Fiery gnarl

Gnarls are the new black in my fractal wardrobe. I'll begin with a hot little number...

Wrestling the psychedelic octopus

Happily, I lost the fight :D

Lavl

From the heaving hellfires of Earth's deep bowel comes the information, in tentacles and glyphs of flowing glowing rock, that all is not well :O

You are urged to follow the link and take full view for the details.

Ibex

This took many renders to get a satisfactory balance between the opposing elements of sharp/smooth, light/shade and fill/noise, but I'm happy enough with the result.

Night terrors: the old hayloft

While attempting to quiet my skittering breath, my attention was gently but forcibly held by the view along the old hayloft: the vista of the ancient wooden framework and farm implements and divers other arcane miscellania was as remembered, and yet curiously twisted into some kind of spiral tunnel, and somehow multiplied, going on and on into an undefined distance apparently illuminated somewhere near the infinity-point. The universe stopped spinning when the outer door was hurled open and a heavy uneven tread accompanied by ragged breathing took command of the space below. It began again with the first lumbering footfall on the ladder, and my own frantic crawl down that surreal passage.

Film noir

Moody shadow-filled B&W abstract, created entirely with Apophysis.

The clamouring hoardes

Abstract crowd flow.

The origin of the caduceus

This sizeable fragment of pottery from the Ubaid period of early Sumerian civilisation depicts what is thought to be a precursor to the well-known caduceus symbol. The central staff is absent, but the pair of serpents ambiguously intertwine and flow into what appear to be wings.

High energy

The observer's guide to plasma.

Sandbar nebula

Using a new image manipulation technique, scientists have been able to construct this image of the universe relatively close in time to its inception, a vast cloud of proto-matter from which the quasars are believed to have formed.

A linked gnarl.

Dimensional hack II (Crazy neon circuits mix)

#8 in the extensive series 'The new DJs'.

Dimensional hack I (Fluorescent alley mix)

#7 in the extensive series 'The new DJs'.

Field of dreams

Surreal and dream-like scene making heavy use of balloon symbolism.

En plein air

Intermission: and now for something completely different. The French title for me reflects the spiritual uplift of the image, the floating pause of a wind-blown seed-head finding momentary lull in the clean summer breeze, "And beyond it, the deep blue air, that shows / Nothing, and is nowhere, and is endless."

Royal gift II

Continuing the series 'Grand Julians as never seen before', second of a pair of variations lavishly appointed, sumptuously coloured.