Curvature of the Mind

Category: Images

  • Evil Cauliflower

    Evil Cauliflower

    My current desktop background. Related Images:

  • Clearing some stuff out

    Clearing some stuff out

      One thing I like about this composition is the way the texture of the image mirrors and harmonizes with the shape of the entire image. It is complicated and busy, but not overwhelming, so you can still make out the repeated elements that build on each other to make the whole. Related Images:

  • New Feature – Download demo image

    New Feature – Download demo image

    I’ve been revamping the site, working towards a more visual layout.  Part of that has been going through old posts and attaching an image to every single one of them.  Some of them just needed selecting an image from the content, and some needed an entirely new image generated from the demo code.  In the…

  • Symmetric – almost

    Symmetric – almost

      I like this because it includes a strong two point  linear cantor set attractor with a rotation that looks like it should be symmetric, but as your look at the details, the internals are off.  Yet, the transformations are so simple the actual symmetries reveal themselves from inspection. Related Images:

  • Hexagonal snowflake

    Hexagonal snowflake

    This is a tighter version of the last fractal.  The same equilateral triangle is in play with tighter compression factors.  If you stare at it enough, you can see that the lines are still there, but the inverse grid of whitespace stands out more strongly.  As commonly happens in these creations, the lines become obscured…

  • Hexagonal grid fractal

    Hexagonal grid fractal

    This is the last fractal, but symmetrized.  The center points are arranged in an equilateral triangle and the scaling factors are all the same.  Each transformation is a 180 rotation where the last few have had a 90 degree rotation to give the grid a rectangular structure. Related Images:

  • Replicated triangles

    Replicated triangles

      This one is the same as the last rendering, but I moved the center of the third transform over and got a resonance creating a neat subdivided triangle effect.  The repetition around the edges is even more apparent. Related Images:

  • Faded paper

    Faded paper

    The settings for this one are very close to the last.  I’ve just cranked up the scaling factor for the third transform.  I love how this generates a textured effect that reminds me of weathered paper.  The edges still have that same repeated pattern, though it is harder to follow in the center where everything…

  • Fractal Grid2

    Fractal Grid2

    The last grid introduced swirls, twists and rotations onto a “rectangular” partial grid.  This is chopping parts out and replicating.  Again, the simple form lets you easily find the parts that are replicated to make this image. These static images are nice, but nothing helps get a good understanding of how the parts relate like…

  • Fractal Ruler

    Fractal Ruler

    This one reminded me of a fractal version of the tic marks on a ruler.  It’s up there with the minimal spiral for one of my favorite illustrations of the self similarity of fractals.  As they become more complex, it becomes more and more difficult to make out the relationships between the different parts.  This…