F. Kenton Musgrave, Benoit B. Mandelbrot, Craig E. Kolb: Zabrisky Point

  • ©1990, F. Kenton Musgrave, Benoit B. Mandelbrot, and Craig E. Kolb


Artist(s):



Title:


    Zabrisky Point

Exhibition:


Creation Year:


    1990

Medium:


    Ink jet printout

Size:


    20 x 40

Category:



Technical Information:


    Hardware: Network of 9 DEC 5000 work­stations.
    Software: C-Linda, Optik Raytracer (custom).


Other Information:


    The painted deserts of the American Southwest are the inspiration for this rendering. The variety of pastel tones is evoked with a procedural texture. This image was conceived as a technical illus­tration for the mirage model, seen in the foreground. It also serves as a sophisticat­ed color study, through the use of stochas­tic color functions.