Hi all
Been a while again since i journaled, I`m still putting most of time into my amazing lil` dude, who just gets more amazing every day. Sometime i will post a pic of James on here, before he grows up, which he`s doing quite quickly!
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We have a new folder in
We are now accepting "Fractal Inspired" work; this can be traditional art, artisan crafts, even food design, as long as it is inspired by fractal art/design.
Please let everyone you know about this new feature, feel free to link this journal also. We`d love for everyone in the community to be aware of our new folder and fill it with your fractal inspired creations.
                   
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I`ve been my usual useless at replying to messages lately, thanking for faves, etc.
I`d like to start these features with some of my new watchers.

As always, there`s much more excellence to be found in their galleries, please do pay them a visit

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Eternal-Iktomi
   
   
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Samamerrifield
   
   
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nic022
   
   
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rfschenk
   
     
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In the prevous journal i only gave honorable mention to xo-NaturesChild-ox
This was due to my rather amazing stupidity, which led me to believe that i was unable to feature her art.
Sometimes the most obvious simple things pass me by.
So it is with pleasure that i add   to my feature.
   
   
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Hi all,
I`ve been absent for a while with one thing or another. Sorry for all the deviations i`ve missed, i`m starting to catch up with everyones art, it may take me a while though.
Thankyou to everyone who commented and faved over the last couple of months, my apologies for not replying yet. And we`re done with the apologies.

I`ve been happily spending the time recently getting to know my son, he`s an awesome little dude.
Also, a month ago my brother passed away suddenly, i won`t start going on about letting people that you care about know how much you care, but the thought is there.


I`m getting back into DA slowly and looking forward to catching up with everyone, I even let my prem` membership slide recently!

Hi all,
Firstly, my apologies for all the unanswered messages, comments & faves. I`ve been a little busy the last few weeks with a little fella.

On June 28th my son, James, was born and he`s perfect & beautiful.
It`s my first time as a father, and as any parents out there know, there`s a lot to learn and get used to.
James is settling in nicely at home, and my girlfriend & i are settling in nicely to sleep deprivation and poo.
But poo & no sleep are a small price to pay for the feeling you get when you hold your child.

I look forward to catching up with you all once i have the time but for now all my energy is going into this amazing little dude.

Love to you all  (`cause i`m in that gushy, loving place right now)  

some people
some people
some people call it insane.
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Is anyone thinking of going to the DEVIANTmeet in London??
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Feels like it`s been a while since i journaled, and since i`m about to disappear from my interwebz for a while, i`d better journal once more.
Life things are happening that need my full attention,  but I will log in whenever i can; however my admittedly haphazard communication is about to drop to non-existent for a while.
My apologies to everyone who i`ve missed recently; seeing your fabulous works and thanking you all for your support is an important thing and i`ve been remiss. unfortunately I`m going to be so for a while longer
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Here are some of my recent favorite works from awesome and talented lovelypeoples; please enjoy the fruits of their imaginations and check out their galleries for more fruit!
                                 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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Looking at this cake... ...just makes me happy
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Take care all

Hi all
  I`m going up north for a few days to visit friends and family. I apologize now if i`m later than usual with replies to any messages.
Sorry too for any recent deviations i havn`t caught yet, my devwatch box says 10,943 so i`ve got some catching up to do
And we`re done with the apologizing.
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Here are some of my recent faves.
As always, there are more wonders to be found in their galleries; please check them out.
Enjoy...
          
        
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I had a great surprise a week ago when i got a Daily Deviation for my fractal House Neurosis
It really made my week, i havn`t been practicing fractal art for very long so this really was a huge surprise and quite an honour. Much love to for giving me the DD and featuring me

Always many thanks to all who favorite my art, even if i don`t get round to saying it; the love keeps me going.
   

Today I`d like to wish a very Happy Birthday to GypsyH
      Happy Birthday!!       
  From my first few days on DA, Sherry has been a great friend & mentor. Many of you will already be familiar with her work, she produces digital art in many forms and is also a generally amazing deviant.
  I never would have started doing Fractal Art had it not been for Sherry, and her invaluable advice and support really helped start off my time on DA in great style.  She is, now & always, one of my deviant heroes....

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

I hope you`ll all join me in wishing her a wonderful birthdy, and if you`re not familiar with the art of GypsyH then please check out her gallery, it`s well worth your time!
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This week i had some lovely surprises from my friends fraterchaos & Undead-Academy
Knowing my love of green as they do () each of them did a gorgeous green fractal for me....


...also being featured by was fantastic; between the two of them they made it an awesome week. Thanks so much
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                                  Today also marks my first year on deviant art, i`ve met some awesome people on here and you`ve all made my first year on DA a really good experience. Many thanks to all my watchers and friends, i hope to see many more years of awesomeness with you all
                                          

Hi all,
   My absences here are becoming more regular than my appearances, people do say that life happens... apparently this is true!
I`m suffering a slight cold as i journal, not helped by substituting lemsip & a warm blanket for cigarettes & a thin hoody. There is much snot!!
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Here are some are some more of my recent faves....
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
.....As always, there`s much more to see in all these deviants galleries, Take the time to check them out, for as The Merovingian said...
"If we do not take the time, how can we ever have the time?"
...and the dodgy twin vampires smiled!

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I had a really nice surprise in the form of this chapter of Cucumber the Fly`s latest adventures by the lovely ourak ....
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...and you thought alien abduction was all anal probes and Christopher Walken in a dodgy tux  
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Being a fractal artist i`ve been overjoyed at all the latest versions of Mandelbulb to bless my computer, i just can`t get a grip on dIFS formulas. I forget the original reason for mentioning this... probably i just wanted to blame dIFS and deny any stupidity on my part, maybe throw my dummy around too.
  One day I`ll submit a successful dIFS render and the world will say "Erm... yay?"

Did i mention there`s lots of snot?

Hi everyone
  Apologies for all the unanswered messages over the last few weeks, i took some time off. I still have a large backlog of messages to work through so i`ll apologise more for delayed responses or if i havn`t caught your latest deviations yet.
  A big big thankyou to everyone who`s commented on, or faved, my devs recently; even if i havn`t said Thankyou, your support and sharing your opinions with me is always appreciated.
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Here are some fantastic pieces of work in a category very close to my heart.
As always, these deviants have even more wonders within their galleries, and are more than deserving of some of your time.
Enjoy....

      
       
       
       
      
      

Never heard of Cucumber The Fly you say?
You should all be ashamed!
Fortunately this contest will give you a chance to get aquainted... ourak is holding a contest for anyone to create the next chapter in the life of Cucumber, check out her journal for full details.. [link]
And while you`re there check out her rather impressive gallery  
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I`m gonna be absent from dA for a while, I`ll apologize in advance for any unanswered messages over the next few weeks. I`ll still be around for my group activities at Xtremefractals and will be checking my watches often as i can to see what you lovely people are creating.
I leave you with some of my most recent faves...

      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      

Another site illegally copying and displaying artworks by people on this site, anyone who reads this journal may want to follow this link  [link] you could type your dA username into the site search bar (as i did) and you may find your work there. However i checked this link again just now and the search bar is mysteriously unresponsive, so possibly this situation has been taken in hand by someone (hopefully someone with a large wet fish that could be slapped merrily around some random art thiefs head)
Check out this journal by fiery-fire
Journal= [link]
She`s been great and alerted many to this site, also lots more info about it all in her journal.

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I`d like to feature some art from various artists. These are some of my favorite fictional characters, depicted by some of the marvellous minds on dA.
Enjoy these iconic characters and please check out the galleries of the artists, awesomeness is awaiting....
      
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...why so much Roy Batty? because he`s one of my all time favorite movie characters and a bit of a role model while growing up (which apparently explains a lot!)

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One last thing...
  Thankyou so much to EVERYONE who has faved my work recently (yes that DOES mean you too!!)
Even though i may not get around to thanking you personally i do appreciate your faving & your comments. It`s the reason i love to show my love and appreciation of others work too, and i look forward to doing more of that when life stops getting in the way.
Also a huge thankyou to all my recent watchers, the same goes for all of you.
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Today feels like a day for senseless quotes, and so....
"If you can`t fight, wear a big hat!"

I ran a poll at the start of the week, my question being " Just how long IS a piece of string?"
I`ve had some entertainingly surreal answers, just what i was hoping for
However, there can be only one!
So its my great pleasure to feature xofox who won with this excellent bit of reasoning...

"Infinite in length.
Length is fractal. Inside every length are smaller lengths and smaller lengths still inside of these. If this were not so then all lengths would be 0. If they are not 0 then, since the sting is made up of an infinite number of lengths added together we must assume that the length of the string is infinite, or, certainly, approaching the infinite to such an extent that it makes no difference."

Creator of wonderful woodworks, photography & painting; please check out his gallery....
           
      
      
       
...Also I hope all who read this journal will join me in wishing him a speedy recovery as a hand injury has prevented him from working recently.
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Here`s a couple more devs who gave answers that i liked too.....

JoshuaCadogan
"Its not how long the string stretches out, for it stretches over the horizon. A sublime and intricate web of rope, string and thread flowing like rivers that distort the clouds and the mountains. Blending all things together. What really matters is which string you choose to try and find the end of. What string are you following.
There is one string called the way the truth and the light. No other string is truly named this for no one may name the string they see saver the one who wove the string before we came. But we walk the bed of woven paths and we string our own thread along the way.
Where is the string that your following and were does it lead? Is the question."
      

ZoakoTHEgreat
"As long as a rainbow and stong as a spiderweb
A string in heart
Carried on wings of song
To guess a length would ever be wrong."
Semantics-How Could I Be WrongHow Could I miss the mark
And fall alone, my work
Wrought dead in the dark
By that which was only
Supposed to see me elevated
Form that was to bear me on
Far on, to fairer weather
Escape from the hell in my hand
In erratic explosion of my pen
I thought was in my command
Well...
Whatever then, I was wrong
Trite little loser,
Perfectly, a brilliant poser
One with only mere scrap
Of plans and schematics
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The saint of the semantics
Though saddened, still strove
To do his job.
My goose was on that stove
How could I let this happen
Right in the word and flair
But wrong, wrong in simple
Inflection and imperfection
In blo    Cast the BonesTo cast the bones
Again from where they lay
My soul it moans
I'd give the world to see that day

Set light righteous rule
Brought down from Sinai
Wyrd wrought wretched cruel
Smile stained upon my face a lie
Dove dearly departed
Slaughtered striving to survive
Folly of the fainthearted
Forever fallen, living not alive

To cast the bones
Again from where they lay
My soul it moans
I'd give hte world to see that day     IntroductionLights bathe the rocky stage
For all to see of the age
The place to lend a hand
Or to take a stand
To strut all tough
And show your stuff
Wait! What's that you say?
You say you're leaving on your way?
I plead! I implore you! Stop!
You may not reach the very top
But listen! Please don't quit
In sorrowful fit
Look up and see the sun
Your show has yet to have begun
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Thanks again to everyone who left a comment or even voted; few things entertain me like the randomness of other peoples thoughts.
I look forward to thinking up more senseless questions for the community,
(not that i take credit for thinking up the last one )

I just wanted to put something up to get rid of the holiday journal, coz it sure aint the holidays anymore.
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Thanks everyone who has commented on my poll so far, some VERY interesting answers. I`ll run it to the end of the week and feature the winner over the weekend. Feel free to link the poll if you`d like to, i`d love to see all the randomness people can come up with
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I learned this week that, if you follow certain paths down dA`s deviations, you can end up in some strange & scary places!

.....cos there`s too much to fit in one journal!

Many apologies for my lack of reply to many messages, lack of faving or commenting.
I`ve been absent from dA for a few weeks, a combination of connection problems leading into a time of apathy, swiftly followed by a spell of utter lazy arseness, how are my excuses so far?  Skyrim might have played a small part...
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The Xtremefractals Holiday Contest is now closed.
Well done to every single one of the entrants, picking winners from so many quality pieces of work is no easy thing.
All the works entered were amazing and you all made it another great contest!
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I`ve been meaning to do a feature on photography for some time. So i am doing it. Now.
Firstly I`d like to feature Trippy4U In addition to being an awesome photographer who recently got a well deserved DD for this fantastic portrait
... he`s also a true gent` and one of those people who makes dA a great place to be. Check out his gallery...  



...along with some other great photographers...
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And some other devs i want to feature....

The Demons WithinThe Demons Within.

I've reached a stage and can't walk free,
My demons won't let go of me,
Sleepless nights are plagued by dreams,
While I wake up to echoed screams.

A new sun rises with a guiding hand,
To pull my head out of the sand,
But these demons won't let go of me,
So these guiding hands I do not see.

Another day has come and past,
Will this cycle forevermore last,
The night I hear call my name,
I know the dreams will be the same.

I've reached a stage I will break free,
Blackened demons will cease to be,
Perhaps the next time I awake,
I will not make the same mistake.  

  

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....to be continued with the holiday journaling, but maybe not until after Christmas

The XtremeFractals Holiday Contest is still open.
With some lovely prizes and features available for the winners, there`s many great submissions coming in, and so much time for more!
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I`m having some connection issues at the moment, apologies for any late replies; the main problem is how long it`s taking to browse all your deviations
I`ll catch up with everything once the connection`s sorted, and then it`ll be faving madness!!
However i`m going to attempt to upload pics of the new dude, though it may take untill eternity to get them uploaded. I`m stupid like that.
I really love connection issues! It`s one of the few areas of my life where i have no patience
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How`s life with you then?

I`ve been a little nervous of trying a new journal lately, but then i`m scared of many ridiculous things.
Macho is my middle name (i`m lying, i don`t have a middle name).

Ho Ho Ho!
The XtremeFractals Holiday Contest is now open
Actually it`s been open a few days, i am this quick with the news!
Looking forward to seeing all the amazing Holiday Fractals
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For anyone who`s any  good at tutorials or publishing them, lecristal [link] looking for help with publishing a tutorial for chaosscope.
lecristal is a fractal artist from France, please check out his gallery.
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I`d like to share a few beauties & amazingstuffs i`ve found in the galleries of some more talented & lovely deviants over the past few weeks.....

    
    
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Only a small collection of awesomeness, please check these lovely people out.
I`m making a small celebration of passing the 100 watchers mark. Really small celebration, only me & Alan, my cat, are in attendance.
But i want to thank everyone of my watchers, your support means a lot.

Hi all

    XtremeFractals Halloween Contest
       The XtremeFractals group Halloween contest is now open, pull out your freakiest formulas for some harrowing halloween renders!
              Follow this link to learn more...  [link]

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                 Do you make or love artisan crafts?...
If you`re an artisan craft practitioner/lover then check out Hanratty-Stock`s journal..[link]
It`s a great chance to see some of your crafts featured, or the work of another dev you may admire, go take a look. Now!
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Green is absolutely my favorite colour to use artistically, nothing grabs my short attention like a gorgeous bit of green beaming out from some wonderful dev`s gallery.
   So, in honour of that most natural & magical of colours and the dev`s who use it so well, here are some of the green god`s & godesses who have enchanted me so far.....
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Hope you all enjoy the greenlove
  
                 

Hi to all
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Some people have been naughty at this site.. [link] ...stealing fractal artwork and selling them as i-pad wallpapers   (!!!!!)
In some cases various dev`s original names are still there, the site is still up & running. I urge you to take a look.
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I`m really happy to have been chosen as a new co-founder in the Xtreme Fractals group.
Many thanks to GypsyH [link] and DysneGrafix [link] for supporting me, I`m looking forward to helping out and it`s great to be able to contribute to the community.
You can visit the group here [link]
For anyone who hasn`t seen much fractal art yet (or even if you love fractals), do visit the group and marvel at some of the gorgeous works within.
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I submitted my first fractal in months today, time to embrace the Mandel love again. Also embracing the paint fumes as i decorate my flat

   
        

Hi to everyone
       Hope all is well with you all
I featured some great fractal artists in my last journal, but there`s so many! I wanted to feature some more amazing practitioners, all these dev`s make magic and it`s well worth taking the time to explore their awesome galleries.
  Enjoy....
jost1 [link]
       
Actionjack52 [link]
       
tobaal [link]
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Osipenkov [link]
        
seven-samcham [link]
        
moonhigh [link]
        
plantm [link]
        
kancano [link]
        
MarkJayBee [link]
        
CMDRCHAOS [link]
        

    ....again this is only a few of the talented fractalists out there, please check them out
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  I`m getting back into dA after a few weeks off; thousands of messages waiting in my devwatch so some of you can probably expect a splurge of fav`s in the coming days.
   I`m nearly done with another dude & will be posting pics soon, because the dudes abide.
         
                            
                                          

I finished the dude project that`s kept me occupied for the last few weeks. Two friends of mine got married this weekend and they had asked me to make two dude versions of theirselves as wedding cake toppers.
   The wedding was yesterday and all went very well, the happy couple were VERY happy with their dude selves and gave me an amazing thankyou present for making them.
   It`s so good to make people happy
I`ll be posting pics of the dudes later in the week, alongside pics of the actual couple.

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I knew next to nothing about fractal art before joining dA. It`s now one of my favorite artforms, I`ve been endlessly inspired & helped by many great fractal artists during my time here so I`d like to dedicate this journal to some of these wonderful people and their art.....

GypsyH [link]
            
HippieVan57 [link]
            
Tainia [link]
            
neoshamballa [link]
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lielovecupcake [link]
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TheOldestFart [link]
            
DysneGrafix [link]
            
AureliusCat [link]
            
Ganjalvi [link]
            
Acid420 [link]
            
HalTenny [link]
              
Don64738 [link]
            
Coby01 [link]
            
  

These are only a few of the amazing fractal artists who`s work I love & admire, I`ll feature more in a future journal but in the meantime please check these devs out
  I`m working on a new dude, gotta grab the inspiration while its there. I apologise once again for any late replies or lack of faving, my dA page is prob` feeling a bit neglected by me. Looking forward to spending some serious time on here again once i have more free time.

        Love to all

I`d like to feature the handmade wonders of some devs I`ve come across here.
  First though I want to let everyone know about another dev who can use all our help at the mo` with a competition...
    Raysheaf [link] very talented fractal artist, needs support. Here are some of his amazing works....
                                                                 
                                                                 
.....& a link to the details of his competition entries...[link] check it out & vote if you can

Handmade crafts hold a special place in my heart, it`s my own first love and something that always grabs my attention when i see handmades on DA.
  Here are some amazing practitioners and the magic they have produced

RPG-AnimeOtaku [link]
    

BishonenHouse [link]
    

PinochioO-5 [link]
    

Boggleboy [link]
    

V2-schneider [link]
  

Ladycerbero [link]
    

MidnightZodiac [link]
    

Diarment [link]
    

Tylon  [link]
    

  I`ve been very busy lately with my own dude project, apologies for any lack of reply to messages or absence of my mass faving.
     Love to all