why do look fractal faces always so scary ?

[Bent-Winged Angel]

Me's thinks you probably should sleep with the lights on!

[fractower]

Angry robot clown

[Sockratease]

This was my first avatar here all those years ago...



That's a Happy One!

[Wel lEnTaoed]

looks like Napoleon Bonaparte!

[Kali]

Looking for new ways of coloring Ducks, I found this guy, with a little creepy but still happy face... and remembered this thread

[Softology]

Here is a fractal demon    (also a Ducks fractal).



All of these come down to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

Jason.

[Hypercube]

Its not just fractal faces.
Look at the faces in the bark of a tree or the scratches on your wall.

Humans are hardwired for human like faces.
Any slight variation away from the healthy norm is seen as grotesque.
Since any pattern that is somewhat facelike is highly unlikely to be exceptionally facelike
most of them will appear to us as bizarre and unfriendly.

Leonardo was said to have said that any good apprentice should be able to get inspiration from
the faces in the toilet walls and floor.

BTW if you turn many of these images upside down they look a lot happier as
the main cue you are taking is probably the curve of the mouth.

[DOMEHEAD]

Really interesting discussion.  For something that most people would consider abstract, the first thing people do when they see fractals is to look for something familiar.  Christopher Hitchens is right when he refers to us pattern-seeking animals!

[Sockratease]

Just realized I never posted this video here - this old thread seemed the best place for it.

<a href="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=22312781&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=01AAEA" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=22312781&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=01AAEA</a>

Not all fractal faces are human!

[Alef]

why do look fractal faces always so scary ?

Becouse they are wor of devil 


Robot is quite a happy face.

[Kali]

But you already did it! check the first posts 

Just realized I never posted this video here - this old thread seemed the best place for it.

<a href="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=22312781&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=01AAEA" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=22312781&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=01AAEA</a>

Not all fractal faces are human!

Cool video btw

[yv3]

An Ork



I lost the parameter file . Don't even know which fractal type it is, i made it with my tool.

An Kenny, at breakfast



Greetings

[Sockratease]

But you already did it! check the first posts 

Cool video btw

Oh - weird, it didn't show when I posted that.  Must be a browser cookie issue or something.

But why let Reality encroach on things?

[simon.snake]

I have not really noticed many faces as such, although many circular or oval shapes are seen as eyes.

However, here's one of my own FractInt formulas which creates this lovely gremlin type of character:



Doesn't seem an unfriendly face to me.

Simon

[zonepatcher]

this is a fun thought ??...why ..besides faces..what about dogs n cats ??...i see lots of em...do you ??..what about dere faces..
lookie here atta me fractal pets...

Bast...or Bastet by Zone Patcher, on Flickr

ancient Eygptian God Bast...or my houndDogg

Dawwghaa by Zone Patcher, on Flickr

I hav Bunches of Frac critters...I bribe em wit nutrolls...
all of da examples were really lovely...very cool
here is a link ta my fractal faces
http://www.flickr.com/photos/psychoactivartz/sets/72157604107002161/

now here is a different kind of fractal face..self created wit incendia..ck it out

Still Life wit Transfigured Hope by Zone Patcher, on Flickr

it's a 2 it..a few 3's