all so cool!
I had apophys for a day or so and made some random shapes, but I couldn't really figure anything out and gave up on it because I'm a quitter. :P
Seriously, though, good job.
Thanks for the feedback everyone! :D
4 New Entries for ya! :D
(For 2-4, I came up with a base fractal that wasn't very interesting. I toyed with it a bit and came up with 3, much more interesting, but entirely different, variations.)
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Fusion 2.0
The original Fusion I am very proud of, I used it as a base and came up with this interesting variation.
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/8...on20bq4.th.jpg
Tunnel
Simple yet elegant. Somehow I can't help but think of the Death Star from Star Wars when looking at this.
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/2...nnelur5.th.jpg
Rift
Tunnel in a Blender? :P
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3460/riftlq7.th.jpg
Rift 2.0
And this is what happens when you divide by zero...
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/8...ft20gi9.th.jpg
Dude, I just don't get how you do that stuff :O
Poison
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7...isonfh3.th.jpg
Nameless (Seriously, help me think of a name for this one. I'm drawing a blank)
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2...ty20ej4.th.jpg
Nameless (Alt. Colours)
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8...rityim4.th.jpg
Oh man i cant believe how good you are at there, iv been playing with it for a few days and cant get nething anywhere near that good, turely insane :D
Got a couple of questions. Are you getting the equations for these from anywhere? Do you have the mathematical background to logically plot these out or are you truly just making it up as you go along as you say? How does the symmetry function in apophysis work exactly? I've tried using it but I must be doing something wrong because it doesn't seem to have any effect at all. Also, are you altering your pictures in photoshop at all, or are they rendering in the program like that? I haven't found any of the color schemes to be as controllable and bright as you have them.
I don't use equations, thats much too complex for me. Rather I use the positioning of the transformations(Triangles) and look of the patterns they form to create these works. While working with different transformation size, angles, shape and positioning, along with certain values, the patterns they create are what is used to create the works. I know very few people who actually use fractal equations.
Symmetry can be complex, again its all relative to the positioning and values of the triangles. Even then you're likely never get something perfectly symmetrical, even if it looks it.
I'm not using Photoshop at all no. I've thought about it, but I'm not quite to that level yet.
Finally, for colours, it all depends on the weight of each transformation, the "symmetry" option on each transformation, the gradient and then a slider under the colour's section of each transformation in Apophysis. Its a whole other discussion on its own. I'll post more on that later when I've got a bit more time.
Exo, your work is amazing! Have you ever thought about doing some tutorials?
Thanks Elis!
I could try to do some tutorials, though there are many out there better than anything I could write.
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