Abandoned Sky Circus - mandelbulb flythrough

This is a fly-through of a 3D, Mandelbulb fractal created with Mandelbulb 3D (download http://bit.ly/cYqnmf ). First time I've rendered such a long sequence - 12500 frames at about 3 1/2 minutes per frame for about 730 hours of rendering time. Next time I will do more test renders before committing to final version. :)

Music created by my friend Richard Sharpless. He sometimes records his keyboard meanderings and hands me a disc full of 'Possible Soundtracks'. This one fit the bill perfectly.

Mac users might want to try Mandelbulber http://sourceforge.net/projects/mandelbulber/

you can also explore fractals in your browser with Fractal Lab: http://fractal.io/

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• 3d
• fractal
• cgi
• trippy
• mandelbulb
• mandelbox
• fly-through

[Polaf3456]

The audio is way too perfect and its tripping me the F out LOL

[kitchendon]

@Polaf3456 (^_^) That slidy, floaty feeling is such a good match. Funny how some of the timing and changes seem to line-up with events in the video. I added the song after finishing the render and they just kind of synched up.

[hyporealistic]

is there a version of it for mac?

[kitchendon]

@hyporealistic No Mac version of m3D. But you can try a similar app in your browser. Best with Chrome or other modern browser. look for fractal dot io (i'll put link in vid description)

[kitchendon]

@hyporealistic I forgot to also mention Mandelbulber. A similar app to Mandelbulb 3D. I believe it is open source and has a Mac version.

[Bettinatizzy]

Absolutely love this. Wish I could answer your questions. For now I wish this was my screensaver. Is that possible?

[kitchendon]

@Bettinatizzy Hi Bettiny. :) Thanks. You can download a .mp4 file of the video on my Vimeo account. vimeo dot com/donwhitaker There must be a screensaver around somewhere that'll play videos.

[realityismyreligion]

@kitchendon That effect of abstract videos synching up is very cool, and an awesome side effect of our awesome brains. The same thing happened when I played a piano concert with a feedback loop projected on the wall: I got a ton of compliments on how in sync the music and the video were, when I had done no practicing or editing to achieve that. Very cool, awesome program.

[TheMrEM4N]

@ObamaDefeat2012 Yup. I just don't get it. Maybe if I saw the mathematical formulas being expressed in this video I would be more impressed by how numbers translate into images.

[yellowmustang71]

???????

[webbst]

sorry but i dont get how this supposed to be great..is there a drug i should be on to understand?

[TheMrEM4N]

I dont understand why what I'm looking at is significant other than the shapes look cool.

[TheGilgr8]

DMT lol

[winterstellar]

"2 disllikes"? That's trolling, those are trolls or jokers fooling around! There's nothing to dislike here!: )

[dirtybombmovie]

Nice work! Check our Teaser out. More Video's Coming. Tutorials and Stuff like that.

[ReggieWriteous]

MUSIC is LUV! Youtube/REGGIEWRITEOUS

[VOYER07]

Reminds me of Star Wars!!

[WAKEUPshift111]

disturbing.