Title: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: KRAFTWERK on November 12, 2011, 01:42:51 PM The 17:th of November is a special date that we should celebrate
http://www.fractalforums.com/3d-fractal-generation/true-3d-mandlebrot-type-fractal/msg4109/#msg4109 I was thinking if everyone could do a render of the original and only Mandelbulb (Sin or Cos version) and submit to the gallery on that day. No need for any prizes and stuff, just to honor Daniel & co. What do you say? :beer: Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: taurus on November 15, 2011, 09:06:17 AM dunno, why noone else replies that, but i'm definitely in on thursday!
thanks for bringing it to mind! :beer: Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: KRAFTWERK on November 15, 2011, 02:43:29 PM Beats me too (Maybe no one knows what the original mandelbulb is anymore ;) ), but I hope we will se a couple of pure mandelbulb images on thursday.
(Was going to do my contribution with mandelbulber to honor Buddhi as well, so I gave it a couple of hours this weekend, what a competent program, and I feel totally lost in it... :( We will see, at least I did a MB3D image if that idea fails...) Glad you are in Taurus! :beer: Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: taurus on November 15, 2011, 03:10:14 PM ... but I hope we will se a couple of pure mandelbulb images on thursday. the first things for my "submission" were done yesterday and i can tell you, it will NOT be a pure mandelbulb image... :hmh:.my shedules are tight till thursday, so i hope that i can bring it to the stage i want. ... Was going to do my contribution with mandelbulber to honor Buddhi as well, so I gave it a couple of hours this weekend, what a competent program, and I feel totally lost in it... i don't envy you! i started with version 0.96 and a fractional amount of functionality. my skills grew with the development of the program. starting with the present complexity of mandelbulber must be much harder. looking forward to thursday... :beer: Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: KRAFTWERK on November 15, 2011, 04:02:43 PM the first things for my "submission" were done yesterday and i can tell you, it will NOT be a pure mandelbulb image... :hmh:. my shedules are tight till thursday, so i hope that i can bring it to the stage i want. i don't envy you! i started with version 0.96 and a fractional amount of functionality. my skills grew with the development of the program. starting with the present complexity of mandelbulber must be much harder. looking forward to thursday... :beer: Well doesn't have to be pure, and why not give it a week, the 17th is not the exact day of the "birth" ...it was when Twinbee posted the formula... We say this thursday until next thursday, and maybe more members will have time to do something? If we link to this thread on our submissions the 17th more members will be aware of this "event". Yes, I now understand how hard it must be to be new to MB3D too, I also learned from the time before all new features, easier to keep up then ;) Thursday it is! :beer: Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: bib on November 15, 2011, 05:17:16 PM I have a render in progress ;)
Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: Madman on November 15, 2011, 08:09:31 PM There's something brewing here, but it is not pure mandelbulb. There is a pure mandelbulb part in it so to me that's enough... I'll post it thursday and see if it passes the judge and jury :dink:
Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: bib on November 15, 2011, 09:24:24 PM OK, it's not Thursday, but the render is over so why should I wait? :)
http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=9271 Happy birthday Mandelbulb! :toast: Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: David Makin on November 16, 2011, 04:54:44 AM Don't have much time, so here's my "most classic" though it's slightly different in that it's the degree 4 and of course the colouring/lighting is a little less sophisticated than what we're maybe used to now :)
The original is linked on the "official" Mandelbulb pages but thought it would do for the anniversary anyway ! Here's the original "full-view" - you may need to click once, then again to see it at full-size - or just download it :) http://makinmagic.deviantart.com/art/Asteroid-National-Park-139905412 (http://makinmagic.deviantart.com/art/Asteroid-National-Park-139905412) And here's a zoom, just rendered, at 8000*8000 and downsized to 4000*4000 - again to see full size you may need to click twice or download.... http://makinmagic.deviantart.com/art/Asteroid-National-Park-zoom-269286311 (http://makinmagic.deviantart.com/art/Asteroid-National-Park-zoom-269286311) The main difference between the original render and the zoom is the time taken to render them as this system is a little faster than my old one - the original render took 10 hours on a core2duo but the zoom took just 55 minutes though granted that's down to the fact that since it's a single layer I was able to render it within UF at 8000*8000 (rather than using disk-render like the original) probably even more than the extra CPU speed (12 cores instead of 2). Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: KRAFTWERK on November 16, 2011, 09:05:27 AM OK, glad to see you like the idea fellow fractalforumers!
Any contributions are welcome MAdman! ;) Lovely render bib... a bit curious about it... asked you about it in the gallery... And David, that image is a true classic! Remember it very well! :beer: And I am thinking about upgrading my old Powermac G5 and buy a Pro... Should be updated soon by Apple I hope... Very expensive equipment though... is it worth it? The mandelbulb storm is coming tomorrow! Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: bib on November 16, 2011, 11:13:14 AM Thank you Kraftwerk, I have answered in the gallery :)
But if I had to chose only one from my collection, that would this one I did with UF and Dave's formula. The anecdote is that I sold a print in small format but high quality material (dibond+plexiglas) during my first exhibit, and since then, I lost the original params and jpg because of a disk crash... (http://nocache-nocookies.digitalgott.com/gallery/2/492_11_06_10_11_57_29.jpeg) Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: KRAFTWERK on November 16, 2011, 11:52:24 AM Sad to hear that bib, it is a beautiful render! Really great!
You have until next Thursday to do a new render of it! ;) Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: cKleinhuis on November 16, 2011, 05:45:27 PM 2007 that was a long way, next year is not only 5 years of mandelbulb, as well we have a 5 year annual compo anniversary!
so, next year will jubilees en masse! too bad the images referenced by lyc in the thread do not exist anymore ... :( Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: David Makin on November 16, 2011, 10:03:19 PM Ooops - I forgot this one...
http://www.fractalgallery.co.uk/mandelbulb_degree_7.html (http://www.fractalgallery.co.uk/mandelbulb_degree_7.html) That's a free-for-all - provided the "David Makin 2009" remains ;) Obviously I'd actually prefer if folks wanting to use the image on their own sites actually host the image themselves ;) Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: David Makin on November 16, 2011, 10:14:34 PM And David, that image is a true classic! Remember it very well! :beer: And I am thinking about upgrading my old Powermac G5 and buy a Pro... Should be updated soon by Apple I hope... Very expensive equipment though... is it worth it? Thanks..as to a Mac Pro, I say f*ck yes if you're using software that uses multi-threading - see: http://www.shadoworld.co.uk/UF5/Benchmark/Benchmark%20results.htm (http://www.shadoworld.co.uk/UF5/Benchmark/Benchmark%20results.htm) http://www.shadoworld.co.uk/UF5/Benchmark/Benchmark2.htm (http://www.shadoworld.co.uk/UF5/Benchmark/Benchmark2.htm) Those timings will be (relatively) across the board with respect to full multi-threaded fractal software - also the top timings (currently) are on a system that's as provided by Apple and with just 8GB RAM, you can always get something even better for a similar price from a good 3rd party Apple registered supplier (e.g. here I think there's a good one in Chester). Also with the next generation of Pro (if you're prepared to wait) I'd guess the base model with say only 4 cores will be as fast as this 6 core ;) Of course by then 8-core may be a choice (or even dual 8-core) :) Edit: For all those thinking "yeh, but Mac's are always too expensive" - when I priced (and bought) this MacPro an equivalent Windows system from Dell was around £500 dearer. Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: KRAFTWERK on November 17, 2011, 09:37:39 AM 2007 that was a long way, next year is not only 5 years of mandelbulb, as well we have a 5 year annual compo anniversary! so, next year will jubilees en masse! too bad the images referenced by lyc in the thread do not exist anymore ... :( Maybe I should make it clear why I am talking about "2 years with the bulb". Daniel posted his formulas 2007-11-17 but the first renders of the now classic mandelbulb came in november(?) 2009. And... I agree sad with lyc:s images, I remember them... even chcked way back machine but the links are broken. :( Thanks..as to a Mac Pro, I say f*ck yes if you're using software that uses multi-threading - see: ... Also with the next generation of Pro (if you're prepared to wait) I'd guess the base model with say only 4 cores will be as fast as this 6 core ;) Of course by then 8-core may be a choice (or even dual 8-core) :) OK I think it is the machine I want :) I will wait until the new lineup comes though... Edit: For all those thinking "yeh, but Mac's are always too expensive" - when I priced (and bought) this MacPro an equivalent Windows system from Dell was around £500 dearer. I second that, I work on a magazine and the layout has always been on Mac, talk of switching to PC has always been there from the IT manager because of the "expensive" macs, but now a 27 inch Imac is the most inexpensive workstation you can get in that segment, so I am still happy! O0 Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: KRAFTWERK on November 17, 2011, 11:43:25 AM (http://nocache-nocookies.digitalgott.com/gallery/9/thumb_1002_17_11_11_11_41_01.jpeg) (http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=9294)
Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: cKleinhuis on November 17, 2011, 12:33:32 PM this is in my eyes the first render of the mandelbulb:
http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=160 Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: lycium on November 17, 2011, 04:52:55 PM I should still have those images lying around... somewhere! I've made some effort a few years ago to put them back online, but couldn't find them all at that time. I'll have a look around again :)
This is a great initiative, I'm really proud of FractalForums' history regarding the glorious bulb! Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: trafassel on November 17, 2011, 06:43:39 PM Happy Birthday, Mandelbulb
Trafassel Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: cKleinhuis on November 17, 2011, 08:30:13 PM happy birthday dear bulb:
*alltogether* Happy Birthday to You Happy Birthday to You Happy Birthday Dear Bulb Happy Birthday to You. From good friends and true, From old friends and new, May deep iterations go with you, And many floating points too! How old are you? (really!) Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: Madman on November 17, 2011, 08:43:21 PM My little present to the Happy Fella:
(http://nocache-nocookies.digitalgott.com/gallery/9/thumb_3195_17_11_11_8_38_49.jpeg) Paradise is near... Although I had to take some artistic liberties to get there ;D Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: knighty on November 17, 2011, 08:51:44 PM happy birthday dear bulb: Happy Birthday to You*alltogether* Happy Birthday to You Happy Birthday to You Happy Birthday Dear Bulb Happy Birthday to You. From good friends and true, From old friends and new, May good luck go with you, And happiness too. How old are you? Happy Birthday to You Happy Birthday Dear Bulb Happy Birthday to You. From good friends and true, From old friends and new, May good luck go with you, And happiness too. ;D Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: Sockratease on November 17, 2011, 11:39:44 PM Here's one of my earliest Mandelbox renders:
It's Mandelbox Man! (http://www.sockrateaze.com/stuff/mandelboxman.png) I grew up watching things like Ultraman, and this reminds me of some of those Crazy Japanese Robots I kept seeing in those marvelous shows. I hadn't figured out how to zoom properly for an animation yet, so here's the badly constructed and very rough gif file made at the time to show where he was hiding... (http://www.sockrateaze.com/stuff/mandelboxman.gif) Hippy Burpday, Madelbox/bulb! Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: bib on November 18, 2011, 12:00:52 AM My first bulb render (UF, Dave Makin's formula), 14-11-2009. Still my Youtube avatar :)
(http://nocache-nocookies.digitalgott.com/gallery/1/492_14_11_09_11_40_47.jpg) http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=1054 And the video on 15-11-2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzvG3Ona8dE My first box render (UF, Dave's magic again), 04-02-2010, it was still called "cubebulb" at that time! (http://nocache-nocookies.digitalgott.com/gallery/1/492_04_02_10_5_31_29.jpeg) http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=1425 And my first box video on 14-02-2010, now called Mandelbox http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pbrn6mzPqw Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: taurus on November 18, 2011, 12:27:11 AM happy birthday mandelbulb!
:worm: :toast: (http://nocache-nocookies.digitalgott.com/gallery/9/thumb_4392_17_11_11_11_06_11.jpeg) http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=9304 (http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=9304) Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: KRAFTWERK on November 18, 2011, 09:09:32 AM WOW I love the response!
I hope Twinbee and Bugman checks this out soon :) I just found two of my very first tries: (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2529/4191676643_6c36cce3da.jpg) (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2571/4191676875_67f69dc9c6.jpg) From this thread: http://www.fractalforums.com/mandelbulb-renderings/degree-and960-mandelbulb/ But now I found the very first render I did, I remember the feeling of joy! :) (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2485/4187676286_6ac85d6cd9_o.jpg) (All of these was rendered using Subblues pixelbender script wich I used for a long time before the mandelbulb 3D addiction took over completely... O0 Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: KRAFTWERK on November 18, 2011, 09:10:39 AM Happy Birthday, Mandelbulb Trafassel A lovely birthday gift Trafassel! Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: KRAFTWERK on November 18, 2011, 11:58:36 AM BTW, does anyone know the "birthdate" of the amazing box?
I will look around to se if I can find Tom:s original thread, but someone might know it already? Also worth a special day... I FOUND IT! 2012-02-01 Is the next day to celebrate! :) Tglad:s original thread: http://www.fractalforums.com/3d-fractal-generation/amazing-fractal/ Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: knighty on November 18, 2011, 05:10:28 PM I also remember my first mandelbulb render.
11-21-2009: (http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp36/jnosof/Mandelbulb/madel8bulb01.png) Even with shadows and reflection it didn't look good. 11-24-2009: (http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp36/jnosof/Mandelbulb/EVAL0025.png) Adding orbit trap and gradient magnitude colouring and self emission glow made it look better. O0 Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: Power 8 on November 19, 2011, 06:15:56 PM Here's my contribution:a power 8 :D mandelbulb set on a top zoom of itself.
(http://nocache-nocookies.digitalgott.com/gallery/9/1414_19_11_11_6_14_20.jpeg) Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: KRAFTWERK on November 21, 2011, 03:38:01 PM I like that one Power8! Looks a detail of a knitted sweater. O0
BUT WHO WON??? :ugly: Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: Power 8 on November 21, 2011, 05:48:05 PM Thanks Johan... It's good for coming winter then. As for the winner, I suggest Benoit Mandelbrot.
Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: KRAFTWERK on November 22, 2011, 10:01:12 AM Thanks Johan... It's good for coming winter then. As for the winner, I suggest Benoit Mandelbrot. Good suggestion! I propose he shares it with Daniel White and Paul Nylander! But I must say that Taurus Zippo http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=9304 is up there too, very nice homage!... and all others who made beautiful renders (still miss one from Lenord though...) Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: taurus on November 22, 2011, 11:49:31 AM Thanks Johan, glag you liked it! i take it as a honorable mention besides the winners. but there are two other guys we must not forget: :banana::chilli:
Jens Dierks aka Jesse and Krzysztof Marczak aka Buddhi. some of us (me for sure) could not even take part on contests like this, without the software they make available to us - for free! :beer: Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: KRAFTWERK on November 22, 2011, 12:02:43 PM Thanks Johan, glag you liked it! i take it as a honorable mention besides the winners. but there are two other guys we must not forget: :banana::chilli: Jens Dierks aka Jesse and Krzysztof Marczak aka Buddhi. some of us (me for sure) could not even take part on contests like this, without the software they make available to us - for free! :beer: Absolutely right! ....but I wonder if they had ever developed these programs without the finding of the mandelbulb... ;) I remember Jesses and Buddhis early renders. Maybe sooner or later, but we might not have them today... Title: Re: Best classic mandelbulb render to celebrate two years with the bulb? Post by: taurus on November 22, 2011, 01:39:41 PM Maybe sooner or later, but we might not have them today... Your possibly right. we could honor them all the time, at least when we publish images - that'll be inflationary. so i "only" provide my personal thank to the :banana: masters :chilli: of programming... :beer: |