I would like to create fractal art where each pixel of each character of a string of text is a fractal of the whole. What direction should I head in?

https://preview.redd.it/kv61wniapcge1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=5375263715a7992551d13867c506dbf077f1b38f

I recently discovered the monumental Mu-Ency - The Encyclopedia of the Mandelbrot Set, authored by Robert Munafo, where I found about Jonathan Leavitt, a Mandelbrot Set explorer who discovered lots of original shapes thanks to a method he invented.

I was astounded by his discoveries and started exploring myself, following his steps.

On the other hand, since I read the legendary 1985 Scientific American article on the M-Set, I've been fascinated by the Distance Estimation Method, because it does really reveal the intricate shape of the M-Set itself, without relying on any outside coloring. Also, to be honest, I am a bit fed up of the general abuse of coloring in fractal art. This is a minimalist conterpoint to that, which I find very interesting.

This collection of 12 microscopic amoebas are the result of an exploration at the vicinity of one of Leavitt's images, "Meta-Zimnilla", which is also featured here in the 2nd row, 3rd column. It is astounding how varied and organic-like these little creatures are.

I hope you enjoy it!

I'm looking for a free 2D fractal explorer that I can run with my GPU, it'd be a bonus if I could make zoom videos? I've enjoyed this stuff for years but haven't looked at any software for about 15 years so is there any directions you could show me? I tried to look and got inundated with github stuff that I don't know how to compile

Pretty stoked on this one! I’m going to tinker and tighten a few more things, and throw some varnish on it. Excited to share and I hope you enjoy it🌀 8” x 10” acrylic on canvas

Calling this one "unicursal light" it's my first ever fractal that i made by manually selecting and manipulating various shapes in Jwildfire.

https://preview.redd.it/8g1lvmlkt7fe1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=088499f6b807135ccfbc8b0ec921d699a859410f

I recently set up an MPI cluster on a network of Ubuntu virtual machines and used it to compute the Mandelbrot and Julia sets in C++.

https://github.com/joeybaderr/Parallel-Fractals

What I Did

• Configured a multi-node MPI setup with passwordless SSH, NFS-shared storage, and inter-node communication.
• Parallelized Mandelbrot and Julia set computations in C++ to distribute pixel calculations across multiple worker nodes.
• Each node processed a chunk of the image, sending results back to the master for final assembly.

What I Learned

• Setting up an MPI cluster isn’t as complicated as it seems—getting SSH and NFS right was half the challenge.
• Dividing work row-wise vs. block-wise in an image can affect workload balancing.
• Running things in parallel doesn’t always mean faster—communication overhead can be a major bottleneck.
• Debugging MPI programs without proper logging or barriers is painful.

Takeaways

• Watching multiple machines collaborate to generate fractals was satisfying.
• The output PPM images turned out well, even without focusing on performance.
• I’m considering trying a GPU version next to compare results.

Ask me anything—anyone else worked with MPI, fractals, or parallel computing?