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    Fractals
    January 20, 2024
    When I first became aware of fractals, in the Fall of 1996, I was immediately intrigued and began exploring everything I could find about them on the internet. I downloaded FractInt, the best fractal generation software of that time, and learned a bit about how to use it, but my computer was really too slow to do much…
    Exploring new techniques: Translucence
    Disquisitions
    Tags: Creativity, Fractals, Style and Process, watercolor
    November 16, 2023
    When I first set out to update and re-style this website, I knew I wanted a different kind of home page from the one I had for many years. This was, for many years, my previous entrance page, with image rollovers linked to the various sections of the site: 
    My Creative Process and A New Site Design
    News
    Tags: Creativity, Fractals, Website
    November 16, 2023
    An image isn't complete until I've tweaked and re-tweaked every option!
    Workflow: Endless Tweaking
    About
    Tags: Creativity, Fractals, Style and Process
    June 10, 2017
    One doesn't always need to leave home to take a lengthy trip!  I'm spending a few weeks at home taking a much needed vacation, but that doesn't mean I can't do a little sight-seeing in a very beautiful and secluded part of the universe. 
    Diving for treasure
    Disquisitions
    Tags: Fractals
    July 26, 2014
    A good friend gave me some unsolicited advice this week: "Pay more attention to your muse. No one likes a jealous muse."
    Relationship advice
    Musings
    Tags: Creativity, Fractals
    June 8, 2012
    A video of my creative process.
    The Making of Deziris
    About
    Tags: Creativity, Fractals, Style and Process
    June 17, 2010
    How hi-resolution rendering reveals intricate fractal structure
    Amazing detail to explore!
    About
    Tags: Fractals
    May 30, 2010
    Fractal art as ballet costuming.
    Merge mode: Dance
    Projects
    Tags: Creativity, Dance, Fractals
    January 4, 2010
     
    Artist Statement
    About
    Tags: Fractals, Style and Process
    January 4, 2010
    Cremesin? Lyra Bend? SITR? Abunda Gojo?
    What's with those crazy image titles?
    About
    Tags: Fractals
    January 4, 2010
     
    Ultra Fractal Courses
    How-to...
    Tags: Fractals, Style and Process
    October 12, 2007
    Exactly how does one make art solely from mathematical formulas? Here's a basic and non-technical walk-through of the process of creating fractal art from mathematical formulas.
    Creating fractal art from math
    How-to...
    Tags: Creativity, Fractals, Style and Process
    September 28, 2006
    My work is composed primarily of computer generated, mathematically-inspired, abstract images which powerfully reflect the beauty of mathematics that is often obscured by dry formulae and analyses.
    Fractal Art
    About
    Tags: Creativity, Fractals
    March 28, 2003
    This is surely the most difficult (and least interesting) page for me to write. It really doesn't matter who I think I am, although this recent creative rendering of my artistic brain has a few clues.
    The artist — Janet Parke
    About
    Tags: Fractals, Janiism
    January 25, 2003
    © 2003 Janet Parke
    Fractal Art: A Comparison of Styles
    Disquisitions
    Tags: Creativity, Fractals
    January 1, 2002
    © 2002 Kerry Mitchell. Used with permission.Fundamentally, fractals are shapes, just as circles, squares, and triangles are shapes. However, fractals are very different from other, more common shapes. Right away you can tell that fractals are different. A circle, for example, is smooth. We can see that more precisely…
    Fractals: a more technical explanation
    About
    Tags: Fractals
    April 17, 2000
    © 2000 Janet Parke
    Fractal Art: A Deliberate Approach
    Disquisitions
    Tags: Creativity, Fractals