Ring of Sauron

Made with Ultrafractal 3 and from the Book of Apophysis 1 (composed/layered in UF)

The ring of power belonging to Sauron who had it from his king, Morgoth Bauglir, whom was cast into the abyss between the stars by Illuvitar after his defeat at the hands of the elven Eldar of Valinor....
- As first beheld on a rocky river bottom by Smeagol, who was swimming with his brother, Deagol. Strangely, Deagol "drowned" that day - Could the ring have, even then, been asserting it's foul influence?

...one ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them....


Here's an oldie that I've never shown here that I thought y'all might like. It has one of the first fractal spheres I ever made. The "rocky" outside is a flame manually rotated 4 times (mapping didn't work back then), the outer part of the ring is another flame rotated 8 times and all with a Voroni Coloring ucl layer overlaid. The inside of the orb/jewel is the same flame rotated 8x with shading and cloudy layers made with straight UF fractal layers. I was always amazed at Keith Mackay's fractal orbs and used to spend a lot of time figuring out and making them.

Thanks for stopping by and for such warm comments on my stuff - you guys rock!
Rick



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