; Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:17:23 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 27-10-04 (Paint Drops 37]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041027121835.38b79c6e@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 27, 2004 (Rating 3) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image moves us on to the 'julia4' formula, which draws ; the Julia sets created by the formula Z^4+C. I have done little ; exploring in these Julia sets, mostly because they appear to ; mirror the more interesting sets created by the standard Z^2+C ; formula. But there are still some interesting scenes to be ; found in the Z^4 sets, and today's image, which corresponds to a ; point very near the shoreline of the main bay of the Z^4 Mandel- ; brot set, illustrates one of these. ; ; The lowly fractal for today is quite a come-down from yester- ; day's. I named it "Paint Drops", and I offer it more as an ; opinion than a fractal. The name came to me when, while study- ; ing the image, I remembered a long-ago visit to the studio of an ; old artist friend of mine. The artist was of the paint-slinging ; variety, who felt he could express his anger at the world by ; slinging his paints at large expensive canvasses. When I saw ; his latest work in progress, I was more impressed by the pattern ; created by the paint that had splashed and dripped onto the ; tarpaulin covering the floor than I was by the image on the ; canvas on the wall. I suggested that he might produce a better ; work if he were to exchange the canvasses. My friend failed to ; appreciate my suggestion. ; ; Today's image looks almost exactly like what I saw on the floor ; of that artist's studio. And it rates only an abysmal 3. (What ; I saw on his wall would rate a 2.) Wherever he is now, I wonder ; what he thinks when he sees dumb unconscious computers creating ; works equalling those that he himself once unintentionally ; created on the floor of his studio. ; ; One good feature of today's computerized art is that it took ; only 13 minutes to create. I don't know how much time my artist ; friend spent working on his opuses, but it was certainly more ; time than my computer took to recreate his accidental by-product. ; ; The 13-minute render time raises the rating of a 3 to the quite ; modest overall worth of 23. And yes, those who suspect that I ; have little appreciation of some forms of modern 'art' are cor- ; rect. My comment on the sad state of present-day art can be seen ; by running the included parameter file or by downloading the ; completed image from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; A little bit of sun broke through in mid-afternoon here at ; Fractal Central on Tuesday, and the temperature reached 63F 17C. ; When the cats saw the sun, they rushed to be let out. Unfortu- ; nately, the sun was visible for only 15 minutes, not nearly long ; enough to make cats of the fractal variety happy. When they ; came sulking indoors 1/2 hour later, a generous treat of tuna- ; turkey was needed to bring their moods up to bearability. Today ; is starting much the same. I expect that the cats will have a ; similar day. ; ; For me, the commercial work is still up to date. This means an ; uninterrupted flow of fractals. The next one will appear in 24 ; hours. Until that moment of ecstasy arrives, take care, and ; where are fractals leading us? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Paint_Drops { ; time=0:13:06.03--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=julia4 passes=1 logmap=62 center-mag=-1.66533e-016/1.66533e-016/4.76586 params=-0.6990978893967172/0.2833827999427266 float=y maxiter=50000 bailout=9 inside=255 outside=summ symmetry=origin periodicity=10 colors=000FsMDtIAtE8tA6t68rA9pEAoICmMDlQEjUFiYIhWL\ gUNgSQfQSfOVeMXeK_dIadGdcEfcCibAkb8jZAiWBhTDhQEkOD\ mMDpKDrJDuHDwFDyEDxFFwGGvGIuHJtHLsIMrJOrJPqKRpKSoL\ UnMVmMXlNYlNZkOXjPViPUhQSgQRfRPeROdSMcSL`UMZWMXYMU\ _MSaMQcNNeNLgNJiNHkNGkMFjLEjKEjJHfNKbQM_TPWWRT_UPb\ WMeZIh`FlcBoe8rh4uj1xg3we5vc7va9u_BuYDtWFtUHsSJrQL\ rONqMPqKRpITpGVoEXnCZnA`m8bm6dl4el9bhD`dHZ`LXXPVTT\ TPYQLaOHeMDiK9mI5qG2nH5lH8iHBgIEdIHbIK`JNYJQWJSTJV\ RKYPK`MKcKLfHLiFLlDLnFNoGOoHQoIRpJTpLUpMVqNXqOYqP_\ rQ`rSarTcsUdsVfsWgtYhtZjt_ku`muanubouapt`ps_psZqrY\ qrYqqXrqWrpVrpUsoTsoTsnStmRtmQtlPulOukOukNvjMvjLvi\ KwiJwhJwhIwhHwiGwiFwjydSyeTyfUxgVxhVxiWwkXwlYwmYvn\ Zvo_vp`vq`unatkashbrfbrcbq`cpZcoWcoTdnQdmOdlLelIek\ GejDfiAfj9gi8fi8fh7fh7fh7fg6eg6eg6ef5ef5ef5de4de4d\ d3dd3dd3cc2cc2cc2cb1cb1bb1ba0ba0ba0bVKYOcTJzQIwPIu\ PHsPHpPHnPRrfOrbMsZKsVHsQ } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;