Fractals & Graphic Art

Fractals of many types including: Flame Fractals with Apophysis; Mandelbrot; Newton; Julia; and Quaternion. Fractals are an art form that inspires many of mathematical genre. From an educational point Fractal images start with mathematical formulas. A fractal program enables the artist to use visual representations of the image the formulas will calculate, and to manipulate them until they are pleasing to the artist. Then the artist saves a small program that the computer will use to render the final image. Some folks think that computers produce fractals. Computers do what they are told to do by the artist. The artist designs the image and is solely responsible for how it appears- a lot more than meets the eye.