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"A fractal is a way of seeing infinity." ― Benoit B. Mandelbrot

News, information, discussion images and links about fractals - you know those cool psychadelic computer generated images. eg. Julia sets, Mandelbrot sets, Cantor sets, Sierpinski triangle and carpet, Menger sponge, dragon curve, space-filling curve, and Koch curve etc.

Fractal community discord: here

Currently looking for other subreddits to linkswap and help the community grow :) get in touch with fractalized if you are a mod of another subreddit and you want to link swap.

Freeware:

Mandelbulber

Mandelbulb3d

fractoid. Google play app.

Xaos. All platforms - real time fractal zooms.

Apophysis 7x.

Chaotica High quality render software

Flam4 CUDA flame render

Software:

UltraFractal Powerful and versatile editing & rendering software

Xenodream 3D software capable of producing amazing things

Kalles Fraktaler

Other fractal related subreddits:

/r/FractalPorn

/r/apophysis

/r/fractalporn

/r/trippy

/r/fractalgifs

/r/fractals

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Empty Cloud (IFS)

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2024/12/03
14:06 UTC

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Only Selene can See Teeth under our Piano (Ultra Fractal)

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2024/12/01
10:08 UTC

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[OC] Cloud Storage - UltraFractal 6.06

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2024/11/30
11:45 UTC

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Gamma function Mandelbrot

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2024/11/29
23:26 UTC

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Desert Color Universe, LookingGlassInfinity, 5000x6666 Digital (deterministic algorithm), 2024

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2024/11/29
20:13 UTC

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Fractal Metatron’s Cube Study. Illustrator. 2024.

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2024/11/28
21:55 UTC

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Emergence of Peak Geometry (Ultra Fractal)

2 Comments
2024/11/28
20:33 UTC

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new fractal

10sin(tan(z^2+c)) is really cool

2 Comments
2024/11/28
17:37 UTC

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[OC] What I been working on for the last two days.

2 Comments
2024/11/28
04:01 UTC

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Mandelbrot permutation algorithm question

The answer is that the reference point selected (c in the below) has to be inside the Mandelbrot set (so that |z| <= 2.0 in the below.) See https://dirkwhoffmann.github.io/DeepDrill/docs/Theory/Perturbation.html for details. So, basically, z needs to be reset if it grows too large. I'm figuring out the code for that now.
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Here's my shadertoy code. Works just fine, iTime gets up to around 85.0 before any artifacts occur.

But it only works for c = (xx, 0)! If I move the center elsewhere, e.g., (-1.45, .001), the iteration fails -- the result is either 0 or MAXITER.

I've stared at the code and double checked the math and cannot see the error.

Why does this work only for c = x + 0i ?

vec2 cmul(vec2 a, vec2 b)
{
    return vec2(dot(a,vec2(1.0,-1.0)*b),dot(a,b.yx));
}

// zoom center
const vec2 c = vec2(-1.45,0.0);  

const int MAXITER = 2000;
const float PI = 3.14159265;

void mainImage( out vec4 fragColor, in vec2 fragCoord )
{
    vec2 uv = (2.0*fragCoord-iResolution.xy)/iResolution.y;
    float zoom = exp(iTime * 1.0);    
    vec2 dc = uv / zoom;
    vec2 z = vec2(0.0);
    vec2 dz = vec2(0.0);
    int n;
    for (n=0; n<MAXITER; ++n)
    {
        dz = cmul(2.0*z+dz, dz) + dc;  
        z = cmul(z,z) + c;
        if (dot(z+dz,z+dz) > 4.0)
            break;
    }
    float x = float (n & 255) / 255.0;                    
    fragColor = vec4(cos ((x - 2.0/6.0) * PI),
                     cos ((x - 3.0/6.0) * PI),
                     cos ((x - 4.0/6.0) * PI), 1.0);      
}
6 Comments
2024/11/27
22:46 UTC

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[OC] By the Fireplace - UltraFractal 6.06

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2024/11/27
19:24 UTC

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(Question) Are there any examples of a self similar coil / superhelix fractals?

The length between two ends of the superdupercoil would be infinite

5 Comments
2024/11/27
13:22 UTC

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Frog fractal!

3 Comments
2024/11/26
01:22 UTC

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Waclaw's Invention of the Aeroplane (Ultra Fractal)

2 Comments
2024/11/25
20:27 UTC

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Fractals in Desmos!

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2024/11/24
15:34 UTC

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Cantor sweep

4 Comments
2024/11/23
05:03 UTC

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Lunar Interface (Ultra Fractal)

2 Comments
2024/11/22
20:30 UTC

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The Approach [OC]

2 Comments
2024/11/22
09:54 UTC

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Is this a new fractal I've found?

10 Comments
2024/11/21
17:13 UTC

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How this frozen Diet Pepsi exploded

3 Comments
2024/11/19
23:31 UTC

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Anybody knows how to make this type of art?

I found this artist on X and I really like this type of abstract artwork, Is there anybody here knows how to create this? if so please help provide and info or maybe theres a tutorial link?

ps: I ask em and he said that this is a "fractal renders"

6 Comments
2024/11/17
01:29 UTC

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Composite Vine (Ultra Fractal)

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2024/11/16
23:00 UTC

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kaleidoscopic variant 4k

4 Comments
2024/11/16
21:11 UTC

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Charlie if you see this - you have a friend

For my friend Charlie u/optecs

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2024/11/16
01:02 UTC

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Disintegrated

3 Comments
2024/11/15
20:19 UTC

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[OC] Psyche - UltraFractal 6.06

4 Comments
2024/11/15
13:31 UTC

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Buddhabrot but I made a mistake somewhere

13 Comments
2024/11/14
16:42 UTC

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