Greetings Steem Fam
For today I wanted to share a fractal made using a fun technique I enjoy experimenting with. Mandelbulb 3D is a free fractal generating program for both Windows and Mac, and its implications are vast. For this image I used what is called a HeightMap to basically get this Halo looking character into a fractal.
You can also use light maps and texture maps to generate cool textures, like the rock pattern on these guys
There are tons of texture maps and height maps available, royalty free, through google. Gotta love the internet! Below you will see the very image I used as a HeightMap that I imported into Mandelbulb. Basically what the program does, is it creates depth based on the grayscale. The darker/black it is, the closer it is, and the lighter gray/white it is, the further away it is. This allows Mandelbulb to create a 3D Image based off a 2D one. The group that I learned to do this through is on Facebook (Mandelbulb Maniacs), and I will go ahead and link their program files section where you can download the PDF on Heightmaps, Lightmaps, Backgrounds, Adding figures etc Here. The author, Lyn Taryn, who is also an amazing fractal creator, already wrote extensively on the process, as have many, so I won't go into depth on how to.
The HeightMap I used. If anyone wants to give it a whirl and would like this HeightMap sent to them, let me know!
Another cool thing you can do is make your own HeightMap! You can turn any photo or image you have taken into a HeightMap by simply converting it to a black and white picture in an image editing program like PhotoShop. I did that on the Fractal Selfie post I did for my tenth entry in this series. On my next fractal post I will show you guys some fractals I made using my logo as a HeightMap! I've also made logos for people using HeightMaps of images they have sent me. If someone doesn't want to learn Mandelbulb and would like me to fractalize something of theirs, let me know! You could pay me in STEEM/SBD ;)
This Artwork was even featured for an event I got to headline in Pueblo Colorado! Check it out. This was the first headline event I did besides my album release, and it was a blast! I'll probably start performing more regularly again once I decide on the format, but I've been more quiet and creating and preparing lately. All in due time.
Feel free to check out the various other content I post about! All original content created by meeeeeee (see below):
Behind the Scenes on my debut album, plus a debut of a new animation technique I learned!
I'm always free to reach out to on the Discord if anyone has questions (falseyedols#1856), and I am usually over on the Rocky Mountain Steemit or You Got Snekked servers, too.
If you like what I'm doing, you know what to do! I also love and comment/upvote thoughtful comments <3