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Celestial Vault

Cosmic-Cuttlefish

Published: Jul 14, 2012

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It's been a while since my last upload... I've had a bit of an art block lately, but I have a couple of new ideas now, so you should be seeing more from me. This one is partly inspired by a description in Book 6 of Virgil's Aeneid, where he describes Atlas carrying the vault of the heavens, 'inset with gleaming stars'.

I think I'm gradually starting to understand how Xaos works... I've never really used it before, but it was quite useful here.

A brief tutorial on stars is on its way, eventually.

Made with Apophysis 2.09.

Image size

2000x2000px 3.94 MB

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rhunel

Feb 10, 2017

Featured your wonderful fractal here:

February FinesseFields lie brown and bare trees bend as half-hearted fronts skirt the mountains in snow yet leave the grass untouched. It is too soon for spring--the fickle weather teases and promises what should not be yet, and the birds murmur softly in the bushes, confused whether to court or wait until more storms pass. In life, all that is fallow, that rests while we shore up our resources, our energy, echoes the uncertain promise of the future. Can we brave the weather, are we strong enough to build in spite of how different from past seasons things are? Yet impossible as it seems, a funny lightness blows through the barren pastures of our dreams, setting off this song, like the birds tentatively chirping, praise be for hope which springs eternal, for the spirit which encourages us to reach out, share, create, persevere, try something new, never lies fallow, but is always at work within. The wind is blowing, O hear and be of good cheer. With love to my fellow Deviant Artists, and as always, plea Have a blessed day! -Debra