It's A Fract! A lens about fractals!

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What is a fractal? Let's find out!

The image is Goddess Of Fire. She is one of my own, which I created in Ultra Fractal (definition below is courtesy of The Free Dictionary)

A Fractal Is: A complex geometric pattern exhibiting self-similarity in that small details of its structure viewed at any scale repeat elements of the overall pattern. Fractals are often associated with recursive operations on shapes or sets of numbers, in which the result of the operation is used as the input to the same operation, repeating the process indefinitely. The operations themselves are usually very simple, but the resulting shapes or sets are often dramatic and complex, with interesting properties. For example, a fractal set called a Cantor dust can be constructed beginning with a line segment by removing its middle third and repeating the process on the remaining line segments. If this process is repeated indefinitely, only a "dust" of points remains. This set of points has zero length, even though there is an infinite number of points in the set. The Sierpinski triangle (or Sierpinski gasket) is another example of such a recursive construction procedure involving triangles (see the illustration). Both of these sets have subparts that are exactly the same shape as the entire set, a property known as self-similarity. Under certain definitions of dimension, fractals are considered to have non-integer dimension: for example, the dimension of the Sierpinski triangle is generally taken to be around 1.585, higher than a one-dimensional line, but lower than a two-dimensional surface. Perhaps the most famous fractal is the Mandelbrot set, which is the set of complex numbers C for which a certain very simple function, Z2 C, iterated on its own output (starting with zero), eventually converges on one or more constant values. Fractals arise in connection with nonlinear and chaotic systems, and are widely used in computer modeling of regular and irregular patterns and structures in nature, such as the growth of plants and the statistical patterns of seasonal weather.

Some Of My fractals 

KRU Goddess Of Fire Skateboard skateboard Celestial Being Poster print Colorful Fractal Skateboard skateboard Customizable Gold & Copper Fractal Business Card profilecard Designs By Gina Sunrise Poster print

Fractals By Others 

Lighted Heart stamp Blue Fractal Poster print Butterfly Valley binder Golden Wings mousepad Obsession. print

Fractals on CafePress 

Anne's Fractal Menagerie 2010 Wall Calendar

My new 2010 calendar featuring 12 original fractals.

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Anne's Fractal Menagerie Wall Calendar

Originally created for 2009, this calendar featuring 12 fractals is now available for 2010.

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Movember 2009

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Fruit fractals

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supernova

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Christmas page 1

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Fractal fabric

Fractal fabric by ingermaaike2

Fractal fabric

Fractal fabric by ingermaaike2

Fractal fabric

Fractal fabric by ingermaaike2

Fractal fabric

Milestone 65 by fdecomite

Milestone 65

Milestone 65 by fdecomite

Milestone 65

Incendia man by koolmann1

Incendia man

Bare Fractal Pine by cornfed1975

Bare Fractal Pine

pink flames by Myaku [sy]

pink flames

Fractals by Miss Stella

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Fractals by Miss Stella

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Erosion of a Fractal by koolmann1

Erosion of a Fractal

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Tail Trophy

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My name is Gina, I am a Stay-At-Home Mom, and I am a self-taught digital artist. I sell my works through a variety of places and on a variety of produ... (more)

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