Welcome

 

Sorry about the delay this week. It has been a flurry of editing the images in the FRAX/DDG "Spiral Series" for use in the upcoming video for "Eternal Light." In my research on fractal imagery groups on FaceBook, I have met a man named Peter St. Clair from California who has taken me under his wing to teach me some post-processing techniques for enhancing digital artwork. The results are subtle (in most cases), but stunning!

 

It's a fairly tedious, time-intensive process, but I've managed to get about 10% of the now nearly 270 images finished. I've been sharing some of these images on a few of the FB fractal and digital art groups to gain some feedback, and two or three have been chosen to be used for the header graphic of the group!

 

In this issue I'll describe the basics of the process, show the difference between the unprocessed and processed images, and highlight a few of the best.

 

The process starts with re-rendering the original image at maximum resolution in Deep Dream Generator. This introduces more detail and clarity. That image is then taken into Paintnet and enhanced by increasing color saturation/intensity, contrast, and sharpening. Sometimes it's straighforward, but sometimes I'll do several versions and then select the best one.

 

Shown below (first) is Spiral #79 as it comes out of Deep Dream Generator. Just below it is the final, processed result:

 

Fractal Spiral Dream #79 (HD)

 

Now for some of the best:

 

Fractal Spiral Dream No. 215 (HD)

 

Fractal Spiral Dream No. 65 (HD)

 

Fractal Spiral Dream No. 89 (HD)

 

Fractal Spiral Dream No. 93 (HD)

 

Fractal Spiral Dream No. 42 (HD2)

 

Fractal Spiral Dream No. 221 (HD)

 

Fractal Spiral Dream No. 109 (HD)

 

Fractal Spiral Dream No. 177 (HD)

 

Fractal Spiral Dream No. 265 (HD)

 

Fractal Spiral Dream No. 19 (HD)

 

In the coming week, I hope to create an album or page on FB to share more of these Spiral Dream Variations. If you'd like to explore more fractal artwork by others, these are a few of the FB Groups I've discovered where they are posted:

 

 

-Shawn