It is with great sadness that I need to inform you today's feature will be our last.
It has not been an easy decision for us to make but we have decided to close the group. was originally set up to seek out new or overlooked artists and to present a daily feature. However with admin staff leaving, difficulty in recruiting new admin, myself and Sabine only stepping in to help out temporarily, and all of us including Maureen simply not having the time, we do not feel able to continue with the group in the manner it was intended to run. We would struggle to bring you regular features in the way you have become accustomed to and we don't want to see this turning into a group that is only open for submissions.
We want to thank every one of our dear members over the years for all your contributions and support
is now closed to submissions but will remain open for the next couple of weeks so everyone has a chance to view and comment on this feature.
I am doing things a bit differently this time and in a moment I will present a selection of art chosen by myself, Sabine and Maureen, but first I want to feature fractals from our admins past and present and say thank you to you all and sorry if there is anyone I have missed out (we went as far back as we could in our groups history).
We tried as always to include a mix of new or lesser known artists alongside more well known fractalists.
Please go visit their work and show them some love
I would also like to give a mention to the winners of the Ocean Contest over at our affiliate group Fractal-Love
1st place 2nd place
Much love to you all, you are all extremely talented and keep on fractalling!!!!
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Manipulation Challenge 5
Hello all
We had some lovely manips for challenge 4 and here are one from each of you
A mix up by !Gerda1946 (https://www.deviantart.com/gerda1946)
Impression of Wout by :iconLieque:
UF Reflection by :iconAlena1950:
Bird Flight by :iconzisgul:
Klein Reflections by :iconGrannyOgg:
For Manipulation Challenge 5 we are going to try making tributes to the works of Eva Kmento - :iconXantipa2: who as you all know passed away a couple of months ago. Here are just a few from her wonderful gallery.
You can take your inspiration from any of her works. Use your own pieces as a base or look for free stock images (their are loads on D.A.)
Rules:-
Rule No.1 - A fractal p
Manipulation Challenge 3
For our 3rd Manipulation Challenge I thought you might like to work with the tutorials of a master manipulator ~rockgem (https://www.deviantart.com/rockgem) Gem has produced several tutorials on this subject and you can use any or all of them.
I picked this one because it has a minimum of shapes and eyes can of course be made as intricately as you like in UF. MB3D Photoshop, PSP etc. But, as stated above you can use any of her tutorials though the fractal content must be your own. The background can be a fractal scene or a free graphic but please give credit to the creator in your details if it isn't your own. You may also, of course, use
Christmas Challenge 2017
The results of the Christmas Challenge are in .
Joint best of show went to !Lieque (https://www.deviantart.com/lieque) and :iconGLO-HE: . Congratulations girls.
Runners Up were :iconShadoweddancer:, :iconVelvet--Glove: and :iconChetje:
We had quite a few entries so thank you all for contributing to our Christmas Challenge. There are too many to show you all the other entries. So one from each of you, your best entries in my humble opinion.
The judges were :iconGrannyOgg: and :iconGerda1946:
If I have left anyone off then please feel free to comment under the journal. I can add you in
It only remains for us to wish you all a wherever you are in the world
Decisions, Decisions
Rather than upload many versions of a fractal I thought I'd compose a journal.
These are the varieties of tweaks I made from the one set of pong parameters:-
The two above used new gradients made in MB3D and saved for future use.
Colour mapped and colour maps overlaying each other.
Mapped on output vector with low Rotation Bailout.
Formula added in first slot
Formula added in first slot, mapped on output vector with low Rotation Bailout and simple gradiated colour map made in Ultra Fractal.
Final Image chosen for pong chain. Parameters included.
Tips n Tricks: Using outside and inside colouring is rarely needed and slows the render
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great feature folks and thanks for all the support and hard work over the years....