A picture is worth a hundred thousand iterations. -- Wayne
On this page I present some of the images and pictures that I produced using my ConjPic program under development, that exploits fractals and iterated function systems.
Directory of all fractal images
. . . Directory of fractal images produced by ConjPic for only the document The Art of Fractal ___ Imagery Using Iterated Function Systems and ConjPic®
. . . Images additional to the above are pesented either:
. . . . . . 1. in sequence, beginning at Images, pictures, and ifs templates; or,
. . . . . . 2. in the following Main directory:
. . . . . . . . . Directory of Wayne's fractal images
. . . . . . . . . . . Part 1 __ Part 2 __ Part 3 __ Part 4 __ Part 5.
For an overview of the general procedure for generating these images, including the one at the top of this page, visit the Big logo page. Then, for much more about this process, click on:
___ (a) Fractals for the underlying theory; and,
___ (b) ConjurePicture for how the computer program is being developed.
But, you don't have to know all of the details to browse through and enjoy (I hope) the images below. If they have any distinction at all it is not so much for artistic merit as for their being in a sense minimalist algorithmic art. This term has several connotations:
___ 1. They are minimalist in the sense that they are generated from a very small amount of data. All of these images and pictures are generated from one or more sets of a small number of polygons -- for example, seven rectangles in the case of the logo atop this page.
___ 2. They are algorithmic in the sense that each image is generated from one set of interelated equations called an iterated function system (ifs). Each picture is an overlay of one or more of such images onto each other, usually onto a background. The background could be either just a flat color, or a variable field such as a sunset of colors varying with altitude, possibly with reflection in a horizon, and with water shimmer and wavelike distortion of reflection.
___ 3. There is a further minimalist aspect of this because I did not have to even know what these equations were. I just manipulated polygons on a computer screen using a mouse; the mathematics of ifs iteration then did the painting, by playing the chaos game!
4. Once one has specified all of these parameters and equations, the generation of the final image or picture is automatic. There is no human intervention.
For our purposes, I define an image as being the set of points generated in this way by one single ifs. I define a picture as being either of the following:
(a) A single image imposed upon a background, where a background has more structure than just a blank color field.
(b) A single image along with a transformation or repetiton of it -- for example, its reflection (e.g., in water) -- with, or without an added background.
(c) Two or more images, with or without backgrounds and transformations or repetitions of images.
(d) A picture, to which has been added (or superimposed) either an image, another picture, or any additional backgrounds or transformsations of images.
Therefore, for our purposes, the word picture does not mean the same, in general, as the word image. I define an image as being the graphic generated from a single ifs.
Image XmasT001.gif: Oh tannenbaum! (Start)
Image XmasT001.gif: Oh tannenbaum! (End)
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