Say hello to my little friend!

Hello world.

So, I've been playing around with the actions function on Photoshop. It's got its uses, but the best thing about it by far is that it gives you the ability to create abstract art using fractals. A fractal is basically a complicated shape that is created by the repetition of a really simple shape and with some slight distortion at every iteration. A perfect example of how fractals work in nature is the humble snowflake and literally every crystal in existence (like diamonds).

There is some really interesting theory behind fractals and how life evolved, in that multicellular creatures are basically colonies of of like cells that started cooperating. Without getting into details, I thought it might be cool to replicate this process using Photoshop and try to see what creatures I could come up with.

Say hello to Ben, a biomechanical worm, courtesy of Photoshop, created by repetition and manipulation of a steam iron.