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Where Have All the Flowers Gone

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© Copyright Graham Symmons
Raw fractal created using Mandelbulb 3D v1.8.7 beta-3 test
Minor postwork in PhotoshopCS. Windows stock www.cgtextures.com/

This work is part of my "Dead Cities" series
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3000x2000px 4.62 MB
© 2013 - 2024 GrahamSym
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:star::star::star::star::star-half: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Impact

This is a stunning piece of work! The atmosphere, the colours and the lighting inspire a dark dystopian feeling of being in a run down suburban area of an overgrown sci-fi fractal city.

But what I appreciate more than anything else is the quality of the architectural details that emerge from your fractal. The art-deco corners that resemble the Empire States Building in an odd fashion, the little balconies/platforms that look like personal helicopter parking spots, the vents, grilles, chimneys, as well as the structural nature of the whole thing and the spaces you show - shafts, atriums and inner courtyards - it is all fascinating from an architect's point of view.

Because of the way the fractal works, the image has the aspect of an almost technical drawing - an axonometric representation with partial sections revealing the interior layout.

To me the windows are at a different scale than what I want to envisage this structure at. The way they are suggests maybe a building that's a few floors high whereas I feel that this has the potential to be a colossal megastructure - almost like a termite nest for humans.