Woot, 1 year at dA (My dA Birthday if you will)
I have 7,179 pageviews (wow!)
My 138 deviations were viewed 20,063 times
I watch 117 people, while 95 people watch me
I received 648 comments and 883 favourites (all greatly appreciated)
My deviation with the most comments is Queen of The Spiders
[link] with 22 comments,
while my most favourited one is Impending Invasion, with 40 favourites.
(Kinda funny because neither one of those is my own favourite,lol)
My most viewed deviation is Impending Invasion
[link] with 1,223 views.

During my first year at dA I created Scripts for Apophysis and recently released my first gradient pack as well as joined some cool clubs and learned a lot of techniques from my fellow fractalists.

I have 93 friends, 41 Male, 53 female (a ladies man )
I recently visited everyone o0f them and chose a fave of one of the newest devs, took me over 4 1/2 hours on slow pc/dial-up so maybe you'll know why I don't visit all the time

My first Gradient pack!
Animal Gradient Pack: [link]

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First of all I want to say a big THANK YOU to all those who responded to my last journals and donated time or money to this cause, I can't stress enough how important this is to me.
I lost my mom to breast cancer long ago and I now take care of a terminally ill cancer patient in my home, So this is a cause very personal and close to my heart for me.
Cancer CAN be beaten!!! Just go ask =Webwoman she beat it!

The breastcancersite.com is not getting enough daily clicks to keep funding free mammograms.
So I ask all of you, my friends and watchers, and everyone else at dA who read this, to make it a daily habit of clicking the link to fund free mammograms.

No need for monetary donations (although they are greatly appreciated), this costs you nothing but a moment of your time,
and you will be helping to save the lives of many women and men (yes, men can get breast cancer too)
So please, please, bookmark the link and make this a daily habit!

For those of you who have Cancer, you have my heartfelt sympathies and I want you to know there ARE people who care, DON'T GIVE UP!
Drink ESSIAC Herbal Tea (An ancient Indian Remedy), it's the real Cure for cancer if caught in time!
Doctors won't tell you that until it's too late as they would lose billions of dollars in funding, so lets get clicking people!

Here's the click link:
[link]

The Results Page (lets get those numbers up!)
[link]
Thanks in advance to everyone who takes the time out of their busy lives to pitch in!

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FLAM3 2.7.11 released
[link]
From spot@draves.org (Via Apo Mail)
"The big news is support for 64 bits per pixel (16 bits per channel)
output, doubling the color resolution. This may be more useful with a
low gamma setting. Change-log entry:

Added 16 bit per channel support to PNG via bpc envar.
isaac.h is now installed with the flam3 headers. Strip indexing
now done with size_t's to fix bug in large images (thanks Paul).
Progress callback now returns ETA, and per-thread verbose flag
functionality fixed. Enumerated spatial filter types now used in
flam3.h, taking the place of function pointers (simplifies the
API). Fix bug by moving precalculation of variation variables to
flam3_iterate (thanks david).

and thanks erik! "

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A New Club for Apophysis-J users (Java based version)
[link]
Drop by and check it out if you're a Mac or Linux user (Windows as well) if you want to see what Apophysis-J is all about
Link to program listed below

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Good News for Mac/Linux users,
Known as Apophysis-J there is a Java version based on the 2.07 version of apophysis that has been released!

"It should run on any machine equipped with a decent java environment (1.4 or higher) and bring the capabilities of this wonderful program to mac and linux users at last."

The archive has been updated with the latest version supporting java plugins:
[link]

There is also a new page on dA dedicated to it, check it out at: [link]

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If you're an Apophysis user check out my marbleizer batch script here:
[link]

*updated due to error in comments I added just prior to uploading, it's been fixed,
my apologies to those that downloaded the original*

Work fascinates me, I could sit and stare at it for hours.....

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If you have any questions/problems with apophysis feel free to note me as I have probably already had the problem before and found the info on how to fix it.

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Are you new to fractal arts? Want to learn more and get more exposure? Or maybe you're a Senior Fractal artist that likes to help the new people (like me )? Then check out the
New Fractalist of the Month club
Details here: [link]

"Senior fractalists are fractalists that have been working with fractals for over eight months, or have more than fifty fractals in their gallery."

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A new club for Collaborations
[link]
Stop by and drop a note or just watch and wait to see what the future will bring, I predict great things from this club

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Getting Started In Apophysis And Fractal Art Creation
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FreeWare

Original Apophysis
[link]

Apophysis 2.07beta
[link]

Gygrazok's Apophysis 2.06 Z+
[link]

cyberxaos's Apophysis 2.05beta2Z+C++
[link]

Zueuk's 3d Apophysis Hack
[link]

Joel Faber's Image Apophysis:
[link]

Michael Faber's Apophysis Image Tutorial:
[link]

Info tip from :
Quote: "I have discovered something cool....
Joel Faber's Image Apo 2.04, doesn't allow for moving post transforms or additional plugins, But if you move the posts around in 2.07, as Ngons with a power of 1, then open the result in JF's 2.04, the posts will still be moved, and you can change them to the image variation."

Thanks for the the info m8!

Apophysis-J (for Mac and Linux users (works with Windows as well)
Apophysys-J 2.4 : [link]
Apo-J on dA : [link]


Xaos free fractal program
[link]

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NEW* Plugin Variations - Polynomial by Cothe:
[link]
Heavily commented with previews as well, Nice work Cothe!
*He also has made a Complex Polynomial variation, they both give occasional errors but they're still cool plugins

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Apophysis Plugins:

Apo Plugins
[link]

Lu-Kout's Plugins
[link]

"Z" Plugins from the beta2z+c+ version for Normal apo
[link]

*You will need to create a folder called PLUGINS to use these plugins if you don't have that folder yet, then once downloaded copy them into the plugins folder.
Please note that there's a limit at 30 plugins and the total of these is more than that. What I did was to create a folder called PLUGINSBAK and only use the plugins I plan to use or what plugins a script I plan to use calls for in the PLUGINS folder ann move them back and forth as needed. If you have already loaded apo and you want to use a plugin variation that you don't have in the plugin folder you will have to close apo, copy the plugin to the plugin folder, then restart apo.

Also note that some plugins don't "play well" with others, like Epispiral and Lazysusan for example, most of the time (but not everytime) they will cause an error which will cause you to force close Apo or reboot if you can't force close the program.

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Free Paint Programs for Post Working
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ArtWeaver, Free Graphic program with multi-layer support:
[link]

The Gimp, free paint program, can also make animated gifs
[link]

PhotoFiltre, Free Graphic/paint program, no transparent layer support but it has some cool filters and is VERY easy to use.
I highly recommend it for people new to using paint programs:
[link]

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Free fun with fractals
[link]

More digital software links:
[link]

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A new place on dA for all Fractal Resources For you:
[link]
Your one stop shop for Scripts, Tutorials, Flame Packs and more
Got a cool script, gradient pack, flame pack,plugin or tutorial you want to share? Just send them a note with a link
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My Apophysis Scripts:
Ribbons And Bows - Wire/Tube Script:[link]

Stars and Stripes - Wire/Tube Script:[link]

Marbleizer Script -For turning your pre-made flame into a Marble:[link]

Crystal Ball Plastic-Script:
[link]

Stained Glass Puzzle Script:
[link]

Marbleizer Batch Script
[link]

Heart Attack Batch Script
[link]

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My resources list, if you have one and it's not on my list it just means I haven't seen nor used it yet:
Tutorials:

This is a great tutorial, I recommend it for a beginners basis:
All about Apophysis - Beginners Tutorial by BurnoutPriest [link]

Apophysis 2.04 Tutorial by ~nemopaice [link]

Script Writing Tutorial by ~ThePieProphet [link]

Beginners Scripting tutorial by *djeaton3162
[link]

Julian Grand 3D Tutorial by ~neoMWH [link]

Julian Uncovered Tutorial by `ClaireJones
[link]

Rotational Tutorial with flame Pack by `Halcyon83
[link]

Ultra Fractal Marble tutorial by *Velvet--Glove [link]

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Scripts:
A Bit More Scope Script by *phoenixkeyblack [link]

Punkk Script (called fireworks by me as that's what it reminds me of) aslo by PKB
[link]

Slikk Script another from PKB:
[link]

Tube-StarTwist Script by *djeaton3162 [link]

Julian Illusions Script by =LonesomeFaery [link]

Alien Script by =ladydetemps
[link]
Alien Flower Scripy also from LadyDeTemps
[link]

3D Scripts:
3D Julian tOOb Script by =shaun-rules-4eva [link]

Julia 3D Script also by Shaun-rules-4eva [link]

3D tunnel Script by :devShortgreenpig: [link]

3D Tubes and Wires Script by Shortgreenpig [link]

3D Bubbles Script by Shortgreenpig [link]

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Gradient Packs:
By =LadyBlacksword
Gradient Pack 5-Fire [link]

GP4: Smooth Blues
[link]

Gp3: Icy Morning
[link]

GP2: Blood and Ink
[link]

GP1: Black and White
[link]

"Small World" Gradient Pack by *amberwind [link]
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Competitions
My friend
=shrapnelhunter is having an "Epic" contest
Doesn't need to be a fractal. Prize will be a fractal or a stamp, winners choice. Must be a NEW piece - not uploaded before 22/01/08.
Details can be found here:
[link]
*even if you don't want to enter the contest stop by his page and check out his work, you won't be disappointed

To my friends and watchers: Do you have a competition you would like me to Promote/Advertise? send me a note with the link and I'll be glad to add it here If it isn't here already, it's over or I missed it, so feel free to note me

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Want a laugh? Check out the 30 second bunny movie parodies at
[link]

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Friends
Fabulous Females (58)


Genius Gents (42)


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Cool clubs I'm a member of

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Apophysis Chat Room:[link]

*New dA Fractal Forum: [link]

My stamp someone made for me: [link]

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Procrastinators of the world uni- aw forget it

"As is the nature of the fractal to step and repeat,
seeing the result conform to imagery is always a treat"
*macquaid

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There is a difference between Intelligence and Wisdom, you can be Intelligent but not Wise, but you can't be Wise and not Intelligent.

If I had half a brain, I would be twice as smart but no wiser

Thanks for visiting!
~TJ