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Large size rectangular fine art prints

1.50 aspect ratio large size high quality prints have been made for the following deviations:




Notes:

- Some have been rendered in both rectangular and square versions, showing up when you select different print sizes. Just pick the one you like the most.

- These are complete re-renderings of the originals and the large sizes reveal a lot of very fine details that are barely visible on the deviations.

- Original 1.25 aspect ratio photo prints are still available (16x20 inches and smaller).



Large size square format fine art prints

Many large square format prints have been added, including:



These are complete re-renderings of the originals as well and really shine in large sizes.

There are many others, you can find them all here.



High quality prints for some of my 2006-2008 fractals

New high quality prints have been made for the following deviations:




 

Prints updated in 2013-2016

 

Links

Square prints

Portrait prints

Landscape prints

Wide prints

All my prints

If there is another fractal in my gallery you would like to have a print of, you can ask me. It's not always possible, but I'll see if I can make it.

Luc


Product Spotlight: Fine Art PrintsI have spoken recently about how to get your prints into our shop and looking great, but what will they actually look like when printed out and in your hands? I've decided to do a series of articles showing you exactly what our products look like and what your buyers should expect.
This time I will be talking about our Fine Art Prints.
THE UNFRAMED PRINT
The article linked below, originally written by codenamepanther when the product was relaunched in its current form, will give you an in-depth explanation of the product.
Announcing Rolled Fine Art Paper Prints!
The colors look excellent with this product and they will for quite a long time with our Acid- and lignin-free archival process.
The main point I would like to highlight, as I have received a number of help desk tickets about this, is "Prints come with an additional 1.5" (3.81 cm) border."
This me Product Spotlight: Fine Art Canvas PrintsMay I introduce you to our next product, our Fine Art Canvas Prints!

What are Fine Art Canvas Prints, you ask? Great question! Canvas prints are high quality prints that are printed directly onto canvas, just like artists paint on! This will give it a terrific texture and feel that you just do not get from our Fine Art Paper prints.
Here is a close up shot of what the texture will look like.

You can click on this image to view it a bit larger, if you wish. It is a fine texture that will not interfere with the look of the art.
Here is a rundown of the stats for printing our Canvas products.
Epson Gloss Solvent Canvas (Bright White)21 mil Poly Cotton thickness35% cotton/ 65% polyester blend410g weightGiclée printing processGS600 Epson Solvent Technology
Basically, this list is saying that our Canvas prints will look amazing from far away and close up.
Gal Product Spotlight: Photo PrintsHello again! This time we're going to talk about the most popular product that we sell:

No, not that!
Photo PRINTS!

Photo prints will give you an amazing quality image without spending a fortune. It is also the most versatile in sizes, from very small prints all the way up to large poster sized products.
From FAQ 186: Prints utilizes all silver traditional photo processing, the same that you'd see in a photo finishing shop. We print on high quality Kodak Edge and Kodak Endura papers, which will last up to 200 years without fading.
Yes, you heard right. Up to 200 years. And not dog years, either.
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We have 3 different photo print finishes. Each of these prints were also photographed on a glass covered table so you can see what could be reflected on each print.
Glossy
The Glossy option is perfect for detailed/technical prints or photograph

A few words about my current project and possible follow-ups:

I'm a big fan of sci-fi literature and movies, so when I found a way to make fractals having a sci-fi look, this crazy idea came to my mind: would it be possible to tell a story using only fractals?

This has been done countless times with drawings, paintings, 3D digital art, etc, but to my knowledge very rarely with fractals, and it's rather easy to understand why. Fractals are abstract by nature, it's not possible to make a specific scene on command and you have to do with the pictures you are coming up with, which are not necessarily what you need for your story.

So I asked myself, how can I do this? You never know what the next picture will be, and in addition you know it will be abstract!

The only way to circumvent this is to establish a "mood" and suggest the story, rather than explicitly tell it. If you look at the short texts accompanying the first 10 fractals, you will notice I have been very careful not to give any name or any precise detail, except on Commander because at some point you have to establish a background for the story.

But we don't know the name of the place, where it is, the name or physical appearance of the "hero" (replaced by first person point of view), and why he/she is here. The Commander only tell us about this strange murder that would have been committed by Deviants.

As I have said above, I never know what the next fractal will be, so the story has to remain "open". That's why I had this idea to make the Archangel say:

"I have been waiting for you, Deviant!"

And that's where I need your help!

It's just a little "game", but it will take you some time and some thinking. If you don't have time, I can understand it very well and you can skip the last part of this journal.


If you want to participate, the first thing to do is to read what the Commander has to say:




Now let's talk about the Archangel:




He his obviously a major character in this story, maybe a real person or a cybernetic entity (maybe an artificial extension of one of our admins mind ), but what is interesting is his role in the story:

A - The Archangel is the leader of the Deviants (or protects them)

The fact he calls the hero "Deviant" opens different storylines:

A1 - The hero is the murderer and is back from his/her mission to report (that does not mean Deviants are on the "dark" side, maybe the President of the Senate was a major threat for the "Galactic Republic", if this is the name of the regime).

A2 - The hero knows who the murderer is and the murderer is not a Deviant. The Galactic Republic tries to make people think Deviants are responsible for this crime (the story will have to explain why), the hero came to report what he/she knows to the Archangel.

A3 - The Archangel believes the hero is a Deviant, but he/she is not. This opens many other storylines (in this case, the hero probably has to be a very special character to be able to hide his/her identity from the Archangel, and in this case what are the hero's intentions)?

A4 - I almost forgot the simplest one: the hero is an agent of the Commander and came to find the Deviants responsible for the murder of the President. But then, why does the Archangel come and talk to him/her, calling the hero "Deviant" when he knows he/she is not? This can be an interesting storyline as well.


B - The Archangel works against the Deviants

This is not how I imagined him, but this can lead to interesting stories as well, so I let you think about it (there are 2 main possible storylines: B1 - The hero is a Deviant and B2 - The hero is not a Deviant, and their different implications).


Congratulations if you have read all of this, now I would just like to know what is your preferred storyline (A1-A4, B1-B2), and if you have time to comment, why. And if you want to suggest a storyline I did not think about, you're most welcome!


Thanks for your participation, and I hope you will find this little project interesting,

Luc

P.S. This story project won't in any way prevent me from posting fractals. For now, I will simply post them as I make them. I will eventually pick and rearrange some of them later to continue the story.

Thanks for the DD!



Thank you Sasha ToAPP for the suggestion, Dave cmptrwhz for the feature and to all of you for your support!

Some of you told me they suggested or intended to suggest other pieces of my 2009 Sci-Fi Fractal Series as DD, big thanks to you as well! Even if your preferred one was not chosen, I'm sure it counted in the decision and I'm seeing the whole series as a single piece anyway.

Thanks again to all of you for your kindness and for your continuous support!
Luc

Almost 3 years ago, when I joined dA, I had been attracted by the great diversity of the fractal community. I remember there were a lot of different people using very different personal styles. You could very easily recognize at first sight the creation of a precise artist, and many people had built strong artistic personalities.

What I see today and what worries me is the extreme standardization of the community. The vast majority of people is following trends, what this means is that hundred versions of the same fractal are made at the exact same time, and it has become very difficult to associate artistic styles to fractalists. When the trend changes, most of the community follows, and so on.

You know me enough to know I don't follow trends and never will (on dA or in real life), my project is exactly the opposite, I'm trying to develop a personal style since 3 years and stay true to what I'm doing.

How come I'm still here posting fractals when most of the "originals" left? This is because I had the chance to be supported by the community 3 years ago, people accepted my personal style of fractals and I had a lot of very positive feedback, and I still have, thanks for that. But many people did not have this chance.

Imagine a new artist in the fractal community comes up with the picture of a horrible zombie, or anything very far from the standard "beautiful colorful flower", what will happen nowadays? He will get 0 favs, maybe 0 comments. He will probably try to post more of his work, but after several days/weeks seeing he has no feedback, he will simply leave dA.

If the community had not ignored his work in the first place, he could have produced a fantastic gloomy night scene that many people would have loved, even if they didn't like his first zombie work. Maybe he was a great fractalist, and he's not here anymore.

Ask yourself this question: why, in the fractal community, don't we have "pointillist", "minimalist", "dark" fractalists (the list of styles can go on forever), just like in painting or photography where they are appreciated by many people? Because these people are automatically rejected by the community, maybe not by individual people, but by the community as a whole, using collectively and unconsciously a very strange system of appreciation (in short, make a beautiful colorful flower or no one will notice you).

I think this has to change and I sincerely hope you agree. So, next time you see a fractal you don't like at first sight, try to see if there is something original or unusual in it (for instance, you may ignore the zombie and look at the beautiful background behind it), and even if you don't want to fav because the fractal doesn't match your exigencies of quality or personal tastes, try to leave a comment so that the artist can have a feedback. For instance, you could say: "I don't particularly like the theme, but the background you have made is beautiful, or this detail is very original", etc...

Please encourage diversity and the emergence of new personal styles in the fractal community!

Thanks for reading,
Luc

(And as always, sorry for my English)