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Button Pushers...? Vol.1-FarDareisMai

Journal Entry: Wed Jun 3, 2009, 10:33 PM

Every so often, I come across a person who believes that Fractal Art isn't really art at all and that it is merely button pushing. Well, being a fractal artist myself, I get quite offended. We work really hard on our pieces and it's not nice to just call it "button pushing"! So, I've decided to feature some incredible artists biweekly that prove that Fractal Art isn't all about the buttons, but the creative genius, inspiration, and hard work of the people who make it!

This week's "button pusher" is the very talented =FarDareisMai! Far has a wonderful gallery and is an Ultra Fractal guru in her own right. She just hosted a workshop in #FantasticallyFractal that went very well. You can find that here:

THE INTERVIEW

How did you get into Fractal Art?

When I was in eighth grade, I was really interested in the fourth dimension, and dimensions in general.And, there was this science/math workshop thing for middle school girls called "expanding your horizons".
They did these seminars where you would learn about various stuff... I remember one about watershed and another where I made organic lotion. But the one I *really* liked was about infinity and dimensions and whatnot. So I went to it, and the lady talked about how fractals had fractional dimensions.At the time I was like, "Wtf?" but now I get the math behind it... anyway. She used the Sierpinski Triangle as an example, which I recognized from my geometry book.So then I went and looked up fractals online sometime after that, and I came to this site: [link]
And... then I didn't do anything fractally for a while.I came to deviantart independently of fractals off a link from a fansite for the Wheel of Time.At first, I uploaded a bunch of (crappy) writing to deviantart... and shortly re-stumbled across fractals. I was (and still am) particularly enamored with those of `creativ82. By this time I was a freshman in high school.I downloaded Apophysis first, because it was free, and even though I enjoyed it, I just had a case of "I want to make THAT" regarding Nick's work....and I managed to find a cracked version of UF.
And I just started uploading fractals and never looked back.

How long does it take for you to make a piece?

Well, it varies.Sometimes, the pieces come together remarkably fast, especially on a minimalistic or textural piece where adding too much frippery would ruin it.Assuming I have something good, I can usually perfect those in about an hour. Of course, sometimes I will be trying to do something minimalistic and no matter how long I work at it, it just won't come together.For my more "constructed" pieces, like Quayside and Stunna' Shades, I can easily spend 6-12 hours, not including render time.I expect that amount of time would be less if my computer would load previews faster... but it would still be a long time.

Finally, what would you say to someone who called you a button pusher?

Oh man.Well, I would *try* to remain civil at first.Explain that fractals can often take a lot of planning, and that a glance at any long-time fractal artists gallery will show a years-long improvement curve that proves the good stuff takes some experience to create,I'd try to provide examples, like the layerstack screenshot I have in my scraps, or before-and-after samples from an artist I respect.I dunno, this question is hard to answer because it really depends on the attitude of the asker.Are they just saying that to be annoying and get a response? Are they clearly immature, full of typos and whatnot? Or are they actually trying to argue about it cogently?

Say they are actually trying to argue it intelligently.

I mean, even if I disagree with someone (and very strongly on this issue!), if they are arguing reasonably, not resorting to name calling and generalizations, then I'll have more respect for them...Perhaps some explanations of how the software works, if they are unfamiliar,because there are a lot of people who really just don't get the setup of fractal software.

THE FEATURE

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*lyc Jun 3, 2009, 10:37:32 PM

you should call the person in question a "pencil waver", makes just as much sense

=FarDareisMai Jun 3, 2009, 10:40:12 PM

Just to clarify, that cracked version of UF was about four years ago and I have since repented.

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*Pasternak Jun 3, 2009, 10:40:22 PM

"Finally, what would you say to someone who called you a button pusher?"

Do you think that photography is only about pushing buttons too?

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=banana-tree Jun 3, 2009, 10:47:38 PM

wooo orange journal

nice interview too

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Thanks dearest!

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=apomaniac Jun 4, 2009, 4:25:45 AM

Interesting ... thanks!

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*Hadarniel Jun 4, 2009, 6:19:09 AM

Great interview and feature, =FarDareisMai is a great and true fractal artist from whom we can learn a lot

But I must say that sometimes I doubt fractals can be considered art. Just bear with me for a moment. You see, first off, it depends on oneself's definition of art. It's a very wide and general concept, and it's also rather personal too. I mean, in my opinion, most of my gallery is not art. It's just a bunch of random things put together to create something pleasing for my eyes. On the other hand, there are some fractals that take quite a bit of planning and working to achieve the desired effect. I consider some fractal artists, because what they do is something very meaningful, touching, and just plain awesome. But sometimes (and I know from personal experience), there's deviants who just randomly tweak things until something pretty or cool comes up. I think it's up to one's opinion. I don't think of myself as fractal artist, I prefer the title of fractal maker.

Anyways, end of rant

Have a good day!

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man.. I am glad I am getting glasses..

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*evilpj Jun 4, 2009, 6:46:36 AM

hmmm i m afraid defining art would take a very long discussion ... giotto drew a perfect circle free-handed, and that defined him as an artist ... yet if you see a simple circle on a blank background would you define it as art?
button pushing can yield very different results, and i believe in each piece there s something of the one who pushed those buttons.
i think RRs are a perfect example of how differently the personality of each pusher expresses itself, from the same starting point ... so are fractals art? i say yes

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