Welcome to the Fractal And universe!

No matter if you stumbled upon this page because of your love for art, your curiosity toward new technologies, your passion for everything that reminds of nature, the infinitely big and the infinitely small, or purely by chance, here is the perfect place to awaken your imagination and renew your inspiration.

A portal to the unknown, Fractal And is a creative matrix of fractal art, which is just one of the many branches of digital art. Fractal art foremost involves mathematics, such as algebraic formulas or Cartesian coordinates. Therefore, the computing power of modern computers (and even that of mobile devices) becomes nearly essential in the creation of very high resolution fractal images. Nevertheless, it is also possible to create fractal artworks without using contemporary technologies: the architecture of various temples in Asia, some of which are very ancient, is a prime example of fractal art.

Mother Nature herself is certainly the greatest of all fractal artists. Every single thing surrounding us is fractal. This strange term comes from the Latin fractus, meaning broken, and is used to describe any irregular shape, from that of a tiny snowflake to the shape of a mountain, from the ramifications of a tree to those of a river, from the structure of lung cells to the appearance of clouds and the trajectory of lightning. These thrilling phenomena are the primary source of my inspiration, for a keen eye knows that nature abounds in fractals; thus fractals, in turn, are imbued with nature.

Behind Fractal And is a curious individual named Jonathan Huot. Based in the City of Québec, Canada, I have been creating fractal artwork for over 10 years now. Translator and terminologist by training, on top of being a great lover of drawing and photography, I’ve always tried to recreate artistically that which I observe, a way that I believe allows me to understand better everything that surrounds us. As such, I became interested in fractal art because of its ability to achieve patterns and textures of infinite precision and to produce images of unusual yet familiar beauty, which I am pleased to share with you here. These mesmerizing fusions of abstract shapes and vivid colours, at the crossroads of art and mathematics, are further enhanced by the various printing techniques that bring these creations to life and let us admire them well beyond the screen.

I mainly use the softwareMandelbulb3D, Chaotica and Apophysis7xto generate fractals on PC, andMandelbrowseron Android. Each software works in a completely different way, which means that each of them allows for extremely varied results. There’s a whole lot of them, each one more interesting to try than the other!