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“The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all.” Oscar Wilde

A few days ago, TechRepublic again drew attention to their flame fractals site (see below), which seems to have been expanded since I last saw it. Some of these images are absolutely stunning - click on the thumbnails or links below to check them out; 3D Flame Fractals require3d glasses.

Flame Fractals offer a feast for the eyes
From his chaotic Crab Cooker to an elegant Crystal Window, Webshots member Rajahh cooks up another batch of fantastic Fractal Flames.

Incredible flame fractals take you through the wormhole
Another batch of amazing fractal flames created by Rajahh using the Windows, freeware application Apophysis.

Chaoscope fractals showcase the beauty of chaos
Webshots member Sandyckato used Chaoscope to create these beautiful fractal images. According to the Chaoscope Web site, the program is a “3D strange attractors rendering software.”

Flame Fractals continue to dazzle
Revisit the beauty of mathematics with this second flame fractal set from Webshots member Rajahh.

3D Flame Fractals
Webshots member Rajahh has taken his amazing fractal creations into the third dimension. Using Apophysis and a custom Paintshop Pro plugin, Rajahh created these fractal flames with a stereoscopic 3D effect. You’ll need two-color, 3D glasses to get the full effect.

Amazing flame fractals take your breath away
Witness the beauty and elegance of mathematics with 50 breathtaking fractals. Webshots member Rajahh created these Fractal Flames with Apophysis.

I was looking for Roger Johnston flame fractals when I came across this wonderful visual arts blog by Charley Parker called “lines and colors“. In his own words it is “a blog about drawing, sketching, painting, comics, cartoons, webcomics, illustration, digital art, concept art, gallery art, artist tools and techniques, motion graphics, animation, sci-fi and fantasy illustration, paleo art, storyboards, matte painting, 3d graphics and anything else I find visually interesting. If it has lines and/or colors, it’s fair game.”Charley has been doing professional web site design since 1995; he is perhaps best known as the creator of the award-winning online comic Argon Zark!, widely credited with being the first comic created specifically for the Web. He is an author of eight books on computer graphics, web site design and digital cartooning (some of which are listed here) as well as of the print version of Argon Zark! and a book of Dinosaur Cartoons (for which there is a supporting website, DinosaurCartoons.com). He also teach a class in Macromedia Flash at the Delaware College of Art and Design. In addition to being an illustrator and Flash animator, he describes himself as a kidney transplant recipient who was privileged to do design work on the web documentary on organ and tissue donation (US): The Gift of a Lifetime (further links: Understanding Donation: organs and tissues that can be transplanted).

What I like about ‘lines and colors’ is Charley’s choice of very diverse subjects (see his blog description above!) and the large number of links in his blogroll (neatly categorised), to exhibitions and to previous posts (again neatly categorised) - it’s a treasure trove for visual arts images and background on artists. I also find the site design quite appealing: simple, well thought through and nice soft colours - I wish I’d know someone who would do a design based on those criteria for my blog(s), but at a much lower rate than Charley probably can afford to ask . Anyway, ‘lines and colors’ is a site I’ll be visiting quite frequently from now on …