TaraRoys

To commemorate the new year, here is a collection of the first fractals ever made by various deviants.  


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To new beginnings!

Read it for a daily dose of fractal fun.

1. Go to the fractal gallery, find five fractals made by newbies, and write "lovely" on all five.  Remember what it was like to be brand new at fractals, when all fractals looks strange and gorgeous, and remember how exciting it was when someone commented on your work.  

2. Go to the fractal gallery, find a fractal that looks like it was made by a skilled fractal artist, and write one insightful critique on a piece of artwork.  Skilled fractal artists generally appreciate critiques much more than "lovely" and "fantastic," because it tells them what they are doing right and how to improve.  

3. Post a journal linking to your three favorite fractal journals or news articles.  Say in one sentence each why you liked that article and found it useful.

4. Post a journal linking to your three favorite tutorials.  Say in one sentence why you liked it or found it useful.

Stan, aka f--l--a--r--k inspires me because he is living my dream:  selling his fractal art.

Art and business are two wildly different skills.  There are dozens of amazing fractal artists on deviant art, but there are barely five that I know of that have made serious attempts to market and sell their fractals.  This is because business requires just as much discipline and focused effort as art, and very few artists have the time or desire required to learn the art of business.  

Stan is one of those artists.  Stan's website, www.stanragets.com, is the most fully professional fractal-selling gallery I have seen.  It is even better than mobilelectro's  website, www.coryench.com, because Cory, although he's a professional artist, does not actively sell his fractal art.  Stan is also very active in the aposhack.

Most fractal artists learned fractal art from other artists.   Five years ago, people used to hoard styles and techniques like gold.  Over the past five years, this has changed- a few people began sharing, and soon, they set the standard.  More and more artist began to share tips, skills, styles, and encouragement in places like the Aposhack.  Fractal art has matured greatly, and the fractal gallery has turned into a lively and vibrant community.  

The fractal art business community is exactly where the fractal art community was five years ago.  Very few people know the business side of fractals, and exactly one person has come to the Aposhack and shared his tips, techniques, and tricks.  That person is Stan.  When fractal art begins to support the artists who practice it- when people can make fractal art a profession- it will be due to the efforts of people like Stan.  

Thank you, Stan. You are an inspiration.

This weekend at the Dr. Who con I became a distributer for Dave Langkamp's detailed designs for a british police call box, as seen here:  store.payloadz.com/details/934…

One of my customers asked for an estimate on how much it would cost to build a Tardis.  Well, Paul, according to Dave, "I would suspect that you are looking at around $300 or more.  That's if you build it out of pine and not very expensive plywood. It could be more or less depending on what all you want to put into it.  This estimate would not include anything like lights, computers, or whatever else you want to do with it."

Hope that helps!

-Tara