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Announcing the Render Evolution Project 2Hello again! Due to an enormous amount of positive feedback, I am running the REP again. This time around, the initial piece is being made by *GrahamSym.
GUIDELINES:
1. You tweak what I tell you to in a note, it will be different for each person.
2. You NEED to render at the size of 1600 pixels by 1600 pixels.
3. You have to be alright with your art being posted by others, though credited to you. Everyone is allowed to post the big compilation that I put together at the end.
4. I WILL submit the final compilation as a print at the end.
5. You MUST post your parameters.
6. Note me if you are interested. If all 20 slots are full, you will be put on a waiting list. Anyone on the waiting list at the end of this run will be given priority for slots on the REP 3.
7. NO WATERMARKS.
=ToxicDwarf's RENDER RE-EVOLUTION
=ToxicDwarf has tweaked entries 1-12 and put them in this folder: http://toxicdwarf.deviantart.com/gallery/39874440
PARTICIPANTS:
1. *GrahamSym Some

Epic Mandelbulb Feature + Contest Updates
Hi everyone! My internet and I are having am epic battle of who can annoy the crap out of each other by not working! It's a long story and some of it will get lost in translation. Suffice to say, until I figure out what the heck is going on with my internet, my time on DA is limited!

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Flark's Apo Challenge
(07-01 ~ 07-31-2012)

Outstanding Fractals For MARCH 2013:iconlovewhiteplz: There are SO MANY fantastic fractals submitted in this month of March.....that choosing the best of the best was really difficult!:iconlovewhiteplz:
:iconlovewhiteplz: I hope that you will enjoy looking at these wonderful beauties as much as I did selecting them. Please do take the time to visit the pages of some of these fine examples and leave a comment......we ALL appreciate it when some one cares enough to write a word or two about our art.....so make someone's day, choose a favorite or leave a comment:iconlovewhiteplz:

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AWT January 2013 FeatureWe thought it time that we re-started Features on :iconartworldtoday: Here is a selection of what Okavanga :iconokavanga: and GoodGirl-BadGirl:icongoodgirl-badgirl: think are some of the best images submitted in January 2013. Most of the selection comes from the Photography, Fractal Work, and Digital Work Folders as that is where the very large majority of images are posted.
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Fractals and Wallpapers FeatureHi Dear Members!
Here's a feature with some wonderful works submitted recently to our Fractals and Wallpapers galleries.

Great Artists, Less Used Fractal ProgramsA selection from the "Other" folder in absolutely no order:
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Saturn & Titan and Mars & Phobos

Bryce

Substance

Cinema4D

Combinations and Manipulations of many

ArtMatic

Xaos

Quadrium2

XenoDream

Gimp 2.6

Blender

ChaosPro

Chaoscope

Oxidizer
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Features Alaska, Mixed Favorites, New Watchers- Features USA - Alaska
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The keyword for this feature is
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Awesome April Art Feature/NewsDedications to me from dear friends!

Thank you very much my dears!

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Recent DD's I suggested that were awarded!! Yippee congratulations to all my friends!

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Awesome Photomanipulations/Mixed Media:

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Winter CZ Featurei would like to thank all who faved, commented or featured fractals i prepared! i was not connected recently but now i am and hope you will like this feature... both artists are from czech republic and i really admire their fractals! but do not forget to check their galleries - you will find more than fractals!

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Red and YellowA few of my favorite arts done in 'Red' and 'Yellow" -

Please remember to visit the galleries of these fine artists.

Recent Faves - Part 2More recent faves from my Favourites folders:
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Please visit each of these amazing artists galleries - stay long, and fave hard!!

Really, Really, REALLY BIG Fractal Feature!!!!!Hello Beautiful Somnambulist-Aisle Members!!
For your viewing pleasure, please accept this humble offering and be sure to give some love to all of our wonderful fractal artists!!

Thanks so much, I hope you all enjoy this!!
Jim :iconjim373:

Beautiful and Amazing Fractals #1I wanted to feature some amazing fractal pieces with you.

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Bulbulous Maximus,Bulbosity Bulb Awe ...and more

Journal Entry: Thu Nov 29, 2012, 4:33 PM

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I meant to go on with where I left last time but instead got caught up in the short History of the mandelbulb here on dA..

Mandelbulb3D and to a lesser extent Mandelbulber have been all the rage over the past year or so giving us a whole new way to experience some of our favourite fractal forms
and showing us new realms of fractal pleasure as infinite vistas from alien worlds open up before us.

Mandelbulb3D was brought to us by the tireless work of Jesse and friends over at Fractal Forums [link] Taurus66, cKleinhuis

along with
the numerous (no pun intended) formulas made by the likes of luca

and $:iconfractkali:$ . These guys really deserve a whole lot of praise for bringing the world such a brilliant set of tools for free .. yes for free [link]
Mandelbulber by

[link] is a comparable program

I am no mathematician infact I totally flunked math at school and really strugle to get to grips with the language of numbers despite being a self confessed fractal junkie,
What I really want to point out is just how very very good the creme de la creme of the Bulb world are both mathematically and artistically which are two disciplines not usually set side by side.

To illustrate this point, I started out with mandelbulb back in september 2010 and was quickly enticed by its wonders.. to date I have only posted around 70 bulb images and only a handful I really
feel are achievements.
Ok I didn't just focus on bulb work , I beaver away in all my other programs as well and although you might not believe it I do have a life,wife and family to attend to as well

Now if I look through my hard drive, just since October this year my mandelbulb folder has 40.25gb of saved parameters and thumbs as well as 9.85gb of renders, out of that I might if I am lucky get 10 images
I really feel have any value at all and in no way will they match up to the masters of the genre.

So maybe I'm just crap at bulbing... or then again I would prefer to think that some of these individuals showcased below are truly skilled at their art and deserve real recognition for what they are doing.

Take a look at a tiny representation of what i'm on about and go give them the