Swirl Central

These fractals take a while to render but I'm enjoying creating them. Today's Gratitude Item: Requests from the Auckland Libraries are now free. That means not having to pay $1.00…

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Inside the Machine

This one was only possible thanks to generous assistance from Ross Hilbert, the creator of Fractal Science Kit. Once he told me the variations he used to create some of…

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A Ceremony

I'm not sure what the ceremony is for, but it must be important. Today's Gratitude Item: Reasonably cheap lime juice. With the recent increase in GST, some items have become…

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Heavenly Madness

This one reminded me of the inner workings of a clock (or the outer workings of the Universe) Today's Gratitude Item: Not having to do a PE (Physical Education) relief!…

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Orion’s Belt

Named after the constellation because this particular piece is rather sparkly. Today's Gratitude Item: My colleague over in hard technology helped me to punch some holes in cardboard for the…

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Figure Orbit

This one's a bit different but I like it. Today's Gratitude Item: Vaseline (aka petroleum jelly). I've got the traditional change of season cold and having vaseline on my nose…

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Iron(ic) Spring

This one had to be beaten into co-operation. It took a surprisingly long time to get a background that looked acceptable. When I originally saw the quotation, it made me…

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Nest Egg

Finally got Incendia to cooperate! The original image rendered for about 21 and a half hours. I rendered at the maximum size with double AA turned on and then shrunk…

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Frozen Music

This one is another Incendia creation. Like last time, it did not finish rendering (I stopped it after about 5 hours). Today's Gratitude Item: That my 7th graders did a…

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Spiral Flower

After days of coaxing, I finally managed to get Fractal Science Kit to produce an image worth rendering. I sense that, like Apophysis, this program is capable of making really…

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