Three-Dimensional Mechanical Fractals

"QUANTUM SHOT" #535
Link - by Avi Abrams

Don't stare at it for too long, or your brain will capsize

We featured some spectacular fractal art before, but this looks like it originates from some dark industrial future, made by computers - for computers. They are "Mechanical Fractals" by Jock Cooper. With his exclusive permission, here are some incredibly sophisticated postcyberpunk art from his site Fractal Recursions...

Flying over the Death Star, I saw this...

These images look like glimpses inside the Death Star machinery, or under-the-hood circuitry of some futuristic super-computer, or even an AI.

or maybe it's the interior of the Borg Cube?

Borg Cube "under construction"...

This technique could be a good help for visual effects and game designers, creating a tangle of industrial objects in a wink of an eye (or this could be invaluable texture generator):

If nature evolves according to the fractal laws, then would Artificial Intelligence follow the same construction path to infinity? -

(images credit: Jock Cooper)

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio..."

Fractals are infinitely diverse, presenting a Kingdom in itself. Jock Cooper's "traditional" fractals do not disappoint:

Some of them approach the quality and techniques of well-known masters of surreal art:

Art Deco? It's there, as well -

and yet some others remind us of forms and shapes found in nature, like this shell-like piece:

This looks like some interstellar war between alien energy beings:

and this has somewhat steampunk-ish mood / palette:

(images credit: Jock Cooper)

I dare you to start going through Jock Cooper's hundred-plus galleries and not get hooked on clicking for more, and more...

Groovy Fractals by Professor Enigma

Everyone sees different things in a fractal, but with enough time and access to proper software, the exploration ot these "rabbit-holes of infinity" can be truly endless. Drew Terry, aka Professor Enigma, sent us these interesting set-ups:

(images credit: Drew Terry)

More "Death Star"-like 3D Landscapes

This one comes from Ramiro Perez and it's simply stunning in detail (click to enlarge) and polished design:

(image credit: Ramiro Perez)

It's called "The Furnace" and could be a part of an enormous starship' hyperspace engine, and the next image could be a mysterious husk of an alien artifact (almost like something from Alastair Reynold's space epics) -

(image credit: Ramiro Perez)

If you like Escher-like mind-puzzles and impossible objects, consider this Xenodream painting by Dirk Monteny (it extends inside itself, possibly forever)