Mandelbox "Alien Hive"

A flight through a scale 2 mandelbox. Has the qualities of some alien city or futurescape.

Info: 2,500 frames, 640x480, 23.976fps playback, 52 hours of render time (given the specific render settings: res=2, DE step factor=0.7, max iter=250). Actual render time in real life was about half that since it was split across two machines: a linux box running Ubuntu and an OS X box running Windows XP in a VirtualBox.

Music: Max Loginov, "Thing"

Video: ©2010 David C. Pearson

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• mandelbox
• mandelbulber
• fractal
• fly-thru
• fly-through
• render
• CGI
• mandelbrot
• IFS
• pearsonfaces.com
• mathematical
• generative
• alien
• cityscape
• futuristic
• ball-fold
• box-fold

[zoobiewa]

I want to live here.

[fpsurgeon]

@zoobiewa LOL! I've thought about it, too!

[TheKeaper]

Great! I think the Archailects from "Orion's Arm" might look something like this.

[fpsurgeon]

@TheKeaper Thanks! And indeed it's not a bad analogy, particularly when you appreciate the infinite (quite literally!) complexity and detail in this fractal structure.

My rendering pales in comparison to some of the masters like xlace, of course, but all of these structures are almost beyond comprehension...like the Archai. :-)

[xlace]

This animation is great! It is much better than previous. Good work!

In few weeks I will release next version of Mandelbulber with some additional tools for keyframe animation editing.

[fpsurgeon]

@xlace Thanks! I've got a better idea of some of the render settings, I think.

You'd mentioned the next version on Fractal Forums (in response to my bug report for 0.93) and I can't wait to see it. You've done some awesome work on the software and some beautiful fly-thrus.

[riteasrain]

amazing! you'll get fried in there!

[jonawb]

Still dont know what a mandelbox is but its cool as fuck

[MegaOrganik]

Sick!



[Malucodemez]

We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Resistance is futile.

[Riegel2222]

wanna get the animation 2 explore

[UFOIST]

Faaaaaaar out!

[MegaMindfreak666]

Ffffffuuuuuuuu, my Mind is completely blown. I wonder wha it would be ike living on one of these :)

[capstoned]

Excellent!! Love the Hot fog look... nice smooth movement. Love flying thru the Box! Check mine ;)

[dgreatunknown]

inside a Borg cube!

[ecreif]

Multi Eyegasm

[alienbaroque]

Beautiful.

[DJKinggo13]

before time began... there was... THE CUBE

[fpsurgeon]

@amanieux Thanks. I made it using mandelbulber.

[amanieux]

what software did you use ? ( if boxexplorer can you please share the config file , your colors are great ! thanks)

[HiAdrian]

Awesome, love it!

[fpsurgeon]

@DaoDao76: Ha! Indeed it is.

[DaoDao76]

Its veeery strange uni(multi)verse we live in...

[brucepearson]

What a trip! The most awesome Mandelbox presentation I've ever seen!!!!