Fractal Broccoli - Procedural 3D form

This video is an experiment with 3d procedural modeling techniques. It represents fractal vegetable Romanesco Broccoli. The flower represents one of the most simple and beautiful natural 3D fractal forms. Here is a technical breakdown: http://aleksandarrodic.com/renderman/matrix.html And a high-resolution still: http://aleksandarrodic.com/?page=broccoli For this project I have chosen my favorite fractal vegetable Romanesco Broccoli (Brassica oleracea). The flower is composed of spirally arranged segments which are identical copies of the whole flower. The copying process continues ad infinitum as a 3D fractal form. The mathematical beauty and simplicity of this flower never stops to amaze me. Creating this amount of geometry without using Maya or any tool other than Cutter was challenging. However, the only problem was finding the right values for one transformation and repeat it many times.

My special thanks goes to prof. Malcolm Kesson at Savannah College of Art and Design

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• fractal
• 3d
• romanesco
• broccoli
• animation
• renderman
• lod
• procedural
• modeling
• hd
• 720p
• zoom
• malcolm
• kesson
• scad
• savannah
• college
• art
• design
• render
• maya

[metajakek]

you wouldn't be able to send me the flame file for this would you??

[aleksandarrodic]

@metajakek I didnt use flame for this. I can send you ribs if you want

[metajakek]

@aleksandarrodic Yes please

[aleksandarrodic]

@metajakek email?

[iwantcoolname]

was quick rotation at 0:10 added to mask lod switch?

[aleksandarrodic]

Lod switching is occurring constantly but its hard to see because there is cross-fade effect during switch.

[sunny652]

@aleksandarrodic , @metajakek - can anyone of you send me the source file for this ? Thanks!

[dgreatunknown]

Oh Chrismas tree...

[w13rdguy]

We are inside a fractal. Infinitely large. Infinitely small.

[Nymfipapukaija]

Oh god, I just realized how sharp it's got to be! INFINITELY SHARP. So it'll just break my tongue and teeth to pieces.

I am not so sure about this decicion anymore.