Magnebula

A long time ago I stopped making art. I cannot recall when it stopped, but it did. I graduated from college and entered the workforce, and life has been a blur since. About a month ago I logged in for the first time in many years (about 5?). It was really nostalgic seeing my page, and my work. At the same time it was really saddening. My work here embodies my early 20's and my young adult life. When I reflect back on all of those years, they were some of the best years of my relatively short life so far (I turned 30 this year). I miss a lot of things from that time in my life, it feels like a lifetime ago.

Even now though I am a bit blown away that even today people still stumble upon my work and give me llamas and star my work. I miss making things that people find beauty in. I miss having the time to dedicate to doing that. I just wanted to thank anyone who crosses paths with my page, anyone who supported me in the past, and those who will one day maybe see something in the art I used to make.

I would like to make something again soon, but I think it will have to something that reflects me today, and not me when I was 20.

So, I just found out that I have lost all of my fractals dating before "Endlessly Recursed". Yes, a lot of it was old, and scrapped... but I hoped to one day go back to them, and make them into something. I lost the params for Rapture, the fractal I received a DD for.

From here on out, all of my fractals will have their params shared publicly.

I have been stupid amounts of busy the past few months. Grad school has been kicking my ass quite a bit. I tried making fractals throughout the fall and winter thus far, but I have mostly only been met by dissatisfaction. My last two pieces have been moved to the scrap book fav.me/d4p8u71 and fav.me/d4p44cq. I do not like them, and am only keeping them in the scrap book as they seem to be somewhat liked by quite a few people. So, if you want to find them, they are there. People tell me I am being too harsh of a critic of myself, but I do not see it any other way. Once the next tweak is done, it should be the final product of those 2 pieces that I just scrapped. Thanks everyone, as always, for their support!

-Nick

So, I am going to print out one of my fractals for my parents for the holidays, one they have been begging to get done for a while now. I want to get it printed, gallery wrap, at 48" x 36". Problem is, I clearly have to rerender the flame before trying to print it at that size. I want to be able to print it at 300dpi, so I figure have it rendered at 14,400 x 10,800. But I am unsure of what to use for the other render settings for something this large:

My standard renders for dA are rendered at 1920x1200 with the following settings:
quality: 20,000
filter radius: 0.8
oversample: 2
48-bit buffer depth

Ideally, I want to render as large as my system can go, and that is about 20,000x 13,333 with oversampling at 1 and a quality of 50,000. I am really unsure though of what to set the filter radius at, as I know it needs to increase as the render size increases. I have never rendered something this large before, so I do not know, and I dont want to let it render for a week for it to not look nice. Anyone who is familiar with ultra high res fractal rendering... your advice would be greatly appreciated.

-Nick

So, I have accumulated a good amount of watchers, and I think it is time I begin to put together my first feature. I have no idea what I am doing, but I am going to target fractals that belong to fractals artists that I find to be under appreciated. I have come across quite a few artists that I wish could have more exposure. I myself have always wanted such a feature to have my work in it, so I am hoping to be able to do this for others who wish for the same thing. So if you know anyone who you think is under appreciated, or have any advice for holding a feature, send me a note and let me know!

-Nick