Fractal Art 1 - jwildfire

I like fractal art. Ever since Mandlebrot, the French mathematician, produced those amazing fractals from the Mandlebrot set I've been hooked. The fact that you can generate such complexity from relatively simple maths provides endless scope for computer generated fractal art.

One such fractal art generator is jwildfire by Andreas Maschke . The program is free and you can download it from the above link. It is good fun and a great time waster! You can generate your own fractal 'flames', as they are called, or you can let the program generate random flames for you. You then select one that looks promising and let the program mutate it to give a screenful of variations. By selecting your preferred mutation you can 'evolve' your creation in the direction you want. The hard part is knowing when to stop! There are loads more features to improve your artwork and the variations are endless.

Since I last used the program many new features have been added such as 3d and being able to save your creation as a 3d mesh file which can be rendered in other graphics programs like Lightwave.

Below are some of my own creations.