jtauber / mandelbulb

exploring the "mandelbulb" 3D fractal — Read more

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script for adding header to mesh description to make a full minilight 
scene description

James Tauber (author)

Tue Nov 17 01:21:20 -0800 2009

mandelbulb /

name	age	history message
.gitignore	Fri Nov 13 18:18:45 -0800 2009	Added files [Alex Gaynor]
README.rst	Fri Nov 13 21:34:14 -0800 2009	added a link to Daniel White's website about th... [James Tauber]
height_field.py	Fri Nov 13 21:21:19 -0800 2009	added height field PNG generating code [James Tauber]
impl/	Fri Nov 13 20:10:18 -0800 2009	removed stray comment from porting to Go from P... [James Tauber]
lang_results.txt	Fri Nov 13 18:33:19 -0800 2009	renamed files from Alex's unhelpful names :-) [James Tauber]
mandel8.py	Fri Nov 13 20:07:20 -0800 2009	added slices images [James Tauber]
mandel8_21.png	Fri Nov 13 18:39:16 -0800 2009	added my original mandel8.py cross-section-draw... [James Tauber]
mandel8_boxes.py	Tue Nov 17 01:07:44 -0800 2009	script for generating triangle meshes for mande... [James Tauber]
mandel8_heightfield.png	Fri Nov 13 21:09:25 -0800 2009	added heightfield rendering of 8th power mandel... [James Tauber]
mandel8_minilight.py	Tue Nov 17 01:21:20 -0800 2009	script for adding header to mesh description to... [James Tauber]
slices/	Fri Nov 13 20:07:20 -0800 2009	added slices images [James Tauber]

README.rst

Mandelbulb

This is just an experiment in rendering White-Nylander Mandelbulbs. Initially cross-sections but maybe eventually 3D renderings.

It's also a nice little project on which to try out different language implementations.

For more information about the Mandelbulb and its discovery, see

http://www.skytopia.com/project/fractal/mandelbulb.html

Slice 21 of a 8th-power Mandelbulb.