Tuesday, July 20, 2004 :::
After A Long Absence...
I haven't posted here for a long time now due to health problems. These seem to be resolved (for now). The last time I posted, I mentioned XenoDream. This has become my favourite fractal/graphics program of all that I've tried. The number of images I've done with it (since March), and that are waiting to go on the Fractal Visions site is in the hundreds.
In the mean time, I have renewed my hosting package. I had hoped at this stage to be able to upgrade it too, but it has not been viable yet to do so. So I'm running a little low on server space there. In order to get all the XD images I want to get on site, I have some painful decision making ahead - I have to remove some of the existing images.
For now, the older galleries 1 and 2 have been replaced. They now consist entirely of images made in XD.
::: posted by Marc at 1:09 PM
Wednesday, May 12, 2004 :::
Fractal/Algorithmic Music and XenoDream
Okay - it's been a long time since I updated this blog. I've had some 'health issues' to deal with. I'm on the mend now. I haven't been idle whilst I've been ill. I now have a substantial collection of fractal and algorithmic music tracks available for free download or streaming at Soundclick.
I've also had a birthday since updatng here. I was given 'XenoDream' as a present, and I haven't looked back since. I was reaching near the limit of my server space on my site, so decided to start removing my older images and replacing them with new ones. So the first two galleries on the site are now newer stuff - and were all done in XenoDream.
::: posted by Marc at 8:14 PM
Wednesday, January 21, 2004 :::
I added two new images to my gallery at the FAR. The second, called 'Hidden Identity', makes use of Mark Hammond's application for importing graphics files into Ultra Fractal. I used a scanned thumbprint for the bottom layer.
::: posted by Marc at 4:23 AM
Saturday, January 17, 2004 :::
I have started a new gallery of my work at the Fractal Artists' Ring. At the moment, it only contains four images, but I will be adding more. Here is the link.
I'm working on my newsletter at the moment. I hope to have it done and sent by the end of this weekend.
::: posted by Marc at 12:03 PM
Sunday, January 11, 2004 :::
I am very proud to have participated in the latest guest gallery on Terry Wright's wonderful 'Rooms with a View' site. I am one of ten guest artists, who have each contributed two images to the gallery. I'm particularly pleased with the first of my two offerings 'Angel of the Tides'. If ever any budding or beginning fractalists wonder about the time it takes to render an image, think of this one. On my relatively old machine (AMD KT6 2 processor, 196mb RAM, Windows 98se and nVidea/GeForce graphics card), 'Angel of the Tides' took six hours to render. I could have simply exported it, but that produced too many rough edges for my liking. Here's the link to the gallery - Guest Gallery 6.
::: posted by Marc at 10:52 PM
Saturday, December 20, 2003 :::
I just added Gallery 15 to Fractal Visions. I wasn't sure if I was going to get it done in time for the holiday season, but I just about managed to. I'm glad about that as it contains one or two 'seasonal' images. Also new is a link to 'In Dulce Jubilo' - a fractal music variation created using the traditional carol to generate user-defined scales.
Season's Greetings to all.
::: posted by Marc at 8:10 PM
Thursday, December 18, 2003 :::
I'm working towards a new gallery for Fractal Visions. I have 17 images completed - another three and it will be a gallery's worth. I'm not sure if I'll get it done before Christmas, although I can hope. Whatever, I will be sending out a newsletter. I'm introducing a new feature. In each mailing I'm going to include a 'Featured Site', highlighting some of the many other fractal sites. I have the first one lined up. :)
::: posted by Marc at 10:48 PM
