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Deep Zoom in Your Browser We are thrilled to release Fractal Explorer , a new high-performance WebGL renderer that brings the infinite complexity of the Mandelbrot and Julia sets directly to your browser. 🎮 Intuitive Navigation We’ve ditched the clunky "click-to-center" interface found in older fractal tools. Fractal Explorer feels as responsive as a modern map application: Scroll to Zoom:  Simply roll your mouse wheel to fly seamlessly in and out of the fractal. Click:  Zoo

SITE URL:   roddh.com The site serves as the central portfolio for Rodd Halstead (RoddH) , a generative artist and software architect who bridges the gap between the "First Wave" of AI (Symbolics/LISP) and the modern era of Generative Design. Key Themes: The Physics of Coding:  The portfolio showcases art that is not merely "drawn" but grown  from mathematical axioms. It moves beyond standard "fractal art" (often characterized by garish color cycling) into architectural, orga

The Mandelbrot Set: A Mathematical Design Playground Imagine a design tool that lets you explore an infinite world of intricate, repeating patterns, all based on a single, simple equation. That's the Mandelbrot set , a famous fractal  born from the mathematical realm of complex numbers . Fractals are objects where a pattern repeats at every scale, meaning no matter how far you zoom in, you'll find complexity. The Mandelbrot set is essentially a map  of what happens when you r

Mandelbrot Sets: Created using Javascript, mathematical explanation The Mandelbrot set  is one of the most famous examples of a fractal, an infinitely complex pattern that is often self-similar at different scales. It is a picture generated on the complex plane  by repeatedly applying a very simple mathematical rule. To understand it, you must first be familiar with complex numbers  (z = x + yi), which have both a real part (x) and an imaginary part (y), and can be plotted as