When was the last time you had an art project in your math class? Your assignment is to use a fractal art program to create a fractal picture. The objective is to develop the most inspiring picture as voted on by your classmates (no, you cannot vote for your own picture!).

Your picture can be any type of fractal art including Mandelbrot Sets, Julia Sets, fractal landscapes, or nature pictures made of self-replicating fractals. The option is yours. Extra credit is provided for including the Saint Leo color scheme, logos, or landscape.

Since this is a math class, you also need to provide a one-page summary of how you created this image including the algorithms used, the values for those algorithms, and the software used to generate the image. In addition, any comments or recommendations on this project for future students are appreciated (such as useful and useless software!).

This project is to be posted to the Project 2 Discussion Board no later than Sunday 11:59 EST in Module 6. PLEASE, do not wait until the last minute. This can be a really fun project, but not if you attempt it on Saturday night!

Obviously, since you are creating this image, you will own the copyright for the image you create. Digital watermarks on the image are acceptable (this allows evaluation versions of several programs to avoid purchase).

To help you get started, the links below include some software that might help.

http://hirnsohle.de/test/fractalLab/ – This has a nice 2-d and 3-d fractal generator that is simple, but has hundreds of controls!

http://fractalarts.com/ – They have many images and also a page with software available on the Internet. The gallery might give you some ideas and the software page has links to several programs that could be useful.

http://www.fractalartcontests.com/ – This site has some award-winning fractal art for inspiration. Also, it lists the software used. Some of this software is powerful, but has a high learning curve.

http://www.ultrafractal.com/index.html – This appears to be a popular application for artwork. There is an evaluation version that includes a watermark, which is ugly, but acceptable.

http://www.download.com/ – This site has links to Fractal DRAW Pro and will perform self-replicating fractals. You can also find links to Genesis ll software that will create fractal landscapes.

Grading Rubric for Project 2 (Fractal Art):

Explanation of the process and software use to create the image 33% Explanation of the algorithms and repetition behind the image 33%

Beauty and complexity of the image 33%

Extra credit:

Using Saint Leo Colors 5%

Using Saint Leo Images 5%

Voted “best picture” 10%

Tutorials:

Fractal Fairy – http://tutorial.fractalfairy.com/ (for Fractal Explorer)

Fractal Arts – http://fractalarts.com/ASF/tutorials.html

Software:

Several Linked Here: http://fractalarts.com/ASF/Download.html

Fractal Explorer 2.02 – http://feusers.fractalfairy.com/fefiles/index.html

Ultra Fractal – http://ultrafractal.com/download/index.php Ultra Fractal is very powerful and has a free 30 day trial.

NOVA Site that has an online fractal generation program.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/fractal-generator.html

For Mac Users:

IconMakerUniversal, by Jim Burgess jcburg@efn.org, http://www.efn.org/˜jcburg/software.sh