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Published: 2006-12-07 15:02:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 2412; Favourites: 53; Downloads: 0
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Apophysis 205z+ and PSP 9I made a basic tile fractal and then tried a few different FX transforms. One created the main image and another the borders. The images were put together in PSP 9 and the straight lines drawn,
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I've featured this piece in my journal. If you don't like it to be there, please let me know and I'll remove it. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work
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Excellent - the colour tone, the composition, the patterns...
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Wow, this is gorgeous! 
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Watch it! I have a terrible sense of humour and that could just get made into a fractal!!
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Thank you. I haven't had any inspiration to continue the alphabet themed fractals . . . . . . . yet.
Apologies for late reply.
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Thank you. I hope you've had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!!
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Interesting idea, the result is very cool!
The center design is very detailed and it makes a great centerpiece.
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Thank you. I can't stop playing with patterns and feel I haven't quite got to where I want to go with them yet. I like the way it turned out with the borders and might try it again with a few more pieces.
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Thank you, it's always nice when an idea turns out nicely in real life as it does in thought.
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Somethings going on here with this page because I can neither see your work and when I hit the fav button anyway just to see if it worked............NOT!!
I did see it in my watch and really liked what i saw in the thumb.
You get a fav in my book!!
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That is one of the things that was making me feel like pulling out my hair and going "ARGH!!!" on every visit to dA, along with the page not found errors. NNNGH!! I sympathise with you
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I'll give ya 2 favs the next time!! hug:
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Awww thanks Phil
Over the weekend I should manage to start going through the 300 odd images in my devwatch. I'm so looking forward to it but I have to get some 'work' out of the way first, then I can relax and enjoy.
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Thank you so much!! Sometimes an image only works with a simple gradient and this was one of them.
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this is so very very beautiful 
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would you mind me asking what variation you used for the final transform for the central part?
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S'no secret, it was Spherical. Just play with it and see what you get. Sometimes it's the simple things that produce the best results.
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I'll definitely try that, thank you
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I've tried all sorts of different tiling methods and each method produces a different result with the FX transform, it's well worth playing with as you might find one tiling method suits what you are doing better than another, depending on what you want for your end result
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Thank you, it is the same fractal (a pattern) with different FX transforms. I had the idea to do this and then figured out which variations would produce the desired result. I'm going to try some different ones on different patterns and see what happens.
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Wow, very well presented. I love the patterns and the gradient here. Great job!
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Thank you for your comment, it's great to know that an experiment is working well and I really appreciate the feedback!
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Excellent job! The composition of this image is just spectacular. The tiled border is a very nice touch. Very enduring image. Well done!
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Thank you so much. I'm playing with the idea of creating images using the same basic fractal for all aspects of the main image, I love experimenting
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Great idea.
I think anyone who naturally likes to experiment, is just drawn to flame programs and then what you can do with them. These programs can be so random at times that they just force you to play. You really have little choice in the matter. Anyone who doesn't like to play/experiment, or who doesn't play well, just don't get it. If you're like me, you play so much that you end up throwing away or storing at least ten variations of the image you finally submit!
Take care!
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Um, I have to make a new flame file for each day I play. Often that gets filled up with 50 images and sometimes I have to start a b) file for that day too. Often I don't submit anything I've made as I'm just playing and trying different variations on a theme to see "what happens if . . . . " (which will probably be my last words
I'm doing a ceramics course at art college and at least once a month I'm asked what I'm going to specialise in and my answer is "I don't know, I haven't finished playing yet." I have a suspicion that I never will. Such is the joy of life
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Beautiful metallic lattice work ... very nice indeed!
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Thank you for your comment and taking the time to look. I'm really happy you like it!
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Fantastic composition Helen. 
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Thank you Baba, I'm really glad you like it. I hope you are looking forward to a relaxing weekend with some time for you
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I imagine your golden composition carved in wood and made golden with frame gold ( the very thin golden sheets that are used to make golden frames for images) or painted with gold. It reminds me a lot on art that I have seen in Asian temples.
I think I slowly can start to concentrate on what to plan for the holidays over the weekend. I am soooo relieved that I have one worry less
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For me today has been a beautiful day, the sun has been out all day, the weather has been mild, it's just been one of those glorious winter days. Also signing into dA and seeing all the comments on this image, so many people like it has been a real gift. My Mum died 17 years ago today and yet it hasn't been a sad day it's been a day of happiness and light, my Mum would have been enchanted by such
I'm so glad you are getting some time to plan and relax. Take care of you and be well
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Thank you Helen. I am glad you are having a happy day
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That optical illusion is trippy! It totally draws me in. Great work!
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I like optical illusions and things that make your eyes 'spin' Ever seen those images of dials that look like they are turning while you look at them? I love those
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WOw, I just clicked on that link. Tweaky! It's amazing what the human brain is capable of justifying.
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