Julius Horsthuis is a visual effects designer and fractal artist who experiments in making ‘fractal shorts’ – not a new style of pants with an infinite hem-line, but short videos of 3D fractal ‘landscapes’. Horsthuis’ creations are jaw-droppingly gorgeous (HD and full-screen an absolute must), and on his website he also offers tutorials and raw files for those who are interested in exploring this area themselves:
Over the years I’ve gathered experience in film, 3D animation and VFX that I now try to expand with a little help from fractals. Fractal shorts are great for developing skills – they are exercises in framing, composition, color and style.
For people interested in the process and techniques I’ve also written a little background on each Fractal short. The articles vary in scope; some are about techniques, others are more about the idea behind it or some hurdle I had to take to finish the piece..
I’ve also included the animation files for each Fractal short. You may download it and open it with the free software (Mandelbulb3D) to study your favorite fractal or maybe improve upon it. More information on the software in the about section. You can find the background and animation file in each of the Fractal Shorts.
If you feel you want to donate some money to support my work you are very welcome as I’ve embedded a ‘donate’ button in the about section.
The aim of this website is two-fold: I want to promote my own work so that more people will see it, and give suggestions and feedback so that I can become better at what I love doing by doing more of it. On the other hand I also hope to inspire people to create, and want to share what I’ve learned with the community that I’ve learned so much from.
Above is his creation ‘Our Fractal Brains’, and just to double-up on the eye candy below I’ve embedded another of his works, ‘Fractalicious 2’. Apologies in advance for and DMT flashbacks or recovered memories of R’lyehian abduction experiences…
(h/t Boing Boing)
