Isometric Fractal Art Tutorial - Part 3 by tatasz, journal
Isometric Fractal Art Tutorial - Part 3
In this tutorial, i will explain how i created some of my recent "isometric" works. For example:
Softwares needed: Apophysis and Chaotica.
Prerequisites: you will need some previous knowledge on how to use Apo and Chaotica. If you have any doubts, please check those out:
Apophysis ManualChaotica ManualXaos RevealedChaotica Editor Basics
Plugins used: square.
TIP 8 - lazy skewing
Sometimes, you can first tile and then skew, since unskewed squares are easier to tile. Can be handy when you need to tile a reasonably huge surface with skewed squares.
For example, lets make a pattern like one below. You can tile directly the skewed squares, but
Isometric Fractal Art Tutorial - Part 2 by tatasz, journal
Isometric Fractal Art Tutorial - Part 2
In this tutorial, i will explain how i created some of my recent "isometric" works. For example:
Softwares needed: Apophysis and Chaotica.
Prerequisites: you will need some previous knowledge on how to use Apo and Chaotica. If you have any doubts, please check those out:
Apophysis ManualChaotica ManualXaos RevealedChaotica Editor Basics
Plugins used: square.
Tip 4 - creating blocks from blank
You can use weights (xaos) to create blocks or groups of elements, to move around several parts of the tile at once, duplicate, rotate and flip.
Lets first see how to create a block when starting from blank. Create your first element, then add a link
Isometric Fractal Art Tutorial - Part 1 by tatasz, journal
Isometric Fractal Art Tutorial - Part 1
In this tutorial, i will explain how i created some of my recent "isometric" works. For example:
Softwares needed: Apophysis and Chaotica.
Prerequisites: you will need some previous knowledge on how to use Apo and Chaotica. If you have any doubts, please check those out:
Apophysis ManualChaotica ManualXaos RevealedChaotica Editor Basics
Plugins used: square.
Basic element
Start from blank, and add 1 transform with square = 1. You should have something like:
The square above is 1x1 units, and its centered on 0,0.
Now, go to the transform tab, set it to polar and change the X angle from 0 to 30.
This rhombus is still centered on (0,0). T
How to find out what a transform does by tatasz, journal
How to find out what a transform does
Not really a tutorial this time, just some exploration ideas.
There is no extensive guide to all transforms and plugins. So how do people figure what they do? The way is to experiment, and there are some techniques that work quite well for me.
As examples, i will use spherical and loonie.
A short note
For all the mathods below, make sure you try the following:
Change all the variables and try different combos of themMove the pre affine of the transform aroundScale and rotate the pre affine
Add it as post transform to squares or circles
Start (from blank) with square or sineblur, and add the variation you want to try out as post transfor
A brief guide to coloring in Apophysis. A Chaotica tutorial on the subject coming out soon too =D
Special thanks to BoxTail (https://www.deviantart.com/boxtail) for reminding me about an important tool the dummy here forgot to add.
(and yeah, all example images shamelessly rendered in chaotica because it is handier).
Last but not least, if you fancy the gradient i used as example here, you can download it from:
Lets go back to the adjustments window, this time on the render tab.
1 - Gamma
Gamma basically defines how "solid" will your fractal look. Low gamma will result in more translucid, shiny and higher contrast appearence, while higher gamma values will result in mo
A brief guide to coloring in Apophysis. A Chaotica tutorial on the subject coming out soon too =D
Last but not least, if you fancy the gradient i used as example here, you can download it from:
Coloring - Editor
Now that we are done with the gradient, lets explore the Colors tab in the editor.
We will see how transform color, color speed and opacity work.
1 - Opacity
Opacity is the opacity of the transform. Opacity 0 means it will be entirely transparent, and opacity 1, entirely opaque. Lets change the opacity of one of the transforms:
opacity = 0 opacity = 1
This setting is very handy when you cannot
A brief guide to coloring in Apophysis. A Chaotica tutorial on the subject coming out soon too =D
Special thanks to BoxTail (https://www.deviantart.com/boxtail) for reminding me about an important tool the dummy here forgot to add.
Last but not least, if you fancy the gradient i used as example here, you can download it from:
Adjustment window
To change or edit your gradient, you will use the Adjustment window. To open it, click on the gradient button under the menu.
A new window will open:
1 - Getting a new gradient
There are 4 basic ways to change your gradient:
Presets: click on the Preset button to view a huge list of built-in gradients.Gradient Browser (first but