My deviantART Story

So, dA is 14 years old, and I've been here for half of that time. I made an account for posting Harry Potter fan art (thanks to the HP fandom, I had recently begun to draw again after a 10-year hiatus). I was a little uncomfortable at first, feeling maybe a bit too old for it (and I was 23. Now, 7 years later, I still enjoy making fan art and I don't give a damn )

Some examples of great Harry Potter fan art I found here:

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I already knew what fractal art was (well, not too much: I remember asking myself "who is this Julian?" ), but it wasn't until late 2007 that I finally decided to download Apophysis, and it became an addiction. It was a time of my life when I had re-discovered my artistic side (and I was living a big personal crisis that still isn't resolved today), so I was glad to waste time creating these abstract ...things which were strangely gratifying.
After a couple of years playing with Apophysis, I also began to use Fractal Explorer and eventually Ultra Fractal (but it took me a while before making works that I actually liked).
I'm one of those quiet people who prefer making things on their own, but even when I don't interact much with the community I still like viewing artwork and searching for inspiration.

Various works that inspired me in my first year as fractalist:





...and now, a few works from my gallery (randomly chosen - but not so randomly):
-I was obsessed with rings/julian for a while:


-I have no idea how I managed to make this (experimenting with edisc):


-This is from my "spherical" phase:


-Have I mentioned that I love bipolar?


-One of my first Fractal Explorer works that don't suck too much:


-There aren't many formulas I'm comfortable with in Ultra Fractal:


-There was a time when, for a moment, I actually understood how xaos works


-The universe as a fractal:


-Using always the same formula isn't necessarily bad:


-Sometimes I try to draw fanart. Sometimes it's silly