35 Phenomenal Fractal Art Pictures — Smashing Magazine (2024)

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In the realm of digital art, so many wonderful and playful genres exist that stimulate the imagination, but so few do it with the intricate style of fractal art. Fractal art is achieved through the mathematical calculations of fractal objects being visually displayed, with the use of self-similar transforms that are generated and manipulated with different assigned geometric properties to produce multiple variations of the shape in continually reducing patterns. Sounds extremely technical and not that artistic, true, but these equations create some of the most mesmerizing and inspiring artwork to emerge from the digital art arena.

Further Reading on SmashingMag:

• Black and White Fractals That Capture Creativity
• Modern Art Movements To Inspire Your Logo Design
• Pop Art Is Alive: Classics and Modern Artworks

We look at awe-inspiring examples of the dynamic digital art sensation that is fractal art with 50 Phenomenal Fractal Art Renders. Setting across the vast sea of cyberspace to find these works was such an amazing task as so many fantastic pieces surfaced. Here are scaled-down versions of some of the most breathtaking ones that were uncovered, though the full-sized versions (linked through the image) offer a much more spectacular view of these mathematical masterpieces.

35 Beautiful Fractal Art Pictures

A Colorful CircleThe play of colors is remarkable.

Dot Dot DotCreated by Lynn ON VACATION (Gracie’s mom).

Ring of fireCreated by Carl Jones.

Experiment 109 - FractalsCreated by Lynn ON VACATION.

I sleep only to dream of youCreated by longan drink.

Water LiliesThese fractal flames were created by Roger Johnston and are an “extension of the iterated function system class of fractals”.

Dec 31 Apophysis 1Julian Bilateral.

Quantum FabricA pure fractal flame by Cory Ench.

NabdruxAn abstract piece of art by mailart-org.

Grape Jelly Nebula

Squidswirl2b1A swirly beauty.

Silwenka’sGloris

Peter Sdobnov’sTreasure in 3D

Keith Mackay’sButterflies

Peter Sdobnov’sCataclysm

Bobrobon’sThe Human Abstract

Eye of the stormThe infinity strikes again.

xNight’sChaotic Love

Cygx1’sThe Awakening III - Rebirth

Micheal Faber’sCounter Spin III

LaPurr’sSubtle Masking

Subcarrier’sTales from the Trip

Chris Martin’sGift Box Marble - Festive Spirit

Katryna Wade’sPhoenix Heart Be Reborn

Chris Martin’sStrawberry Fields Forever

Dirk Monteny’sCubik Olympic

Grinagog’sCurling Conks

Subcarrier’sDecay

Silverb’sThe Icon of Hecate

Morgan Chase’sCosmic Carnival

ZoorekaUF 109 Project Purple Parasite

AsaLegault’sPolka Dot Explosion

Last Click

The last click goes out to a spectacular example of artistic will and ingenuity as demonstrated by Ramiro Perez in a stunning work produced with the fractal program that he himself created. His desire to create such phenomenal work is alone inspiration enough, but throw in his incredible artwork, and he’s practically unstoppable.

Resources

• Incendia The fractal program developed by Ramiro Perez, available free for download
• Apophysis A freeware fractal flame editor for Windows
• Fractal World Gallery 188 beautiful fractal art pictures, created by Cory Ench.
• Fractal Art: Complex and Beautiful Color Inspiration A showcase of 20 Beautiful Fractal Artworks
• Fractal Food This is so visually stunning an object that on first encounter it’s hard to imagine you’re looking at a garden vegetable rather than an alien artefact created with molecular nanotechnology.
• Flickr Fractal Group