Ascii Art History

The Buddhabrot is a fractal rendering technique related to the Mandelbrot set. Its name reflects its pareidolic resemblance to classical depictions of Gautama Buddha, seated in a meditation pose with a forehead mark (tikka) and traditional topknot (ushnisha).…
This is a digitally modified photograph I took of the Surfer Monument that stands near Lighthouse Point on West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz, California. The monument is an 18…
A series of digitally modified photographs of a composition containing moss, air plants, and skulls. I took these photos on my front deck and digitally modified them using the Visionist…
Jack White is a genius. Here we bring you an animated music video for his song “That Black Bat Licorice” from the album Lazaretto. Lazaretto is the second studio album by Jack…
Electric Sheep is a distributed computing project for animating and evolving fractal flames, which are in turn distributed to the networked computers, which display them as a screensaver. It’s crowd sourced evolving art. Below is…
A short video I made combining several fractals generated with Frax HD on my iPad. These illustrate some of the features of Frax including zoom, lighting, textures, panning, and spinning…
A short video I made expressing my view of the January 21, 2010 ruling of the United States Supreme Court in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission campaign finance…
A photo I took of the beachfront cottages in Capitola, California. This photograph is one in a series of photos I took then digitally enhanced in an attempt to elicit…
A photo I took of the railroad underpass off Chestnut Street in downtown Santa Cruz, California. This photograph is one in a series of photos I took then digitally enhanced…