Title: Hello :-) Post by: Virtox on November 19, 2009, 09:35:51 AM Hello everyone,
Another fractal enthousiast here ! Thought I'd introduce myself in the proper topic :angel1: I'm a part-time artist and a part-time software developer. with a background in biomedical electrical engineering. As said before I came here on the tidal wave brought on by slashdot ;-) I was quite surprised to see the discovery of the 3d mandelbrot "in the news". Congratulations on that ! I have been tinkering with 3d rendering and fractal code since my first Atari ST (my c64 never seemed up to the task :-P), and for the last few years have been at it every once in a while. For more control I generally develop my own c(++) code. Never had much luck with the "true" 3d mandelbrot (should have found this forum sooner ;-)) I tried several 3d and 4d math functions, which sometimes produce nice results (most of which I have also seen since, here on the forum) For the 3d versions my aim was not really the high detail but more the overall shape. So I could integrate them in 3d scenes, or even print them in 3d : offsite : Hypercomplex Julia Cut (http://www.shapeways.com/model/41945/hc_julia_invert.html) offsite : Hypercomplex Julia Solid (http://www.shapeways.com/model/41578/hypercomplex_julia.html) I tried several 3d mandelbrot algorithms, but the results have not produced useful non-manifold meshes yet. For "rendering" I use a marching cubes algorithm to produce polygonal objects. In the image gallery and here (http://www.fractalforums.com/images-showcase-(rate-my-fractal)/hi-everyone-please-meet-my-doodles/msg8707/#msg8707) I added some other images I created. These are produced by using the buddhabrot rendering technique for a variety of functions. Which to my surprise produced some very elegant images (and videos), if I may say so myself. Well, hope to stick around here, find and provide some inspiration and help where needed ! Regards ! Title: Re: Hello :-) Post by: Nahee_Enterprises on January 03, 2010, 05:43:45 AM Hello everyone, Another fractal enthousiast here ! ....... Never had much luck with the "true" 3d mandelbrot... Greetings, and a belated Welcome to this Forum !! :) Yes, there is much to read and take in here within this Forum. Hope it helps you out in your own endeavors. |