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It has been almost a month since my last post, but I've been very busy lately (not really) since the semester is almost over and we're entering the exam period. Anyways, here are some fractals I've made this month. Enjoy!

Trains - A Love/Hate Relationship

I love taking the train, I really do. I think it's a very comfortable and lovely way of travelling, and it usually doesn't cost that much, which is a big plus when you're a poor student. What I don't like is that I'm apparently incapable of falling asleep on trains if the journey lasts for more than an hour. In cars, on buses, planes and on short train trips I usually nod off right away, but on long train trips? No way! It really feels like I've had 100 cups of coffee. 

I have taken the night train from Kristiansand to Oslo and back again 4 times now, and not once have I been able to fall asleep. Every single time I have spent the entire 5-6 hours long journey wide awake, completely incapable of falling asleep despite not sleeping during the day before I left. Thankfully the trains have free internet so at least I won't get bored, but it's still a bit annoying that I'm not able to get some sleep.

Right now I'm sitting on the train to Kristiansand, it's 00:57 and I'm arriving around 4:00 am. I'm not tired at all and won't get any sleep until I'm home, which wouldn't be much of a big deal if I didn't have to get up at 7:30. I have lectures at the university until 2 pm. I'm also hungry and I have no food at all, and my back hurts. Fml.

I think I'm just going to leave it here and instead let you feast your eyes upon this fractal I made a while ago. Enjoy!

Hmmm...

I had my last exam today and I have no idea what to do now. My head is empty, I'm tired, restless and slightly frustrated. Feeling like this makes me realise how much my life has revolved around studying this month. I think I have spent almost every day reading books, articles and lecture notes, and now that I'm finally done, I begin to wish I had at least a few more exams left so I would have something to do. Sounds kinda sad? Maybe, but I like it this way :)

Being done with my exams also means that my time here in Scotland is over, and I'm moving back to Norway in a few days. I have to clean the apartment, pack all my stuff and fix various other things before I leave. I'm definitely going to miss this place, I wish I could have spent at least a few more years here in Stirling, but unfortunately it's not possible now. Maybe I'll return after finishing my Bachelor's degree ^^

Here's yet another boring flower fractal, this time I used KPK SKCD Barnsky (kpk.ufm) formula and Thingamajis II (tma.ucl) colouring algorithm.

Burst Of Pink

Total Recall J (jrf.ufm) formula coloured with Thin Orbit Traps II (tma.ucl), Ikenaga Orbit Trap Enhanced, Hopalong Orbit Trap Enhanced and Henon Orbit Trap Enhanced from reb.ucl. I also used Lake mapping on one of the layers. Enjoy!

Technicolour Daydreams

Colourful and swirly! PhoenixNova (dmj.ufm) formula, coloured with Thin Orbit Traps II (tma.ucl) and Fibers And Things (reb.ucl). Enjoy!

Nova Flower

I've been feeling pretty lazy today, so I haven't bothered making any new fractals. I just found an old parameter and played around with it for a while. This one was made in December 2009, right after I got Ultra Fractal. I never posted it anywhere even though I kind of liked it, and today I decided to fix it a bit and post it here. I didn't improve it that much though, I just changed the colours and added a couple of layers and some texture.

Nova (Julia) formula, Smooth (Mandelbrot), Orbit Traps and Conchoid of de Sluze colouring algorithms.

Click for a bigger view! :)