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Fire, flames, flares...

SALAMANDER




A salamander is a creature, that looks like a lizard, but isn't.
Earlier it was also a serpentine symbol of the fourth element: Fire.

Details in these animations change, as time goes by, mutating slowly but automatically.
Some also offer mouse control: moving horisontally or vertically changes the larger structure.

These animations contains many elements and layers, so may take time to initiate. But patience is still a rewarded virtue.


Single salamander...

Single salamander...

Seven salamanders...
Single salamander...

Five salamanders...

Seven salamanders...
Single salamander...

Seven salamanders...

Salamander portal...
Sparks rising...

Sparks dividing...

Sparks centralising...


Spaces





Space, time and a mouse



These animations attempt to include a sense of space. It is also an experiment with 4D. Height and width are the first two dimensions, time the third and your mouse is the fourth.

Reactive animations



If you move the mouse inside the image, it will react like a cat, and follow the mouse. So let the rodent run....

Details mutate as time goes by, but global structure moves with the mouse, so you can change space any time.

Patience...



These animations contains many elements and many layers, so download may take some seconds to complete. But patience is still a rewarded virtue.

Mads Dam, january 2012


Cross





Space cross 1
70 images. 140 layers. Size 85 Mb.

Space cross 2
20 images. 40 layers. Size 1 Mb.

Space cross 3
25 images. 50 layers. Size 3 Mb.

Space cross 4
60 images. 120 layers. Size 56 Mb.


Ring





Space ring 1
70 images. 250 layers. Size 85 Mb.

Space ring 2
20 images. 250 layers. Size 1 Mb.

Space ring 3
25 images. 250 layers. Size 3 Mb.

Space ring 4
60 images. 250 layers. Size 56 Mb.


Central





Space central 1
70 images. 140 layers. Size 85 Mb.

Space central 2
20 images. 250 layers. Size 1 Mb.

Space central 3
25 images. 25 layers. Size 3 Mb.

Space central 4
60 images. 120 layers. Size 56 Mb.

F I E R Y



143 Fire and Flame Animations by Mads Dam


Fire star Horisontal fire line Fire flower A Fire flower B Fire flower C Fire city Fire lattice Fire twister


Fire pillar Fire vertigo Fire line Fire duo Fire triad Fire landscape Fire twister Fire waves Fire arrow


Fire star 1 Fire star 2 Fire pillar Fire line 1 Fire line 2 Fire wave Fire cross 1 Fire cross 2 Fire twister

Fire central Fire tower Fire pillar Fire wall Fire wave Fire portal Fire twister A Fire twister B


Fire city Fire pulse Fire space Fire waves


Fire crossed Fire wing Fire wave Fire line A Fire line B Fire mouth Fire cubistic A Fire cubistic B


Fire ball Fire line Fire diagonal Fire peak Fire twin peak Fire crossed Fire valley Fire portal Fire portal 2
Fire central Fire pulse Fire waves Fire waves Fire wings Fire mouth 1 Fire mouth 2 Fire portal


Fire star Fire ball Fire pillar Fire line Fire squared Fire top bottom Fire waves Fire interfered


Fire fork Fire crossed Fire triad Fire squared 1 Fire squared 2 Fire pattern Fire mouth Fire waves Fire mirror Fire cornered Fire portal Fire spectre

Let there be fire...

From a classical point of view Fire is the fourth element. It is also the source of the fifth: Light...

Man is the only animal on Earth that knows the art of manipulating fire. Maybe that's why we also love to play with it. Even though it can be a very hungry beast.

Flames come from many different sources, slowly burning candle lights inside a house, or flickering gas flames outside on the street, public fires celebrating midsummer, new years fireworks, sparks and natures own lightning etc. Further off the sun shines, and trillions of other stars. Actually the universe is filled with fire...

Inside the image

Each living image consists of maybe 100 or more images, either stacked or sliced side by side.

Each image contains up to 50 or more elements with different speed, size, color or angle.

All images and elements within move more or less syncronized with the rest. All according to a simple rule: Neighbors follow, opposite ends eventually diverge.

Thus there will always be several small pockets of local order in the global chaos, wandering around, in a slowly mutating landscape.

These fiery animations are extremely long; so you'll never see the end. But you can always watch a new variation...

Fullscreen



Fullscreen displays a 1024 X 768 pixel version, without any text.

A small menu is hiding in the right bottom corner. But it only becomes visible, when touched by a mouse.

Clicking the image (most times) switches full and normal screen.

Tapestry



A tapestry effect is created, by repeating image in background, both vertically and horisontally...

Slideshow



Slideshow automatically displays everything in the chosen gallery, giving each animation 5 minutes.

Slideshow can begin anywhere in the gallery. Versions, like "reverse" or "tapestry", can also be changed without interrupting the slideshow.

When slideshow reaches end of gallery, it continues from start ...

Reverse



Reverse stack of images, so top becomes bottom, and bottom top...

A sense of spaces





An experiment with 4D, the third dimension is time and your mouse is the fourth. Details mutate as time goes by, but global structure moves with the mouse: You can change space any time...



Order and chaos



It's all in your mind...

If you see a pattern moving right or left, up or down - it's an illusion. If you see a pattern starting ordered and gradually becoming chaotic, this is also an illusion. In fact, the pattern itself is an illusion...

Braindrops



Braindrops keep falling in my head...

Braindrops keep falling in my head



Magrittes mirror



Magrittes mirror

Mirror reflecting upon itself...

Nonlinear polka generator



Nonlinear polka generator

Another attempt to exhaust infinity. Or could I say: to be or dot to be..?

Flora Fantastica



Flora Fantastica

The Ocean is served...



Rotor Rose



Rotating rose

Portals




Fire portal Fire portal Fire portal Fire portal Fire portal 2 Fire portal 2 Fire portal Fire portal Fire portal 2 Fire portal 2 Fire portal

Doors to elsewhere...



Jungles




Digital Jungle 1 Digital Jungle 2 Digital Jungle 3 Digital Jungle 4 Digital Jungle 5 Digital Jungle 6

Living landscapes...




Flowers




Exo flower 1 Exo flower 2 Exo flower 3 Exo flower 4 Exo flower 5 Exo flower 6 Exo flower 7

Exo flowers: Unknown plants drifting in interstellar space...




Lightwind




Light wind... Light wind... Light wind... Light wind... Light wind... Light wind... Light wind... Light wind...

Animations: Mads Dam.
Music: Lars Mikkes.




Artefacts




Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact Alien artefact

Collection of unknown materials: Alien artefacts, floating out there in galactic space. Perhaps on their way to something we do not know. Maybe not even awake. Perhaps they are slumbering, dreaming about real aliens, even as strange as us. Collection I + Collection II.

Fire




Fire star Horisontal fire line Fire flower A Fire flower B Fire flower C Fire city Fire lattice Fire twister Fire pillar Fire vertigo Fire line Fire duo Fire triad Fire landscape Fire twister Fire waves Fire arrow Fire star 1 Fire star 2 Fire pillar Fire line 1 Fire line 2 Fire wave Fire cross 1 Fire cross 2 Fire twister Fire central Fire tower Fire pillar Fire wall Fire wave Fire portal Fire twister A Fire twister B Fire city Fire pulse Fire space Fire waves Fire crossed Fire wing Fire wave Fire line A Fire line B Fire mouth Fire cubistic A Fire cubistic B Fire ball Fire line Fire diagonal Fire peak Fire twin peak Fire crossed Fire valley Fire portal Fire central Fire pulse Fire waves Fire waves Fire wings Fire mouth 1 Fire mouth 2 Fire portal Fire star Fire ball Fire pillar Fire line Fire squared Fire top bottom Fire waves Fire interfered Fire fork Fire crossed Fire triad Fire squared 1 Fire squared 2 Fire pattern Fire mouth Fire waves Fire mirror Fire cornered Fire portal Fire spectre

Fire and flames...

AIR




Exosphere 1 Exosphere 2 Exosphere 3A Exosphere 3B Exosphere 4 Exosphere 5 Exosphere 6 Exosphere 7

Disturbing the atmosphere...




Crystals




Living green krystal Living blue krystal Living deepblue krystal
Living crystals - frozen life...




Gallery




Local TV symbol - Animated symbol for BLTVR - Bispebjerg Local TV / Radio in northwest Copenhagen, Denmark. Wheels of thyme and space..?

Different animations in different directions. A gallery for stuff outside galleries and collections...



Animations...