Acquiesce

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With this on my desktop, it looks like my monitor is giving in to the heat, and melting back into a whirlpool.

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Aerium

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Aerial terrariums, my first use of the new interior reflections of Bryce 5. The trees are another of it's new abilities.

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The Barrier

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Can you capture stars in a net, or is it just a metaphor?

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Binary

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A background your computer would choose. Humans use a 10 base, or 'decimal,' number system derived from our earliest counting devices, our fingers. Computers use 2 base, or 'binary' because they count with a series of switches: on or off.

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Biohazard

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For dangerous computers.  Not abstract, but I'm also using this gallery for non-objective subjects and design motifs.

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Blossom

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I really like how realistic this one came out, it almost seems like you could touch it.

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Blue Geo

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This didn't come out like I expected it to, but it is interesting.

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Bound

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A tortured soul, bound by her own emotions.

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Carnival

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I put off images that give me trouble, switching back to a previous problem child. I switched back to this one which accepted my tweaking much better this time.

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Color on Call

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A little color waiting for the call to brighten a dreary day.

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Conformity

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"Screw conformity, be different! (look closer if the name confuses you.)"

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Convergence

Sold

Convolution

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Feeling twisted?  A double helix of silver and gold spikes folds back on itself several times.

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Crystal Weave

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Glass strands woven together in a dramatic pattern.

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Cubed

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I've always love the simple geometric shapes, with that sharp clarity making your monitor look like you paid so much more than you did.

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Dead Men Walk

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There are 10 different skeleton models, each representing a moment in the same walking animation.

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Direction

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An unconventional wallpaper. Which direction do you follow?

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Droplet

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Life in the instant of a raindrop. Take a picture, it will last longer. 

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DreamCatcher

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Fascinating how this fractal not only came out looking feathery, but appearing to be affected by gravity.

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Elementals

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Complex textures, not only did I work a long time creating them, but it took 24 hours to render.

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Entanglers

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This image holds the record for taking too long. Too many blurry reflections, too many scattered and reflected light rays to calculated.

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Envelop

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A custom fractal flame design with color enhancing in PhotoShop.

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Focus

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A futuristic computer memory crystal, or a high tech screw; it's a bit fuzzy.

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Fractal Dance

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This one is a little bright for my taste, but it got rave reviews from a pack of 8 year olds. So I will be putting two version online.

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Glimmer

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Kaleidoscopic geos.

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Golden

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Sold

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Globe

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A symbolic statement of moral decay. Latitude and longitude lines form a rusty cage around our little planet.

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Hot Spot

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This abstract image was made with an arrangement of very bright spotlights in Bryce.

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Inferno

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Fire! Fire! Hmm, is this an object, or abstract? It's one of those topics that could be either. I'll put it in both sections to make it easier to find.

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ingress

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I wanted the background to be a long endless tube, but the wave pattern vanished too quickly in the distance, so I have to use a cone, but it achieved the effect I wanted perfectly.

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Kaleided

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A Kaleidoscope of clockwork & robot parts, falling apart along the bottom.

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Making Room

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I really like this one as a background on my desktop. It's easier on the eyes than you might first expect.

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The Maze

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Whoa, vertigo...  I like this one.

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Meltdown

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To get the full effect of this one, you need to have it on your desktop while working in a small window.

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Micro-Garden

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This is a manipulated fractal image loaded into the 3D software, and spheres were added to another dimension.

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Non-muss

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It looks like a pattern, but is actually is a 3d scene. It started as a logo design, but I am always drawn to symmetrical patterns.

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Obelisks

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Another image that could go in either sci-fi or abstract.

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The Orb

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Really dark images are difficult because I need to take into account some monitors are darker than others, hiding some details, but this image can be dramatic both ways.

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Pin Wheel

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The fractal's are popular, Maybe one day I will have enough to make a separate category.

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Pixel Trap

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A pixel trap is where you get the data feed for your render farm. (3D humor)

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Positive Outlook

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An experiment in the psychological effects of wallpaper. It probably won't have the same effect in countries where red isn't negative, and the language isn't read left to right.

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Pseudo Placebo

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I couldn't come up with a name for this one, so I used a 'Name Maker' I found online that generates random names for bands.

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Purling

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This is made from multi-replicating metaballs in Bryce to form a curve, grouping them, and multi-replicating that into a bowl shape. Which takes more than a few tries to get just right.

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Rag Doll

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I love the detailed texture on the figure, this is one you have to look at up close.

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Reaction

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The color choice in this one gives an added bonus to LCD monitors, as it changes color when viewed from different angles.

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Reflecting Man

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A male figure reflects, and is reflected, hundereds of times.

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Reticular

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Multiple multi-replications in Bryce, approaching the complexity of a living machine.

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rings

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I like the symmetrical designs, I try to resist, but the simplistic composition draws me back.

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Rotation

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Non-objective multiple multi-rotation calculations with morphing metaballs using Bryce 5.1

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Round

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Shapely

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Parents may not see this one the same as people without kids.

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Snowflake

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A mathematical fractal image forming a snowflake shape.

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Spark

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A fractal flame provides the spark for this electrically charged image.

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Spring Aerium

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To get blossoms on Bryce's trees, there are actually two trees that make up each one. The first with small leaves, and the second with bitmap flowers in the place of leaves.

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Spurious

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Static Array

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Another one of those pretty 3d images of chrome objects.

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Surface Tension

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The reflective material, mercury maybe, sags under it's own weight, and dents the surface without breaking the surface tension.

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Ten Fingers

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I wanted high contrast between the two hands, but not symmetrical, differences are never just black and white.

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Tin Spot

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A splash of color for your desktop.

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Touch

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Not exactly what it started out to be, but I like it. My daughter (6) says it's creepy.

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Twirl

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I created and imported a fractal swirl into my 3d software, and tried it out on an infinite plane, and a sphere. The image was striking, so I turned it into a finished image.

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Vertigo

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The name of this kaleidoscopic version of 'Tin Spot' is derived from the illusionary affect if has on the eye. Stare at it for awhile, and see what I mean.

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Vortex

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This is form of mathematical Fractal Flame, repeated around a central axis to form the twisting pattern.

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The Well

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Don't lean over too far, it looks kind of deep. 

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Wing Ding World

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This scene is entirely made from 3d versions of symbols found in graphic fonts like Dingbats or Wingdings.

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