I (because blogger is gay and won't let me use horizontal carroty brackets) *heart* this program. Now, I know that I'm not one to advertise things--lest there be money for me!--but I just have to. There's a short story as to how I came across it (yes, I'll get to what it is in a second). I was surfing deviantART and saw that they had a category called Fractal Art. Of course, this piqued my curiousity and I dug around searching for what other things. Eventually, I stumbled upon great beauties such as this and immediately wanted to find out how people created these masterpieces. Thankfully, Google is always there to help you search far and wide across the web. I'd say that around fifteen minutes later, I had already downloaded and installed Ultra Fractal.
This thing is so cool!! So it's been about a week since I've had it and I've gone through the tutorials that come with the program. They're good cause they teach how to do things, but the best part is that now I can just sit down and play with fractals for hours (er... not like I will. I'm a busy college student here... *cough*).
Seriously though, Ultra Fractal makes having fun with Photoshop seem like watching paint dry. While PS is fun and all, with UF you can instantly see changes occur by just typing in some new numbers or screwing around with the gradients. Most definitely cool. The problem now is that I'll have to learn how to use all the seven kazillion settings and tools in it to make nifty little things. It actually rivals PS's many features and functions so I doubt that I'll be able to pick it up quickly. Hmm, but we'll see, right?
*deep breath* Ok /rant: off. *powering-down sound* Enough bragging about how awesome it is (even if it is quite awesome!), onto fractals themselves. Actually, I never really gave a thought to fractal art before I saw them over at dA. It makes sense that I should like the style; it combines two of my favorite things. By now I assume you all know I'm a math person (comes with the tutoring people so often... or is it the other way around? Whatever), and if you had no idea, well now you know. Also, art. Not just any art, mind you, but the elegant chaos--like the kind seen in nature and a million other places--that comes through fractals. It's some of the coolest and at times the most beautiful things that can be made by man--and computer in this case. I just can't wait to find some time and play around with it.
Well that's 'bout all I've got to say about that. Been sorta busy but hopefully I'll post some longer/more meaningful things up... eventually ^^; Laters.
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