35 Phenomenal Fractal Art Pictures
In the realm of digital art, so many wonderful and playful genres exist that stimulate the imagination, but so few do it with the intricate style of fractal art. Fractal art is achieved through the mathematical calculations of fractal objects being visually displayed, with the use of self-similar transforms that are generated and manipulated with different assigned geometric properties to produce multiple variations of the shape in continually reducing patterns. Sounds extremely technical and not that artistic, true, but these equations create some of the most mesmerizing and inspiring artwork to emerge from the digital art arena.
In this edition of our Monday Inspiration series, we look at awe-inspiring examples of the dynamic digital art sensation that is fractal art with 50 Phenomenal Fractal Art Renders. Setting across the vast sea of cyberspace to find these works was such an amazing task as so many fantastic pieces surfaced. Here are scaled-down versions of some of the most breathtaking ones that were uncovered, though the full-sized versions (linked through the image) offer a much more spectacular view of these mathematical masterpieces.
35 Beautiful Fractal Art Pictures
A Colorful Circle
The play of colors is remarkable.
Dot Dot Dot
Created by Lynn ON VACATION (Gracie’s mom).
Ring of fire
Created by Carl Jones.
Experiment 109 – Fractals
Created by Lynn ON VACATION.
I sleep only to dream of you
Created by longan drink.
Water Lilies
These fractal flames were created by Roger Johnston and are an “extension of the iterated function system class of fractals”.
Dec 31 Apophysis 1
Julian Bilateral.
Quantum Fabric
A pure fractal flame by Cory Ench.
Nabdrux
An abstract piece of art by mailart-org.
Squidswirl2b1
A swirly beauty.
Silwenka’s
Gloris
Peter Sdobnov’s
Treasure in 3D
Keith Mackay’s
Butterflies
Peter Sdobnov’s
Cataclysm
Bobrobon’s
The Human Abstract
Eye of the storm
The infinity strikes again.
xNight’s
Chaotic Love
Cygx1’s
The Awakening III – Rebirth
Micheal Faber’s
Counter Spin III
LaPurr’s
Subtle Masking
Subcarrier’s
Tales from the Trip
Chris Martin’s
Gift Box Marble – Festive Spirit
Katryna Wade’s
Phoenix Heart Be Reborn
Chris Martin’s
Strawberry Fields Forever
Dirk Monteny’s
Cubik Olympic
Grinagog’s
Curling Conks
Subcarrier’s
Decay
Silverb’s
The Icon of Hecate
Morgan Chase’s
Cosmic Carnival
Zooreka
UF 109 Project Purple Parasite
AsaLegault’s
Polka Dot Explosion
Last Click
The last click goes out to a spectacular example of artistic will and ingenuity as demonstrated by Ramiro Perez in a stunning work produced with the fractal program that he himself created. His desire to create such phenomenal work is alone inspiration enough, but throw in his incredible artwork, and he’s practically unstoppable.
Resources
- Incendia
The fractal program developed by Ramiro Perez, available free for download - Apophysis
A freeware fractal flame editor for Windows - Freaky Fractals
A collection of fractals in high resolution. - Fractal World Gallery
188 beautiful fractal art pictures, created by Cory Ench. - Fractal Art: Complex and Beautiful Color Inspiration
A showcase of 20 Beautiful Fractal Artworks - Flame Fractals That Take Your Breath Away
Witness the beauty and elegance of mathematics with 50 breathtaking fractals. - Fractal Food
“This is so visually stunning an object that on first encounter it’s hard to imagine you’re looking at a garden vegetable rather than an alien artefact created with molecular nanotechnology.” - Apophysis Resources
- Flickr Fractal Group
- Fractal Tutorials
- Fractal Art
Created and collected by Lynn ON VACATION (Gracie’s mom).
Ethan Ellis
October 17th, 2008 5:16 am:/ bth I dislike fractals but nice collection
vashyoung
October 17th, 2008 5:27 amcool! amazing and incredible!
Nathan
October 17th, 2008 5:31 amWoah dude.
NL Schober
October 17th, 2008 5:41 amIt’s beyond me how anyone could not like fractals.
I think Manas Dichow needs a special mention here;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/manas_dichow/2912067277/
IMHO his fractals on Flickr are leagues above the others.
Alice Kelley is pretty cool too. http://www.fractalus.com/cheshirecat/index.html
NaldzGraphics
October 17th, 2008 5:46 amlooks good. thanks for this
Ronald
Htoo Tay Zar
October 17th, 2008 5:46 amSome fractal make me dizzy. anyway, nice collection, some’re really awesome..
ZeroDown
October 17th, 2008 6:22 amvery very good examples
here are some more in wallpaper screen resolutions
http://www.wallpaperstop.com/desktop-wallpapers/3d-wallpaper/fractal-wallpaper-3d-3748.jpg.html
http://www.wallpaperstop.com/desktop-wallpapers/widescreen-wallpaper/widescreen-3d-wallpaper/speed-1680×1050-wallpaper.jpg.html
Carol Cooper
October 17th, 2008 8:08 amBreathtakingly amazing renders!
Congrats to all the artists @ to Robert for bringing them to our attention! WOW & thanks
Etlund
October 17th, 2008 8:17 amWow, fractals sure look different than when I was a kid! (Remember Fractint on a 486?)
Great pics. Thanks for sharing.
Raman Sharma
October 17th, 2008 8:42 amultimate collection!!
romanovichk
October 17th, 2008 9:00 amsome of these look like the visualizations from winamp, cool nonetheless
Braxton
October 17th, 2008 9:26 amCould you post a fractal tutorial sometime
justin
October 17th, 2008 9:29 amelectricsheep.org
some of these pics are from the generated fractals from this screensaver.
just download the packs install, and stare at your screen for an hour!
Jon
October 17th, 2008 12:27 pmGreat stuff. Very artistic.
segfault
October 17th, 2008 12:30 pmwoah indeed. i like ring of fire the best!
Mark
October 17th, 2008 1:31 pmCool impressive list!
I love to create some generative art too.
dev(Www.iHaCK.ASIA)
October 17th, 2008 7:03 pmMost of them really beautiful, Gonna download some of them and use as wallpaper
http://Www.iHaCK.ASIA
Spindrift
October 18th, 2008 2:12 amwow.
I’ve allways been intrigued by fractals, but many of those are something else.
When people start to make 3d renderings of fractal structures, and apply depth of field to fractal depths, we get some very interesting results.
great stuff!
Tschai
October 18th, 2008 2:20 amSimply dizzy making and amazing.
Use to be busy making them myself with simple code back in the days….
Valery Mishkorez
October 18th, 2008 5:52 amso glamourous!
dollslikeus
October 18th, 2008 5:52 amI love what you do reminds me of finger painting when I was a child.
decent graphics
October 18th, 2008 9:21 amreally Excellent Collection of design
Ignatz Horowitz
October 18th, 2008 10:12 amNothing spectacular about any of these. Quite boring, actually.
Lucas Loyola
October 18th, 2008 11:05 amaa there some fractals amazing on this collection, but other are poor :D
jbcarey
October 18th, 2008 1:14 pmNah…. Fractals…. not my thing!
hanliu
October 18th, 2008 10:05 pmVery cool!
carlos
October 19th, 2008 4:04 amhmmm… I haven´t been taking notice of fractals recently – fractal art has come a long way since the mandelbrot spirals I used to create on my old PowerMac.
ferdranda
October 19th, 2008 6:49 pmnice i really love fractals!! love it!
Andris
October 19th, 2008 10:31 pmQuantum Fabric is awesome. Though I don’t really like fractals.
Joefrey Mahusay
October 19th, 2008 10:57 pmCool fractals, love them all!
jean-marc
October 20th, 2008 12:06 amJ’adore!
Nick
October 20th, 2008 1:00 amSadly, another poorly researched article on fractal art. Amateurish showcase at best for the most part.
Tom
October 20th, 2008 3:20 amYou can play around with the Mandelbrot fractal online with this Flash Mandelbrot Explorer. You can also download the source code too if you want to see how it works.
Rakesh.S
October 20th, 2008 4:44 amI don’t like fractal arts.. thumbs down for this post :-(
MSOnWired
October 20th, 2008 5:41 amI love the “Waterlillies”. Nice use of color.
Tina
October 20th, 2008 8:28 amI love fractal so much!
Cesar
October 21st, 2008 11:49 amMuito bom é pouco trabalho fantastico……………..
Robert Bowen
October 21st, 2008 1:14 pmThanks for the comments and the feedback. Some of these are new to me, and I think show a nice balance of basic to more in-depth renders. It creates a sort of spectrum, if you will, and if you won’t…I’ve got nothing.
Glad you like it, those who do. Sorry, those who don’t. Big shout out to the artists for creating such colorful and inspiring works!
Direct2Brain
October 23rd, 2008 8:43 amThank you Robert for feature my “Alien Sphere” fractal in this great image gallery.
Regards.
Stefano.
graphiconcepts
October 23rd, 2008 12:11 pmFriggin dope, really like the cubic olympic.
ali
October 24th, 2008 4:26 amThank You
very good
Pamela
October 26th, 2008 6:55 pmWell, everyone has their own tastes, but I agree with the comment or rather question “How can someone not like fractals”? They may be manufactured, but the sheer beauty and variety of them can challenge ones’ imagination endlessly. These are stunning.
TERRY FRASER
November 4th, 2008 5:04 pmWill be the art for the future.
Dianne
November 8th, 2008 1:40 pmmost beautiful…..stuning..(smile)
Katryna Wade
January 12th, 2010 2:01 pmStumbled on this about a year after the fact, but I wanted to thank you for including my fractal here. I wondered where all those hits were coming from, I guess now I know! =) Some of my favorite artists are included here, and it’s rather a thrill to see myself alongside them. =D
Bibliothomas
October 19th, 2010 4:32 amWe’ve published a gallery with fractal wallpapers in momoriam to Benoit Mandelbrot http://download.chip.eu/en/Mandelbrot_7916955.html?tab=5
Emlet
December 15th, 2010 9:42 pmArt is imagination transform to image that can be see by others. what ever it call is awesome cause it came in various, special and original. Let us appreciate them. it all cool!!. i love them
Tina
August 24th, 2011 11:46 pmOh….I was researching this for academical reasons and it is quite confusing to me…..because perhaps I am not a native…..
Anyway, it is amazing; like making arts with math!!!
Ross Hilbert
September 30th, 2011 11:05 amFor more fractal images, check out the Fractal Science Kit gallery at: http://www.fractalsciencekit.com/gallery/gallery.htm