digital art | FractaLiArt

Insects, and particularly butterflies and moths, are recurring motifs that I often encounter when I’m creating fractals. Sometimes, it’s just the simple shape, and other times it seems to be a whole detailed creature. Sometimes it’s done with what I call the ‘regular’ fractal generator and other times with the flame fractal generator (more on those differences later). If a mathematical formula iterated over and over by a computer can randomly generate images like these in a matter of minutes or hours, imagine what the physical forces of nature and a few billion years of evolution can do with a periodic table of elements (and, shall I say, an underlying fractal structure?). Oh wait, you don’t have to imagine. You can go outside!

(All images are watermarked and copyrighted)

Butterfly Hub Digital Art printed on metal, single edition 20x20" $325.00

Butterfly Hub – Artist Lianne Todd
Digital Art printed on metal, single edition
20×20″
$345.00

Detail of Butterfly Hub

Butterflire - Artist Lianne Todd Digital Art printed on metal, single edition 20x20" $325.00

Butterflire – Artist Lianne Todd
Digital Art printed on metal, single edition
20×20″
$345.00

Detail of Butterflire

Mother of Moths - Artist Lianne Todd Digital Art printed on metal, single edition 12x12" SOLD

Mother of Moths – Artist Lianne Todd
Digital Art printed on metal, single edition
12×12″
SOLD. Private Collection.

Pollinator - Artist Lianne Todd Digital Art printed on metal, single edition 16x16" $225.00

Pollinator – Artist Lianne Todd
Digital Art printed on metal, single edition
16×16″
$240.00

$A thumbnail of the raw generated fractal - just to illustrate part of the process.$

A thumbnail of the raw generated fractal – just to illustrate part of the process.

First of all, thank you to everyone who made it out to see the exhibit at The ARTS Project in London. It was so nice to see friends, family, and new acquaintances, when I was occasionally there, and share my art with you. It was also very nice to see some comments in the guest book from very old friends who I hadn’t seen in quite some time! And new friends too! (You all know who you are!). If you did get to the show, and didn’t see me or sign the guest book, I would love to know. Please comment below, or send me an email.

Today I’m going to share one of my very favourite pieces, a metal print called Phoenix, in case you didn’t make it to the show. I’m choosing it first for two reasons: 1) It isn’t what those who are only a little familiar with fractals might imagine when thinking of fractal art, and 2) It is a prime example of the way a metal print shows off the digital art I have created.

I will let you first refer to this photo from the opening night. See the piece second from the end on the long wall? The one that doesn’t look like anything? That’s Phoenix. It’s actually quite dark, and from the angle of the camera, the lighting isn’t picking up the image. That’s one of the things I like. It’s kind of mysterious.

Now, I will show you what happens when you walk by this image as it was lit in the gallery.

Walking Past Phoenix

Now that you’ve seen it in action, I will show you a watermarked image I took of it with my camera in the light of day. I think this would be fantastic in a very brightly lit minimally decorated room, don’t you? Alternately, it would be wonderful in a very darkly decorated room with a few track lights focused on it. I hope it captures your imagination the way it does mine.