My Mother has finished her chemo and radio therapy for her bowel cancer. She has coped exceedingly well, very little if any after effects. She is going to have another scan in 2 weeks, so I am keeping everything crossed. She feels quite healthy and upbeat (Although she doesn't always say how she really feels, because she doesn't want to worry people, which ends up worrying me anyway)


WATCHLIST MAYHEM!!!

Something fishy is going on with my watchlist.
I have lost people from my list, I have not blocked or removed them. So I am having to re-watch people. I have lost about 5 that I am aware of. No doubt one of DAs update gone wrong!

[link] Has very kindly invited me onto his Die Ghul Show.
Die Ghul Show with GRAHAMSYM!:icondasghul:: Welcome to my humble show, :icongrahamsym:!
Do you enjoy being here?
:icongrahamsym:: Thank you for the warm welcome.
I am not sure yet, ask me later after I have been here a while. Its very intriguing.
:icondasghul:: Oh, I am sure you will like BEING GHOULED!
So, why not start this one by telling our noble audience a bit more about what you are and what you do?
:icongrahamsym:: Wow! I have never been ghouled before! Is it a painful process?
What I am, is not what I think I am. When I look in the mirror I see an old wrinkly man looking back at me, who has no resemblance to me (getting old) yet still feels the need to create music and art. I was born and raised in London and just love the culture of art, music, dance and theatre.
What I do, is everything my wife tells me to! Its easier than not doing it. (Lots of weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth)
:icondasghul:: No, relax! Just like western democracy, being ghouled is just GOOD FUN!
So, [link]
It was a fascinating experience!





Voting Period on The Favourite Showcase [link]
Everyone can participate, you don't have to be a member of #TheFavouriteShowcase
This voting will be open until the 18th April

My entry is number 52

What a surprise I was awarded my 3rd DD today 7/4/13.
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Thanks to for suggesting it and for featuring it.
Thanks to all who fave it, it is really appreciated.

of very kindly interviewed me as their featured artist

SFH Featured Artist - GrahamSym.In case you haven’t checked :icongrahamsym:’s gallery… maybe you could do so now!
*GrahamSym is a wonderful artist, his art is truly stunning and inspiring, And he's sharing his experience with us!!
Enjoy!
-Can you tell us a little about yourself?
Im a 54 years old married man with three grown up children. I cannot draw or paint, I did try I was not very good, so I do computer art instead. I used to like carving wood and sculpting with clay (back problems have forced me to stop doing that). I have a passion for music, I play guitar, Bass and keyboards. I played in bands from the age of 14 up until my children were born, but I could not commit the time as I was working as a Museum
Technician as well.

-- Why have you chosen the artistic path?
I started creating computer art in the 90's (Blender, Truespace etc) Which meant I was able to create art without too much physical effort. A couple of years ago I found a link to Fractalforums [link]



Jim due to real life circumstances that need his attention has handed over the running of to me.

These wallpaper sites have some of my work posted without my permission, there are other DA artists work posted here also, please check this out. Fractal artwork is not just found under the 'Fractal art' category it is also found in other categories. I have emailed them about it, the sites  also have facebook pages.

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Collin R Skocik commissioned me to design his latest science fiction book cover. The text was added by Collin.
His book can be purchased from here [link]

I would like to say a big thank you to all of my friends who very kindly wished me a happy birthday.

The following works were made especially for my birthday, please go and see their wonderful galleries and show them some love...

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAHAMSYM:icongrahamsym:

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January 02-2013Happy New Year for all!
Today is birthday of two dears friends :icongrahamsym: :iconchownbd:
As a little tribute to them,  I want to share and enjoy  their works. Happy Birthday Friends!!!!
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Happy new year to all!




#127: The Great Mandelbulber - GrahamSymGood morning! It's the 14th of the month, that is to say time to introduce another master of MB3D!
We had a trip in Europe: we went to Italy, then in Scotland, to end in France. It's time to go back to the United Kingdom and pay a visit to *GrahamSym, the master of sci-fi fractals!
Well, in my opinion! But I'm sure many of you will agree with me.
The Great Mandelbulber - *GrahamSym
Hello *GrahamSym! Tell us something about you.
I live in East London, married 3 grown up children. I worked as a Museum technician, until ill health forced me to retire. I play guitar and bass. In the 80's and 90's I played in bands but it took too much comittment once my children were born, although I still have the odd jam with friends. I have been creating computer art of one sort or another since the late 90's. I used Terragen, Truespace, Blender, Bryce, Photoshop and a few others.
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A big hello to my friends.

The past two weeks have been very hectic. I have had to have a new bathroom hand basin installed, which meant the bathroom needed decorating (Re tiled etc) This has seriously inconvenienced my daughter greatly...(In little ways I get my own back).

I did start to get  involved in a campaign to save an old pub near me, which is in danger of rotting away. The pub is 'The Spotted Dog' [link] which was used by Henry VIII to house his hunting dogs, Dick Turpin the infamous highway robber used it also. The basement dates back to before the 15th century. Us local people are trying to get someone to turn it back into a resturant/pub or get the council to buy it and turn it into a museum or cultural centre,  it would be a crime for it to go, it does have 'Listed status' but the council are bucking their responsibilities (no money they say) it closed for business 10 years ago and has been deteriorating ever since. It is owned by a bank.

Then a few days ago I received some bad news about my mum , she has been diagnosed with bowel cancer, she has been undergoing scans and tests. Doctors have yet to decide what is the best treatment. They have caught it early, so there is hope. her next appointment is on the 12th December, I shall go with her. What really saddens me, is that she has managed to get a social life after my fathers passing. My father was becoming very frail and infirm, she couldn't leave him alone at home. Recently she has been going out with friends. She could really do with my fathers support at this hard time (He was her rock).

So hence I have not been around much to comment and fave.

Best wishes to all my friends.


I am greatly honoured to have won First place in the fractal section with and also an honourable mention in The Digital section with of  'The Samhain Halloween Contest' Contest Literary Winners Added! WINNERS OF THE HALLOWEEN & SAMHAIN CONTEST 2012 ! ! !
Sorry for the Literary delay, been a very hectic 2 months
this year! But you may now see the winners of the Literature
Category listed below! Congratulations Winners!
Thank you all for supporting my Halloween Contest 2012!
Thank you to all who helped or supported this contest!
It was another really great and fun time!
I really appreciate it from the bottom of my heart!
CONGRATULATIONS ALL WINNERS!
Congratulations to ALL participants! All entries were amazing!
Prize donators will be contacted within the next couple of days.
Please allow some time for contacting the donators, for them to read
my note, and for them to contact winnersl with prizes.
Entries were scored on the following:
Theme
Originality
Technical Skills
Overall Composition
* Placement was determined by the highest total scores in the above categories *
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#127: The Great Mandelbulber - GrahamSymGood morning! It's the 14th of the month, that is to say time to introduce another master of MB3D!
We had a trip in Europe: we went to Italy, then in Scotland, to end in France. It's time to go back to the United Kingdom and pay a visit to *GrahamSym, the master of sci-fi fractals!
Well, in my opinion! But I'm sure many of you will agree with me.
The Great Mandelbulber - *GrahamSym
Hello *GrahamSym! Tell us something about you.
I live in East London, married 3 grown up children. I worked as a Museum technician, until ill health forced me to retire. I play guitar and bass. In the 80's and 90's I played in bands but it took too much comittment once my children were born, although I still have the odd jam with friends. I have been creating computer art of one sort or another since the late 90's. I used Terragen, Truespace, Blender, Bryce, Photoshop and a few others.
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Hi my friends!

Just a quick update on things...

Firstly Silvia very kindly interviewed me for her 'The Great Mandelbulber' series #127: The Great Mandelbulber - GrahamSymGood morning! It's the 14th of the month, that is to say time to introduce another master of MB3D!
We had a trip in Europe: we went to Italy, then in Scotland, to end in France. It's time to go back to the United Kingdom and pay a visit to *GrahamSym, the master of sci-fi fractals!
Well, in my opinion! But I'm sure many of you will agree with me.
The Great Mandelbulber - *GrahamSym
Hello *GrahamSym! Tell us something about you.
I live in East London, married 3 grown up children. I worked as a Museum technician, until ill health forced me to retire. I play guitar and bass. In the 80's and 90's I played in bands but it took too much comittment once my children were born, although I still have the odd jam with friends. I have been creating computer art of one sort or another since the late 90's. I used Terragen, Truespace, Blender, Bryce, Photoshop and a few others.
When did you start making fractals? I  I really appreciate this  and I am so honoured to be chosen, although I feel I am not worthy of this.

Her previous interviews can be read here
#114: The Great Mandelbulber - bib993Hello people, welcome to the third interview of The Great Mandelbulber series!
Today I'm gonna introduce you Jérémie Brunet, better known as *bib993!
Everybody knows Jérémie for his outstanding Mandelbulbs, which have been part of many shows, as the recent Beyond The Infinite exibition in Karlstad (Sweden) along with *MANDELWERK:
Definetely a great example to follow!
Let's go straight to the interview!
The Great Mandelbulber - *bib993
Hello *bib993! Tell us something about you.
I bought 2 high end PCs in last 2 years just to make fractals!
Was Mandelbulb 3D your first choice when you began your artistic journey?
To be honest, I never intended to begin any artistic journey! Like many fractalers I'm just a kind of lazy geek who likes to produce stunning graphics in a few mouse clicks.
To answer your question, I don't remember exactly the first programs I used t
#100: The Great Mandelbulber - MarkJayBeeThe 100th issue of my journal and there's nothing better than a Great Mandelbulber to fill it!
Good morning people! Welcome to the second volume of The Great Mandelbulber, a series of interviews to discover the Mandelbulb3D world with the eyes of artists who use it.
The wait is finally over, here it is the interview with =MarkJayBee! Please, have some time to read it, you won't regret!
The Great Mandelbulber - =MarkJayBee
Hello =MarkJayBee! Tell us some about you.
I live in the small seaside town of Largs, on the west coast of Scotland, which has some wonderful scenery and sea views. As a visual artist and photographer, living in this location has always acted as a great source of inspiration for me, and I count myself very fortunate to live here.
I've been producing artwork in one form or another for as long as I can remember – and that goes back quite a long while!! My influences mainly stem from Science F
#88: The Great Mandelbulber - dark-beamHello people, and welcome to the first of a (I hope) long series of interviews to Mandelbulb 3D artists!
First of all, I need to spend two words on the title: I know that there's another fractal program called Mandelbulber, which is different from Mandelbulb 3D, but the other alternative was to give the name of Mandelicious!, which sounds too stupid to me. I have difficulties in naming my fractals, let alone these things.
I studied a bit on what kind of question I could ask, and I have to thank all those people who make interviews here on dA (exspecially those I watch ). They inspired me a lot!
(yeah, some questions are pretty much the same )
~dark-beam kindly accepted to be the first. :iconteheplz: He's a really nice fellow deviant, other than being the author of many MB3D's formulas.
The Great Mandelbulber - ~dark-beam
Hello ~dark-beam! Tell us something about you.
I'm an Engineering stu

It has been utter chaos at home for the past two weeks, as my daughter  moved  back to the family home  on Thursday. She has a very good job and works hard. But it is so hard for young people  today.
In London rent is a £1000+ a month  (not including utilities) for a two bedroom box. I will not start ranting about the state of the UK and the bunch of amateur politicians running the UK at the moment, I shall save that for another time.

She said she didn't have much stuff.... only 20 huge boxes stacked from floor to ceiling taking up over half the room, labeled shoes,boots,handbags, belts, makeup, and clothes. Plus a  hamster...

Her old room was being used as a junk room, so its been a case of car boot sales, charity shops and council dump to clear the room.
My youngest son who is still at home, only cared about moving his computer, piano and bed into his new room as soon as possible!!! (Hes got priorities)

I am not really complaining,  I am so proud of my children and its really lovely having my daughter back home.

Because of this, I have been doing a 'Hit and run' for ten minutes here and there to answer mail and fav peoples work. So I am really behind  with faving and commenting. I will try to catch up as soon as possible

Live long and prosper!

Peace!

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I visited Marks homepage and discovered this message left by his brother.

"This is Simon, Mark's brother, with the terribly sad news that Mark passed away last week.
This was a huge shock to us all.
I helped him set up his PC with all his drawing tools so knew how much he adored producing his bespoke digital artwork and how much the Deviant art community meant to him.
On his behalf I'd like to thank you all for the friendship and support you've shown and would ask you to pause for a minute at 14:20 on Monday 1st October. (British Summer Time)
With Kind Regards.
Simon."


As Mark often quoted.

        "I felt the call of the jungle, primal and clean.
         I felt my connections to the wild in every cell in my body;
         realized that I am among the trees,
         the plants, the grass, the sky. The trees know me and I am never alone.
         We are all one and we exist everywhere. It was like coming home
         to the greatest welcome back party imaginable.
         The love and purity of the trees surrounded and dazzled me.       
         I went outside to lie in the grass.
         I needed to be there, to feel the dirt beneath my feet,
         the stars above my head and the wet grass in my fingers.
         The stars were like diamonds  in a velvet black sky
         their light radiating beams of positivity and love down to us all. "


RIP my dear friend.

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I am truly overwhelmed by all the kind words of support and sympathy in respect of the death of my father.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all. It means a lot  to me.

I have got over the initial shock, he was very old, he died peacefully in his sleep.

My family and I are coping at this sad time.

I have come back on DA to take my mind off things. I will try to catch up with  favs and comments on your works!

THANK YOU ALL

Love and best wishes
Graham x

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My Father died today.
No words can express my loss.
I need strength to comfort my Mother.
Inside I weep and grieve.

Not sure I can cope with Deviantart stuff at the moment
Sorry

I will try
Best wishes
Graham x

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I woke up this morning to another gloomy,  miserable,  rainy day.
My back was giving me pain. We had run out of coffee, bread and toilet paper.
I just found out that people visiting the Olympic site are allowed to park in my road (we have parking problems all the time, so this is going to be intolerable.)So I was a bit grumpy... (as usual)

Then C-91 congratulated me on my DD today, I had no idea.

I am all happy now!!!

Thanks to all  for the support, faves and kind comments.

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I recently applied for a film upload to DA. While I wait for a reply, I uploaded it to youtube.
I composed the music using old analogue synths. (Yamaha CS30, Korg MS20, ARP Solus, Roland SH101, Octave cat and a Cheetah MS6)
It took me for ever to manually synchronize the fractal manipulated images to the music using NCH Video Pad [link]. You better like it or I will physically abuse you...Here is the youtube link [link]

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