Barrowda Magnets

Created initially as an abstract fractal with Apophysis 7x15b following the Volume 86 - Disc Spherical Tutorial as shown in the latest forum in Apophysis Tutorial Fun. Additional work, scale up and final render in GIMP v2.8. Best if viewed full screen. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkdRqW1RyLs Tech notes: Fx bubble sph pmx

Created in Mandelbulb 3D v.1.8.9 (“M3D”) starting with parameters from New Aexion Star by Topas2012 (see below). Additional work, including scale up and final render, in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL9OHXw_-A8

Featured 7/17/15 in Eye & Heart for Art Created in Mandelbulb 3D v.1.8.9 ("M3D") using new formula Mandalex in function 2, with Amazing Box in function 1. Additional work, including scale up and final render, in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. There are several challenges to working this 3-dimensional Yo Yo (Yo?). Not only do you have to spin it with two hands at once, but keeping the strings from getting tangled together is really a pain!! :o))) youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHEs5JRFEUU

519 Viewings as of 6/19/15 Created initially as an abstract fractal with Apophysis 7x15b following the Volume 86 - Disc Spherical Tutorial as shown in the latest forum in Apophysis Tutorial Fun. Additional work, scale up and final render in GIMP v2.8. Best if viewed full screen. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_-h8B10-kE Tech notes: Tx3 lin3d polar Fx lin3d sph neg bubble pmx

Created in Mandelbulb3D v.1.8.9 starting with parameters from Ballrooms of Mars by Len1 (see below). Additional work done in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKc1OCJ7iXk

Featured 10/19/15 in PixElations Featured 10/25/15 in Tuesday Afternoon Created in Mandelbulb3D v.1.8.9 starting with parameters from Knobs by Undead-Academy (see below). Additional work done in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH1WaXYfq1A Tech notes: from Knobs by Undead-Academy~

Featured 10/25/15 in Art Universe Featured 10/25/15 in Fractal Abstracts Created in Mandelbulb3D v.1.8.9 starting with parameters from Knobs by Undead-Academy (see below). Additional work done in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eC7IYG39ok Tech notes: from Knobs by Undead-Academy~

Combining origami and pottery, these Amazeballs appear to have delicate paper folds and a shaped clay bowl all in the same object. That's why they are... Amazeballs! Created in Mandelbulb3D v.1.8.9 starting with parameters from Knobs by Undead-Academy (see below). Additional work done in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF2_yxKzVZY Tech notes: from Knobs by Undead-Academy

Featured 8/31/15 in Art Universe Image created in Mandelbulb3D v.1.8.9 starting with parameters from The Joys of Mathematics by baddad (see below). Other modifications and final render in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=affZGhNZRDw

Created initially with Mandelbulb3D v1.8.9, starting with parameters from Winter by Klytia70 on dA (see below). Scale up, substantial manipulation and final render in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrcRnGncx3I Tech notes: from Winter Donuts

Featured 10/10/15 in Art Universe Created in Mandelbulb3D v.1.8.9 starting with parameters from A Stitch in Time by Undead-Academy (see below). Additional work done in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-B5wJuvsbQ youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwte_IvCmpw Tech notes: from A Stitch in Time by Undead-Academy 8 2015

Created in Mandelbulb3D v.1.8.9 starting with parameters from Knobs by Undead-Academy (see below). Additional work done in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUNpGgM8VtQ Tech notes: from Knobs by Undead-Academy

Featured 10/9/15 in Far Out Digital Art Created in Mandelbulb3D v.1.8.9 starting with parameters from Knobs by Undead-Academy (see below). Additional work done in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PomErClAIFk Tech notes: from Knobs by Undead-Academy

Created in Mandelbulb3D v.1.8.9 starting with parameters from A Stitch in Time by Undead-Academy (see below). Additional work done in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG-meaGqg-M Tech notes: from a Stitch in Time by Undead-Academy

Featured 12/11/16 in Crosses, Crafts and Collectibles Featured 12/11/16 in Fractal Abstracts Featured 12/20/16 in Fractal Combinations Featured 3/1/17 in Globes, Spheres & Curves Featured 4/6/17 in Featured For A Challenge Created in Mandelbulb 3D v.1.8.9 ("M3D") starting with parameters from Far Reaches by Len1 (see below). Scale up/final render and other work done in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGtA8Bc7H5g tech notes: 9 16 16 from Far Reaches by Len1~

Featured 8/20/16 in PixElations Featured 8/22/16 in Fractal Abstracts Featured 8/28/16 in Fractal Combinations Featured 9/24/16 in Art Universe Featured 12/27/16 in In One’s Mind’s Eye Created in Mandelbulb 3D v.1.8.9 ("M3D") starting with parameters from Internecine On My Behalf by LightBulbMoon (see below). Scale up/final render and other work done in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ4Rnba85o8 tech notes: 6 25 16 from Internecine On My Behalf by LightBulbMoon~

Featured 1/13/17 in PixElations Featured 1/13/17 in Fractal Combinations Featured 1/15/17 in Creation Featured 2/14/17 in Fractal Combinations Featured 2/17/17 in Art Universe Featured 2/22/17 in Featured For A Challenge Featured 3/22/17 in Globes, Spheres & Curves Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late; the good lived yesterday. Marcus Aurelius "Tomorrow won’t come after all Yesterday is so far away Yes, today’s the only day Somebody please stop the clock" Pink (Today's The Day - Theme Song to Ellen) “The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness. And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.” ― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet “Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow; and thoughts of your tomorrow ...

1485 Viewings as of 7/30/18 Featured 2/17/12 in Artists Universe Featured 2/18/12 in Art Universe Featured 3/17/12 in 3D Fractals and More Featured 2/12/15 in 1000 Plus After Valentine's Day, perhaps you've wondered where all those heart icons come from. In a far away land, there is a special place where magical heart trees bear a wondrous fruit that slowly ripens through various colorful stages, and when red and juicy ripe with love, float gently to the ground, waiting to be gathered and shared with special sweethearts. I share this secret with my many RB friends who have kindly shared their support for my artistic explorations over the past 17 months, with over 1000 faves and 300 Features (including an overwhelming 20 Features this w...

1043 Viewings as of 6/24/15 Featured 3/12/13 in Yoga & Meditation Featured 3/18/13 in A Kaleidoscope Kraze Top 10 placement in Meditation Challenge in Yoga & Meditation Featured 3/24/13 in Fractal Abstracts Top 10 placement in Mandala Challenge in Yoga & Meditation चिकना असहज (Rough to Smooth) The subtitle of this work, ":Rough to Smooth", not only describes the transition from the outer "rough stones" to the inner smooth ones, but is intended as a parallel to the meaning of the sanscrit "guru", dark to light. I see our spiritual efforts not only as the classic "paths to enlightenment", but hope to share the wisdom that the enlightened self is already a part of us, we merely have to "polish off" or let go of the rough edges. The out...

1012 Viewings as of 7/7/15 Featured 11/28/12 in Art Universe Featured 12/16/12 in Brain Science, Brain Arts Top 10 in Fringe Sci Challenge 9/30/14 Created in Mandelbulb3D v1.7.9.9 starting with parameters from Reflections by Mandelcr8tor. Background image mapped in M3D and reflected into the scene is this Apophysis work: JPT#12: Red Light District (G0960) by barrowda Eyes and mouth inserted using GIMP v2.8. Best if viewed larger. Perhaps this image will be helpful to Governor Brewer :o))) youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2VSGEWzEW0

159 Viewings as of 7/7/16 Created primarily in Mandelbulb3D starting with parameters from Illusion Pentagram by fraterchaos by substituting formula DecoCubeIFS, enhanced in GIMP v2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/user/artdecochap

Featured 3/31/14 in RedBubble Boomers Featured 3/31/14 in Art in Math Featured 3/31/14 in Superbly Visual Featured 4/2/14 in Old Farts of Redbubble Featured 4/5/14 in Metallic Junktion Created in Mandelbulb 3D v.1.8.9 ("M3D") starting with parameters from Mengeration by Soldeus (see below). Scale up and final render in GIMP v.2.8, including image mirroring. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKlkoC7wbRY

110 Viewings as of 12/2/13 Featured 10/26/13 in Art Universe Featured 10/26/13 in Who are YOU to Judge? Featured 10/27/13 in Fractal Combinations Featured 10/27/13 in Fractal Abstracts Featured 10/27/13 in SHAPES and PATTERNS Created in Mandelbulb3D v1.8, starting from parameters in Amnesia by Theli-at Nine different color maps were blended in GIMP v2.8 to create this image. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dczpjt5HLo

Featured 8/20/14 in Fantasy & Mystical Things Created in Mandelbulb 3D v.1.8.9 ("M3D") starting with parameters from MB1310B by Digithalie (see below). Additional work, including scale up and final render, in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. Sometime in the future, they will discover a way to neutralize gravity and suspend large living complexes in the air like this, but long ago, someone else was "defying gravity"... youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g4ekwTd6Ig

Featured 4/26/14 in Fractal Paradise Featured 3/26/20 in Fractal Abstracts Created in Mandelbulb3D v.1.8.9 starting with parameters from Powered by the Light by Undead Academy (see below). Gradient flare plus scale up and final render in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. Like the song says, when there's no one else to point the finger at, "Blame Canada", eh? Just kidding, eh, you know there's no place cooler than "The Great White North", as illustrated on SNL years ago by the MacKenzie brothers :o))) youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pPRaD6TKLc

584 Viewings as of 8/5/17 Created in Mandelbulb3D v.1.8.9 starting with parameters from Ballrooms of Mars by Len1 (see below). Additional work done in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTSDL94_Y7M

Featured 8/24/14 in Fractal Combinations Created in Mandelbulb 3D v.1.8.9 ("M3D") starting with parameters from MB1310B by Digithalie (see below). Additional work, including scale up and final render, in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtJ8Jjma5cM

Created in Mandelbulb 3D v.1.8.9 ("M3D") starting with parameters from The Joys of Mathematics by baddad (see below). Scale up and final render in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAGDT-7qW-0

Featured 10/18/14 in Art Universe Created in Mandelbulb 3D v.1.8.9 ("M3D") starting with parameters from Quarantined by Len1 (see below). Scale up and final render in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDKgLfWheoI

Featured 8/10/14 in Art Universe Created in Mandelbulb 3D v.1.8.9 ("M3D") starting with parameters from MB1310B by Digithalie (see below). Additional work, including scale up and final render, in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwnmmz1S37o

Featured 10/4/14 in Bryce and Beyond Featured 11/15/14 in Metallic Junktion Created in Mandelbulb 3D v.1.8.9 ("M3D") experimenting with volumetric light and starting with parameters from It's Dark Inside by Ciokkolata":http://www.deviantart.com/art/It-s-dark-inside-414247987 (see below). Scale up, kaleido mirroring and final render in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KrmxavLIRM

105 Viewings as of 10/10/14 Featured 10/11/14 in 100-499 Views Musician, mentor, and lifelong friend to my friend, may you rest in eternal peace. With gratitude and admiration of a life well-lived that included a special role as a fatherly guide to a young American woman who had lost her own father too soon, just before coming to meet you in northern Scotland. You gave her strength and support throughout the years, a wonderful gift that can never be adequately repaid. The colors chosen are somber, and feature the color gray, in honor of his memory. There are also metallic silver elements that indeed remind me of the pipes of a great church organ. There is a touch of red symbolizing his great heart that radiated love to his family and...

Created primarily with Mandelbulb3D v1.8.9, starting with parameters from Winter by Klytia70 on dA (see below). Additional features added in GIMP v2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVpIh8W4Ts0

Featured 10/5/14 in Fractal Abstracts Featured 10/7/14 in Old Farts of Redbubble Created in Mandelbulb 3D v.1.8.9 ("M3D") starting with parameters from Mass Marriage by Ciokkolata (see below). Scale up, other adjustments and final render in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78d-CkU4Cr0

Featured 10/25/14 in Fractal Abstracts Featured 10/25/14 in Fractal Paradise Featured 11/8/14 in Fractal Combinations 63 color-matched jewels adorn this Julia-based spiral created initially in UltraFractal 5.04. Inspired by Wolfepaw's marvelous version (see below image with links) of a very instructive UF tutorial Textured Spiral by wolfepaw Created in Ultra Fractal 5.04, with bejewelment, scale up and final render in GIMP 2.8. Best if viewed larger.

503 Viewings as of 12/25/14 With walls of pink, and flooring blue, The gender choice is up to you. Robot baby has no point of view, And does just what you tell it to. Born Borg Created in Mandelbulb 3D v.1.8.9 ("M3D") starting with parameters from Mass Marriage by Ciokkolata (see below). Scale up, other adjustments and final render in GIMP v.2.8. Best if viewed larger. youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP6uxt3JJSU