Alien Land - A Fractal Journey HD 1080p/60fps

A fractal journey by Gerry Mantha. Exit, circle, and reenter an evolving alien fractal landscape in high definition using a smooth 60 frame per second frame rate.
Over 20,000 individual fractal images were created using the Mandelbulb 3D fractal generator, then later stitched
together to form the animation.
It took 3 computers working simultaneously for 6 weeks to
calculate all the fractal images.
All fractal images used in this animation were generated by Mandelbulb 3D
mandelbulb.com/2014/mandelbulb...
Special thanks to L.A Curry (Lenord) for sharing his fractal parameters from which much of this animation was based.
www.renderosity.com/?uid=439380
Music:
Under Water by Silent Partner
Echoes of Time by Kevin MacLeod
The Only Girl by Silent Partner
Echoes of Time by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Artist: incompetech.com/

[@P3nnyArcade]

_Whoa man, I found the brownies..._

[@polarsquidd269]

r/NotHowDrugsWork

[@Void-uj7jd]

This is more like high dose shrooms or DMT. If brownies are doing this, something is seriously wrong and you should be concerned.

[@SE7EN306]

More like you found a type six civilization

[@malfunkt]

An endless mushroom cap. Amazing!

[@fluxa4432]

This was actually terrifying, amazing video but, with a indescribable unsettling feeling to it

[@khyzan8527]

the new SCORN game is looking pretty interesting.

[@justinc8586]

im tripping so hard and this is one of the best fractals ive ever seen

[@GerryMantha]

Thanks! Glad to have contributed to your interesting experience. LOL

[@PatriotIzzy]

If you were truly tripping, you would be seeing and creating your own limitless fractals. But maybe you never broke through ;P

[@theboogeyemil]

@@PatriotIzzy shut the fuck up.

[@PatriotIzzy]

@@theboogeyemil I love you

[@theboogeyemil]

@@PatriotIzzy Weird. Cuz I don't love you. Gate keeping psychedelics like that, get outta here.

[@mesavage999]

I watched this in 2D-3D mode on a 3DTV and it was magic.

[@tandavme]

One of the best fractal videos that exists on youtube. Other videos often blurry, and 60 fps is a thing

[@draekalloy3673]

Surreally relaxing, especially with that music droning in the background

[@H0wieF3ltersnatch]

This was cool, everything just started looking more realistic and more realistic as it progressed, until it looked literally like real roots in the ground.

[@daveblandston6]

This is the best 3D fractal animation I've seen! Thank you Gerry!

[@robotarise5510]

Scary and beautiful alien world

[@selviskk]

One of the best pieces of art ever made

[@cliph7759]

There needs to be more of these. HOURS of these particular ones. They're so amazing!

[@_dimitri_1242]

This not what my dreams look like, this is what they FEEL like

[@icarusswitkes986]

Reminds me of doctor strange

[@yogitakukreja2296]

My fear of getting lost is striking hard after watching this...man this fractal is mind blowing !!!

[@gali01992]

Ah, the stuff of nightmares. Great video!

[@DylansWaffles]

Damn it gets crazy as hell near the end. Would it be possible to see what it looks like in the center of the fractal?

[@GerryMantha]

I really wanted to go further. Who knows what I might have found! Unfortunately near the end, each frame was taking more than half an hour to generate because of the complexity and magnification. That means more than 24 hours to create one single second of video! I just got another computer working that was gifted to me, so I might start inside and just go deeper and deeper by keeping that computer running a couple months. We'll see!

[@ASSman864]

+SnivyDroid wow

[@autizmas]

its fractal theres no end you can zoom for infinity

[@GrandPrinceBlueblood]

Pinkerton97 It doesn’t have a center. That’s the scary part.

[@helenamaria710]

I 🤔 there is no center! Not as we imagine, anyway.

[@RynaxAlien]

Amazing amount of detail and complexity.

[@Napsteraspx]

Woah. This is probably what coral looks like with en electron microscope

[@Domzdream]

So. Frikking. Awesome! And such a great track to go with the visuals. WELL DONE!

[@wibblewobble1934]

Something about having that infinite level of detail with fractals that give this an incredible sense of scale

[@hoverpantsz262]

This would be even more Fantastic in 360.

[@user-fn1vf2og3g]

素敵な作品ですね。このような世界って、どんなんだろうね！！

[@PatDaliki]

This is absolutely incredible and so inspiring

[@Munecoshh1]

This is insane for real! A 3D version o a fractal

[@LadyNicky007]

Crazy Cool! And this is without toking! 😳 Feels like I’m floating in & around an Alien planet... Love the music!! Wish this was presented in 4k & for a lengthy 12 minutes to watch on my Big Screen TV... You’re letting me smell the steak but you’re not letting me savour it!! 🤷‍♀️

[@criddycriddy]

Absolutely breathtaking I will try making something smallish on my old machine and watch it panic... thanks sub

[@joycehum547]

Gerry Mantha. You are one amazing person!

[@joycehum547]

Great work Gerry. Awesome!!

[@aurelio_scala]

Fate dei lavori bellissimi. In mezzo a tanta sporcizia, delle opere degne

[@user-fn1vf2og3g]

この様な素敵な動画、どのようにして制作しているのか不思議に思います。眺めていると、この空間へ引き込まれてゆくような感覚に陥ります。

Belíssimo! Maravilhoso, Encantador! Eu Adoro seus Fractals.

[@HelpMeFindTheseSongs]

Please make more of these. Make one that lasts an hour.

[@PeterBoggild]

absolutely absolutely stunning!

[@MichaelKrick-tu8jk]

The Blob on steriods!!!

[@LucealsMultiverse]

This is so beautiful.. why haven't you posted more?? I came to your page expecting see more beautiful videos, I'm soooo disappointed. Please make more or tell me where to find more videos made by you....

[@twisteddigital]

Love it, very inspiring. The music is perfect.

[@fishapiller]

You’re work is all ways amazing

[@olgagr7136]

Thank you for this work, babe !! This is my favorite video. Have a good year !!

[@Psycandy]

nice use of hard shadows, lends the light a very real quality

[@paulfrischknecht3999]

Fantastic. Small suggestion: Exclude the outermost 5% or so of the image (the border region) so that we don't see the errors in the screenspace (?) ambient occlusion.

[@ThomasConover]

Mathematics is the language of God who creates infinite worlds

[@BubbaSatori]

Word, in the beginning, was. A formula spoken, with purpose and life everlasting. Creating an infinity needing eternity. In his image, saved and nurtured with love by the sacrifice of an obedient son. Deus Vult. Omnia Ad Majoram Dei Gloriam.

[@boletrappeur]

Ahhh la défonce sous champignons magique........ J'adore ça !!!!

[@machinechance]

Thank you so much !! Let's screen or even 3D print this kind of wonders in the World's most unexciting places

[@mastiff8036]

That was sick.

[@ambientnaturally]

This is really nice. Did you make the music also? 60 FPS seems to make for smooth movement. And the slow precision of the camera movement makes for suspense and time to examine the surroundings. I'm doing 30 FPS..... my computer works long enough at that!

[@slappy_chimp]

Why is this making me anxious

[@clarkdinglasa7414]

Thank you for making this relaxing video. :)

[@nizamantha273]

Amazing job!

[@lizzard4040]

insanely good

[@1woodmerchant]

Awesome Mate!! Thanks!!

[@emilioKeka]

This is our world just from a different perspective. What do you thing dust mites see? That’s what they see when they live in a carpet

[@kevinsturges6957]

OK, THATS impressive!

[@holguacamol8408]

incredible!

[@jankuipers]

Welding a Fractal - Morphing a Juliaset from 0 to 1,000,000 iterations

[@valeniusthekat]

I NEED to see this in 3D! (like wearing the glasses type 3D) oh my yes!

[@loocheenah]

if you're able to watch stereograms, you can play this video in two tabs placed side by side, cross your eyes and get the stereo image

[@picard339]

Thank you for this work.

[@davidryan3711]

Great video! Would it be possible to post the parameters, so we can recreate some of the frames or animations?

[@anthonyholland8549]

Fantastic

[@blastermaster0199]

they need to do this in some alien movie

[@MotionMantis]

Yo gerry this looks fabulous! Would you mind if I use this footage in a (small) videoclip? Also big thank you for doing this in 60fps, makes it 10 times more otherworldly.

[@GerryMantha]

Thanks! Not a problem, but please credit the footage somewhere :p

[@MotionMantis]

@@GerryMantha I will credit you thoroughly, more people should see this piece of art :-)

[@darrenhudson9675]

Is the "kalidescoping" effect due to the attempt to represent 2-dimensional math in 3 dimensions?

[@GerryMantha]

It is not "2-dimensional math". In the case of "2D" rendered escape-time fractals such as the basic flat Mandelbrot set, the complex number (C) consists of 2 components, the real part plus the imaginary part: (x + yi). Thus in our classic iterative Z -> Z^n + C, the C represents this imaginary/real pairing. When mapping this set to an image, the real and imaginary parts equate to the relative horizontal and vertical coordinates of each pixel being sampled. Either the point lies within the set, or it doesn't. The number of iterations taken with the Z^n + C applied to the sample point before it "escapes" (if it does) is assigned a color for an interesting design. The formulas used to create this fractal are also escape-time, but differ in that the complex number C is replaced by hypercomplex numbers, in this case a triplex number representing the 3 coordinates (x, y, and z) in Cartesian space. The kaleidoscopic effect at some points is actually due to a 4th dimension being added - temporal. The formula parameters are changing with time, and semi-self similar areas are joining or coming apart and transforming as time passes. When it comes to fractals, it's not really valid to think of them as being 2D or 3D or 4D etc. mathematical objects or sets. Fractal geometry isn't your classic Euclidean geometry. When we paint a picture of any fractal set, the visual "dimensional" appearance is simply one of interpretation of how we got there. Fractal mathematics is commonly applied to describing and predicting the state of "multi-dimensional" systems (over time). Think Brownian motion, pendulums, magnetic fields, or the classic 3+ orbital gravitational object problem where conventional differential (derivative) mathematics and classical geometry don't work well. And that's just a small sample. Fractals just incidentally can make pretty pictures too! ;-)

[@lucianocastillo694]

Gerry Mantha so what your saying is that the structures are disappearing because they are going into 4d? Bc to 2nd creatures we would look to be appearing and disappearing if we put our finger infront of it and take our finger out. This is because they can’t see up or down. Could that same thing be applied for this? Since we can actually see in 4d

[@nifty130]

@@GerryMantha After reading that .... I wish I could post a picture of the guy in the movie Scanners ... the moment when his head blew up! haha :D As a complete newbie I look and play with fractals from a purely artistic perspective (random happy events picking formulas by sticking a pin in them!, you could say) as I have absolutely no idea on the mathematics behind it, and never will. Cue .. the Scanners moment. :) I needed to comment that not only the shapes but the color, lighting and ambient fog on this looked simply spectacular. Loved it :) Thank you.

[@OnlyTrashMemes]

Finally found something to write a lovecraftian monster with

[@bigjimmy3792]

Imagine watching this while tripping 😅

[@BlackIcexxi]

Hi Gerry, I was wondering if you could share the parameters for this project, or at least point me to which projects from L.A. Curry you used parameters from. There are shapes here that dazzle my mind. Thank you much for posting!

[@GiffysChannel]

I would love to see this in 3D

[@josephmaron6179]

Great job Gerry

[@holkhoogin8519]

Watched baked. Had a great time

[@Doomstahh]

Amazing choice for the soundtrack to go along with this. So eerie and fascinating. What’s the instrumental called?

[@Slicque]

Wow!😍So unreal! What are the specs on those 3 computers? Thanks.🙏

[@hudson]

was looking for something to watch while listening to autechre's elseq. the last 7 minutes of freuleaux playing over this was an amazing fit.

[@olgagr7136]

Really, HATS OFF TO YOU ( like Mr. Shaunduhpostman said here) Thank you for this enjoyment !!

[@Colleens-Corner]

Just like in a forest!!!

[@JustJory]

Wait how did you render this? 🤔👌

[@verenasonne3072]

Imagine flying to a far planet and when you arrive, it actually looks like this O.O

[@mikecurran9389]

Yooo........ trippy.

[@BruDasLT]

True beauty!

[@lcarusfp]

Hey awesome work, this fractal is absolutely stunning. Is there any chance to get the video file so I can use it as VJ? I love the rich detail in the video and I'm not sure if they get preserved when downloaded.

[@GerryMantha]

Sadly is a HUGE file, about ~6 Gigs. At the time I mistakenly thought KZbin would create a higher bit rate image if it were fed a higher bit rate image. I was wrong of course. Anyway, KZbin's compression has improved in recent years, especially with the 60fps support. As long as you download at full 1080p/60fps you shouldn't have visible compression artifacts.

[@janjanssen9229]

Awesome!

[@timmayvns]

how would i make something like this a terrain in unreal engine from mandelbulb ?

[@robotz4071]

Hello Gerry Mantha this is a peace of art....can you please let me use this in my music video???please.

[@boxpie7097]

this is terrifying

[@rikimitchell916]

that fantastic..reminds me of lungs...

[@ArcaneInkTattoo]

I’m looking for someone to create or allow use of this stuff for my animation series. Could you help?

[@threecheeseburrito]

Why am I watching this? Fractal images make me uneasy...

[@FragileBadger]

Amazing!!!

[@emilioKeka]

That was fucking beautiful

[@bootv3241]

Awesome video keep it up already done new friend here I'll wait for you

[@jwink7795]

we here appreciate your work sir. cheerz.. . . . .

[@ChameeraDedduwage]

It's a 2-D projection of a 3-D shadow in a 5-D space.

[@abelstrd]

What it might look like when you reach beyond the tenth dimension.

[@DeGameBox_SRBT]

Programm used: "Mandelbulb 3D" Warning: hard to leart with zero, but you can change a starting model.

[@TehKorwinMikke]

Marble Marcher would be nice here

[@fredflintstone8003]

What happened to the 360 SBS feature?

[@MrChrister123]

Hi! I love this and Im curious as to how much you can manipulate to contents of the fractals? Like for example, making structures or parts of structures pulsate, spin, flash etc? If you can do this, then I would very much like to get in contact with you via email to talk more. Fantastic stuff! //Aron Parmerud

[@GerryMantha]

Obviously I can do this with fractals. The mathematics is still currently used in software to create movies such as Dr. Strange. The earliest movie I can remember that employed fractals for CGI was Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Oh, and then there were movies like The Last Starfighter and Return of the Jedi. People have been doing this for special effects for many decades now. The greatest thing today is that computers have become much faster, so yes you too can do this at home! :)

[@MrChrister123]

@@GerryMantha Cool! Im sorry if I come off ignorant, but if I do, it's because I am haha... Anyway... I want to apply for a grant here in Sweden to get funding for a project I would love to make and if you would be interested in participating then I could ask for funding to hire you to do the video/artwork (I would make the music/sound). There is no money yet, I just want to see if might be into it if there was? Is there a better way to keep in contact more privately? Mail?

[@dustinness439]

Looks like a fractal is slowly dying into a sceletal structure.

[@shravangupta4828]

It looks like a 'carcosa' kinda fractal. Any True Detectives fan here.

[@ivansilvagonzalez861]

3DELICIOUS!

[@Doc_Random]

Hello Gerry , Found this under royalty free ! Can I use the video for my music ?

[@GerryMantha]

Sure, but please mention that the original video was by Gerry Mantha (regular attribution), and a link back here would be much appreciated.

[@Doc_Random]

@@GerryMantha Okay , l left the words at the end and will mention you in the description

[@Doc_Random]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6SUl3p4eqqmpqM There it is

[@GerryMantha]

@@Doc_Random Thanks!

[@Doc_Random]

@@GerryMantha my pleasure; and it fits so well, thx for the great work