The Louvre, the golden year of 2067.
& my 5 cents about finding a masterpiece in a fractal.
Opposite to some critics on the net I have a strong belief that someone some day will find a masterpiece, "Mona Lisa Class", in a fractal.
The reason this has not been done yet is TIME.
Fractal art is a very young art form, which until recently has been using tools corresponding to Leonardo doing his works without the invention of oil color, paintbrushes and canvas.
The discovery of the Mandelbulb, Mandelbox and hybrids of all known 3D fractals really is a major breakthrough, and I am convinced someone will do a real masterpiece with these new artistic tools (Mandelbulb 3D, Mandelbulber, and the like). I just know it by the experience of my own explorations, this is an infinite universe to scrutinize.
It might take a couple of hundred years, but on the other hand, I do not think Leonardo was ever in a hurry.
Besides this, a masterpiece is selected to be one by TIME, not a jury, not a critic, it matures during decades and centuries. And remember none of the old masters did masterpieces only, even if some did many.
In my own gallery on DA I currently show 262 images, 90% of these I consider to be snapshots, made on my journey through numerous hybrid fractals on my search for the masterpieces.
20-40 of these images I consider to be really good images, and a handful (in my own opinion) are artworks that mean something to me, and hopefully to others.
I have yet to do a masterpiece, but as stated earlier, we will not know that until a couple of hundred years have passed…
Until then, just relax and enjoy the ride!
(The image above is definitely NOT a masterpiece, I would describe it as a snapshot turned into a statement by the help of Photoshop. )
Mandelbulb 3D, cloudy DOF made in Photoshop using my own photos.
Mona Lisa painting by Leonardo da Vinci, copyright expired, also added with Photoshop.
One more image from the same session:
& my 5 cents about finding a masterpiece in a fractal.
Opposite to some critics on the net I have a strong belief that someone some day will find a masterpiece, "Mona Lisa Class", in a fractal.
The reason this has not been done yet is TIME.
Fractal art is a very young art form, which until recently has been using tools corresponding to Leonardo doing his works without the invention of oil color, paintbrushes and canvas.
The discovery of the Mandelbulb, Mandelbox and hybrids of all known 3D fractals really is a major breakthrough, and I am convinced someone will do a real masterpiece with these new artistic tools (Mandelbulb 3D, Mandelbulber, and the like). I just know it by the experience of my own explorations, this is an infinite universe to scrutinize.
It might take a couple of hundred years, but on the other hand, I do not think Leonardo was ever in a hurry.
Besides this, a masterpiece is selected to be one by TIME, not a jury, not a critic, it matures during decades and centuries. And remember none of the old masters did masterpieces only, even if some did many.
In my own gallery on DA I currently show 262 images, 90% of these I consider to be snapshots, made on my journey through numerous hybrid fractals on my search for the masterpieces.
20-40 of these images I consider to be really good images, and a handful (in my own opinion) are artworks that mean something to me, and hopefully to others.
I have yet to do a masterpiece, but as stated earlier, we will not know that until a couple of hundred years have passed…
Until then, just relax and enjoy the ride!
(The image above is definitely NOT a masterpiece, I would describe it as a snapshot turned into a statement by the help of Photoshop. )
Mandelbulb 3D, cloudy DOF made in Photoshop using my own photos.
Mona Lisa painting by Leonardo da Vinci, copyright expired, also added with Photoshop.
One more image from the same session:
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Glad you like it Edible!
this looks really like an old refinery
really cool
I guess I spend too much time in these worlds...
A 'master-piece' in literal terms, surely is a piece of work which is produced
by a 'master' of their medium? That being the case, there are a number of
fractal artists who, whilst perhaps not yet having produced their absolute best
work - this is a VERY young medium! - will surely do so at some point in the future.
We're always convinced I think, that the next one could be our 'best' though, although
that is a very subjective matter!
As you say J, time, and - fickle! - public opinion are the main factors.
Yes, as I told Beesknees: I have a big problem with the thought that no one ever will find real art in an infinite universe of shapes. It is impossible not to!
Only time will tell who is 'right'...
But I have a big problem with the thought that no one ever will find real art in an infinite universe of shapes.
You are welcome to ride along!
Really glad you like it!
Glad you like my vision!
This is exactly what I mean, I only use too many words...
Adobe has nice ones, I will see if I can dig one up which describes how I use the Z buffer in Photoshop...
But on the other hand... not everyone has Photoshop...
Thank you very much Hal, glad you like it!