Bringing Real Life Art Into Second Life

Bringing Real Life Art Into Second Life

Bringing Real Life Art Into Second Life
Second Life is filled with real life artiste's who either design new Second Life art or bring their real life art into Second Life. Elven Enchantment's Curator has been fortunate enough to meet a real life Fractal Art, artiste, Mr. Spiral Silverstar and he kindly accepted the invitation to be our premier featured artiste for our first exhibition.
The opening night was on November 12, 2007, and will run until November 30th. Mr. Silverstar has the good fortune to have one of his real life pieces on display at the next International Conference of Mathematicians. (Of course, it would be entered under his real life name too!)
What is Fractal Art? Perhaps you would call it "modern" art and dismiss it. However, I find that it grabs your attention and draws you into the picture and captivates your passion. Fractal art consists of an indefinite number of spirals and circles using mathematical equations to give you the proper distance from one spiral to the next. That is the simple layperson's view on this art.
A more technical definition of Fractal Art and I quote Mr. Silverstar: "Simply put, fractals are shapes which show similar features at different sizes. Much as a very close inspection of a rock can show similar features to an aerial view of a mountain, fractal shapes are characterized by this property of self-similarity.
Much of what goes into fractals is based on mathematics. Sometimes the math is complicated; sometimes it is not. But, you do not need to know or understand the mathematics behind the art to appreciate it. The basic images are created using fractal generating software.
There are some who will feel that if this is all just based on mathematics, that it cannot be art. Fractal art does not pop out of nowhere, mathematics notwithstanding. To produce an aesthetically pleasing fractal image requires enormous input on the part of the artist. It also requires patience, and an eye for form and color-skills that are required for virtually any artistic discipline. (Damien Jones)
Can't anyone produce fractal art? The simple answer is yes. However, anyone can buy a camera and take snapshots, but very few can produce photographs that can be appreciated as art.
The images created in this gallery (inserted: his own Second Life gallery and the Elven Enchantment Museum and Art Gallery and exhibition) were made using the Ultra Fractal and Fractal Explorer software programs, with post-processing work done in Photoshop.
I hope you enjoy my work and realize that the finished products here are not simply the result of clicking a few random buttons. Thanks for taking an interest in my art, my passion." Unquote.
As the artiste, Mr. Silverstar must choose the color combinations that really make this art truly unique and beguiles the viewer.
Mr. Silverstar's Fractal Art is vibrant, passionate, and enchanting, and as Curator of Elven Enchantment, I am very happy to host his art.
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