I’ve already uploaded fractovia’s skeleton to this new WordPress installation. Much more is coming in a few days, including the old software section, which I will renew with recent fractal generators over the next few months. I hope everything works out well.
As usual, I generated the new picture above in Tiera-Zon.
There’s something else I realized over the last few days: I’ll stop claiming I’m a fractal artist —if I ever did so. Why? Because I don’t care about labels anymore.
As I review my old pictures and reflect on the ones I’m currently working on, I also notice I’m not a pure algorist, precisely controlling every step of the generative process, carefully analyzing variables to achieve a particular rendering. Maybe, other people do that, but I don’t, or at least not with that level of dedication. Instead, I’m content to see myself as an fractal explorer taking snapshots as I zoom deep into that world. I may be a meticulous observer, picking formulas to try out, recording what I find intriguing, coloring and framing a particular selection until I get to an intended result. That’s how I would describe my commitment to fractal art since the beginning.
I don’t mean to say my pictures aren’t aesthetically pleasant anymore; yes, I still want them to be, but that might be more of a by-product than the goal itself. There’s still some art to them (they’re certainly not just casual snapshots to upload somewhere to remind me of past events), but I doubt they possess anything particularly innovative or trendy enough to represent something significant in the grand scheme of things.
Maybe I’m getting old and the awe of youth and the need to transcend have passed on to a new generation, but that’s how I see my “fractal art” now… I’ll keep that label for the sake of categorization. But if a more fitting ID is still needed, would it be alright to call myself a fractal colorist instead?
Revised on 2025 April 19 for clarity.