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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 11, 2010 - 02:54pm PT
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Or should it be Genetics Art Appreciation?
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Jan 11, 2010 - 03:03pm PT
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The Stairway to Heaven!
Are you bored again, Simon?
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 11, 2010 - 03:50pm PT
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There should be a prize at the top. Or something else symbolic like a trap door.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Jan 11, 2010 - 03:52pm PT
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This must be MC Escher's hometown of Leeuwarden.
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Dick Erb
climber
June Lake, CA
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Jan 11, 2010 - 08:57pm PT
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Above photos taken inside the Institute for Theoretical Physics building at UCSB.
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pyrosis
Trad climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Jan 11, 2010 - 10:49pm PT
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just a couple bits of old Mandelbrot, two of my favorites that I created using Ultra Fractal
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Jan 12, 2010 - 04:29pm PT
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Magnitude of F(x,y)=exp(20*sin(x*y))
using a simple program I wrote in Microsoft Basic.
I call it "the Vail of Spirits." Not a fractal program.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 12, 2010 - 11:16pm PT
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A couple of my own, also using a fractal generator...
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Scared Silly
Trad climber
UT
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Jan 13, 2010 - 01:05am PT
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My avatar is a reaction diffusion pattern
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L
climber
H2O..what is this H2O thing of which you speak?
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Jan 13, 2010 - 07:32pm PT
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These fractals are fantastic, you guyz. Post more please!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 13, 2010 - 08:07pm PT
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A couple more fractal generations...
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Austin, Texas
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Jan 13, 2010 - 09:10pm PT
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I like the fractal with Skulls!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 13, 2010 - 09:46pm PT
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Thanx! I've actually got a bunch of these...
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Jan 13, 2010 - 09:59pm PT
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Let’s see more…
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 13, 2010 - 10:26pm PT
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A lot of the rest I either incorporated into or used as backgrounds for some of my Sci-Fi weirdness manipulations...If you want to see some of those I'll post them but don't want to hog this thread...
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Jan 13, 2010 - 11:01pm PT
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That’s pretty wild, Watusi. In addition to a “fractal program”, do you use something like Photoshop for the manipulations, etc.? Seems like anyone is free to post here and you’ve got some cool stuff… Why not post more?
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BASE104
climber
An Oil Field
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Jan 13, 2010 - 11:18pm PT
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I don't think you can pull skulls out of fractals. So, yeah, it is PS.
I would prefer it if he had shopped in a bunch of titties.
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TripL7
Trad climber
san diego
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Jan 13, 2010 - 11:45pm PT
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"Are you bored again Simon?"
You should get bored more often Simon...it's inspiring!
Realy cool everybody.
Watusi, you have some realy beautiful art there...hope to see more!
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2010 - 12:21am PT
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My graduate work was in Dynamical Systems so I did a bunch of work with Chaos Theory and fractal generators, etc. One of my professors (and a friend) was Dr Rudy Rucker who was an interesting mathematician, sci-fi writer and mathematical conceptualist. It all came from WAY too much acid!
Anyone read any of his books?
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TripL7
Trad climber
san diego
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Jan 14, 2010 - 12:50am PT
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"It all came from WAY to much acid!"
I vaguely remember one of my best friends using that theory to explain to the security guards, why I was splayed out on the cement in the middle of a shopping mall one very crowded Saturday afternoon...admiring the beauty of a flower box full of Pansy's and muttering Wow...WOW!(BITD of course).
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 14, 2010 - 01:55am PT
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Yeah Minerals my Fractal Generator is in the KPT plug-in package for Photoshop. I'm currently running CS3. You can do titties as well folks if you are so inclined...Here's a piece that has some fractal geometry used in the photo-manipulation.
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Jan 14, 2010 - 02:16am PT
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Is that a purple platypus below the melting clock or am I having a flashback?
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jan 14, 2010 - 02:24am PT
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Maybe someone who actually knows what they're talking about with math, physics and surfing could explain this one and its significance:
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 14, 2010 - 02:26am PT
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I do have to say that some of my work has been inspired by illicit chemicals I might have ingested at some point in my life...
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howlostami
Trad climber
Southern Tier, NY
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Jan 14, 2010 - 08:47am PT
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healyj,
your top picture is of a Lie group:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie_group
I only recognized it and no little of the math behind it, maybe other people around here can fill it the details. The E8 variation came up a few years ago as a possible form of the Universal Field Theory, as postulated by an unemplyoed surfer phyicist, I think there was a thread about that some time ago. They are pretty, and it would be cool if the universe was a nice closed form like that.
EDIT: Ah, I just reread your post, and you already know what I posted, my bad.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jan 14, 2010 - 02:07pm PT
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No problem - I know of it, but know nothing about it. Was hoping one of our Illuminati could explain it to us in caveman terms.
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L
climber
H2O..what is this H2O thing of which you speak?
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Jan 14, 2010 - 02:14pm PT
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Watusi,
I've always been a huge fan of your cyber-art. Please post more.
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TripL7
Trad climber
san diego
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Jan 14, 2010 - 03:49pm PT
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Timid T!
Incredible amount of detail and focus...tedious work. Definitely a masterpiece! Thanks for sharing your brothers work.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 14, 2010 - 04:38pm PT
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Yeah I have to agree, that work is very inspired! Really fantastic, thanx for the share Timid TR!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 14, 2010 - 07:39pm PT
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I also would like to thank you folks for the praise...If you ever see something that really gets your attention from all my stuff e-mail me and I'll send you a print...You can also view a larger body of my work at: http://mikepaul1.deviantart.com When you check my gallery choose browse as opposed to featured, I've yet to get back in there to re-organize my gallery...I'll do it tomorrow...Also you have to register to view any with adult content "Base104?" I think 2 of my 171 pieces there are blocked to normal viewing, but really only R rated...Peace!
edit:I found this one of mine as well that is from a part of the Mandelbrot set and kind of looks like taffy that has mutated...
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jan 15, 2010 - 05:31am PT
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Bump for Watusi's great art and for Ed or one of the other wizards to explain E8.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 15, 2010 - 02:34pm PT
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Cheers Healyje!
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Jan 15, 2010 - 06:07pm PT
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Here's another one that is not a fractal. Can't recall the function I used, but I'd like to see others that are function-based but not the popular fractal designs.
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Gobee
Trad climber
Los Angeles
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Jan 15, 2010 - 06:38pm PT
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 15, 2010 - 07:26pm PT
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That last piece by Escher would be cool reworked as climbers on cracks/faces.
Maybe...
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 15, 2010 - 10:03pm PT
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Awesome! Escher was one of my all-time favs!!
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Jan 16, 2010 - 12:51pm PT
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Nice, Watusi. I really like the last one you posted: Organism. Checked out the website and saved a few of your pieces. Thanks! 171 pieces? I only saw 2 pages…
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 16, 2010 - 04:45pm PT
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Yeah minerals if you saw my previous post, when you go to my gallery it takes you to my featured pieces (that aren't really the featured anymore...It's a little confusing...I have to organize them again!)you actually have to click: browse on the next page, and it'll take you to all the rest. Glad you like my stuff though:) That last piece I did the other night, and to me looks kind or organic...Here's a link straight to browse gallery...Cheers, MP. :http://mikepaul1.deviantart.com/gallery/#_browse
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bmacd
Trad climber
British Columbia
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Jan 16, 2010 - 04:51pm PT
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Cool stuff Watusi !
I have an autographed copy of Mandlebrots "(Mis)Behaviour of Markets : A Fractal View of Risk, Ruin and Reward"
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 17, 2010 - 06:59pm PT
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Just finished this one, still don't know what to make of it...
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 25, 2010 - 10:00pm PT
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Thought I'd "resurrect" this thread with with one of my latest geometric generations...
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 26, 2010 - 04:14am PT
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I'm just trying to see if I can get some of my old buds to check some of my squirrely art out...
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enjoimx
Big Wall climber
SLO Cal
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Jan 29, 2010 - 09:09am PT
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Very cool art submissions, watusi! Very interesting thread topic.
I HAVE to tell you guys about Andrew Jones (aka Phadroid) who I had the pleasure of seeing perform his art live this new years eve. He does a form of live fractal rendering that involves a dancer that interacts with the fluxing artwork. Very hard to describe, but absolutely beautiful and ive never seen anything like it before.
He stands at a computer, apparently rendering live pixel transformations, while a dancer behind some silkscreen propogates the movement of the fractals. Thats the best I can describe it.
Here are some images, but you HAVE to see the video to understand what I cant explain very well.
P.S. his "non-moving" computer artwork is unbelievable as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbBHaRJ4wfI
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Jan 29, 2010 - 10:24am PT
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 29, 2010 - 07:32pm PT
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Enjoimx, what an awesome show that must have been! Will google now and see if I can't find any more video of this...
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cintune
climber
the Moon and Antarctica
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Jan 31, 2010 - 12:30am PT
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"It is worthy of remark that not only do fragments of such rock as limestone often present the characteristic forms of the cliffs from which they have been broken, but that morsels of mica slate will represent, in a wonderful manner, the identical shape of the peaks of which they have formed part." - Ed. Whymper
"That which has been described as a wall is such only in its grand effect. In detail it is a series of structures separated by a ramification of canyons. . . . each wall of the canyon is a composite structure, a wall composed of many walls, but never a repetition" - J. Wesley Powell
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 31, 2010 - 03:22am PT
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Another one I just made...Started with Fractal Generator, Fraxplorer, then added some components with Frax 4D, then blew the whole thing apart with Hyper-Tiling function...Must of been having a moment...
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 31, 2010 - 07:27pm PT
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This one just looked all spiny and venomous...
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Very evocative stuff there , Watusi.
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enjoimx
Big Wall climber
SLO Cal
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Watusi, the fractal life form starting at 1:13 is pretty amazing!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Cheers to all! I produce a lot of what would be perceived as "normal" photographic or artistic pieces, but was quite inspired by this thread and the literally infinitesimal possibilities provided by fractal art! I'd like to thank all of you for the kind reactions to my work, and want to add that even though I was known for my climbing related past there is a part of me, and as I've seen here many in the Supertopo community, that have an artistic side as well... Yeah enjoimx, the piece on fractal life forms was particularly evocative, (the music was nice also...)
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Enjoi...
funny- I have a similar tree as my screen saver.
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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cool stuff watusi!!!
if'n you ever get a chance
check out this artists work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDrvfhf_lWA
helaman ferguson.
he sculpts crazy math shapes
from stone, some weighing
thousands of pounds.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Yeah, way cool D-know!!
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L
climber
Round-n-round-n...I forget...what was I saying?
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Mike,
That piece you labeled "Venom" is fascinating. When I first looked at it, all I saw was a bunch of cool hearts flowing together. I couldn't figure out why you named it what you did.
Then I looked at the negative spaces...the inside of the hearts, or the spaces where they came together, and it did look like extended viper fangs.
What a metaphor for life.
Brilliant work! All of it--truly brilliant.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Thanx much L! You've always been so kind when commenting on my stuff! If you ever see something that you really like let me know and I'll send you an 11"X14" framed print.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Must of had a bad dream last night...
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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YEAH!!!
Killer! >:) >
(“Inferno”…?)
EDIT: I don’t speak Spinach, so yes… “Inferno!!!”…
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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This one is a bit more peaceful...
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L
climber
Round-n-round-n...I forget...what was I saying?
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Hypebole!
I've always loved that one.
Check your email--I've sent particulars to you.
And Muy thanks, Mike!
Edit: That purple thingy you just posted---Wow! I love it!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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L I checked my e-mail but nothing yet...Did you get a return notice? I'll keep looking...:)
edit: got it!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Bumpin' with this newest one...
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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enjoimx
Big Wall climber
SLO Cal
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How long do these pieces typically take you Watusi? They are beautiful no doubt.
Do you sell any of your artwork? Ever think of incorporating pictures of cliffs into your art?
Rob
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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The time depends enjoimx, but yes I do sell them, have some in some local galleries. I can take climbing related content and process through the Hyper-tiling funtion...(Hey...there's an idea...) Am in the process of getting one of these to our very own "L"...
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L
climber
A field of poppies...lovely, lovely poppies...
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"Vibal" is Vibalicious, Mike!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Thank you "L" you are too kind! I actually called it "Viral" ('cause to me it kind of looked like a virus...) But the font I used, "Abaddon" made the "R" look like a "B" but I'm not so much worried about the name, just that someone liked it! Check your e-mail soon, I had a little hitch with my large format printer, but will explain...Nothing too serious I hope...Peace, MP.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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I called this one 'Jewels"...
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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"Crown of Thorns"
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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There's Fractals in everything people...
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Mmmm... Fractal Green Cauliflower. Cook a bunch, for me...
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Yeah kind of trippy when it's magnified eh?
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 7, 2010 - 03:55pm PT
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Watusi,
Every time I would fly into Silicon Valley and see those colorful drainage/settling deltas near Redwood City I would get all warm and fuzzy. Chaos and fractal geometry is SOOOOOOOOOOOO COOOOOOOOOOOOOOl!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Thanx IHP, most folks aren't aware that a simple mathematical equation helps to document this phenomena...http://iotic.com/mbs/ "Z->Z2+C"
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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"Wave of Mutilation"
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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"Genome"
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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Feb 10, 2010 - 04:27pm PT
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WOW!!!!!
you keep outdoing
yerself watusi!!!!
those last 2 are doozies!!!!
thanks for sharing.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 10, 2010 - 04:36pm PT
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Cool! Thanx D-Know, I got an update for Fraxplorer...
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 11, 2010 - 12:00am PT
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 11, 2010 - 01:32am PT
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I started putting some of my stuff here because of the thread title, but it is by no means the limit of my art...If you wish to, you can see some of what I do as well here... http://mikepaul1.deviantart.com Peace...
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 11, 2010 - 01:53am PT
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Yeah BVB and I have been climbing together since we were in our early teens, being both from SD...
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 11, 2010 - 02:00am PT
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Too bad this is what I look like now, nearly 35 years later...
"Gearing" up to meet up with BVB at the "Woodson Shindig..." Peace Wes, you'll do well in your class...Obviously you got da passion...(Plus that's probably my favorite Stones tune, also Monkey Man...)
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 12, 2010 - 09:12pm PT
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"Morphon" (my latest...)
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 13, 2010 - 06:44am PT
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Super site BES1'st! Just love Escher! Gonna have to get a T-Shirt of the Hand drawing the hand etc!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 14, 2010 - 04:19am PT
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Just a bump to get this to where some of my pals with short attention spans...(Can't get 2 or 3 pages deep,) will see this before it fades into obscurity...You can view here at: http://mikepaul1.deviantart.com
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 14, 2010 - 03:02pm PT
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Bes1'st, what your name? I probably know you...Hard to tell with some of the supertopo usernames!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 14, 2010 - 07:08pm PT
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Yeah I did but didn't remember ya...Peace, Michael Paul...
edit: Cool site Timid TR!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 15, 2010 - 12:16am PT
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Well that's probably the reason...Had so many groups up there though over the years it would be a hard one to narrow down.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 15, 2010 - 03:25pm PT
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My latest I call..."Creamy..."
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 15, 2010 - 03:53pm PT
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I'll try to see if I can find it...Cheers!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 15, 2010 - 11:32pm PT
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Another new one: "Hynotica"
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 16, 2010 - 11:49pm PT
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Nice Wes! No that hadn't been posted and is awesome! BES1'st I know I've met you but the years have addled me...Yes "Sir" John Gill had made some brilliant Fractal Posts earlier in this thread...Just have to roll back a few pages past all my shite...Peace, MP.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 17, 2010 - 04:36am PT
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Bumpin' this so my pal Illusiondweller can see what I've been working on...you might have to scroll back a few pages to get more of it...
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 18, 2010 - 08:22pm PT
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"The Midas Touch"
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 19, 2010 - 03:32am PT
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Yeah sorry BES1'st...Wish I could make the Shindig, promises to be quite the event! If you need I'm sure others will be coming from your neck of the woods. Maybe start a carpool thread?
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Feb 21, 2010 - 07:22pm PT
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There are several "math art" type graphics in this section of my website. Only one of these is a "fractal" (meaning pattern replications at all scales), and it is what's called a "dendrite".
There are all sorts of ways to conjure up interesting graphics using various properties of mathematical functions. Fractals, however, have captured the popular imagination.
Graphics using Visual Basic
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Feb 23, 2010 - 10:14pm PT
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My only (very limited) knowledge of Visual Basic concerns mathematical calculations (like continued fractions) and graphical representations of them. That's probably about 1/100th of a typical VB book.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 23, 2010 - 11:16pm PT
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It's good to see that some life got breathed back into this thread...I thought it was going down for sure! I've got more to come but have been installing my exposition at Oregon State...(Yeah haven't forgotten you L, I just have to move it once it runs it's course at OSU, to UofO for the second half before I can cut loose with any of the prints...)
edit: BES1'st...Don't remember ever memtioning Cream...But have always loved their music...<3
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Feb 23, 2010 - 11:40pm PT
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Oh...You mean "Creamy"...Which I named because it looked kind of like the creamy candy I was eating...
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L
climber
Just surfin' the tsunami of life...
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Feb 24, 2010 - 01:39pm PT
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No worries, Mike. Bidness comes first!
(Just keep tossing out tasty tidbits like "The Midas Touch" and you'll keep all us fractal junkies blissed out fer ever. ;-))
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Watusi
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I thought I'd try to resurrect this thread with one I call "Resurrection"...
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Watusi
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Cool link BES1'st!
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