Books on fractals

[K.I.L.E.R]

I want them now.
The best one.

This stuff is driving me nuts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal
http://fractals.iut.u-bordeaux1.fr/sci-faq/mountains.html

I WANT TO MAKE THIS STUFF!!!!
Tutorials?
Help me.

The mandlebrot one is easy and so is the sirenspiksi triangles too.
I want to make terrain and water.
Help me please.

I know this:

z = a + bi

zk+1 = z*z + c

if zk+1 > 4 then stop.

Nice but where are my mountains?

 

[pcchen]

To make "fractal" mountains, you can use a simple algorithm:

Start with a simple triangle, put three points in the middle of the edges. Move up these points with random amounts (this amount should scale to the size of the triangle, this is very important). Connects the points and you have four triangles. Recursively perform the same thing on these four triangles, and for some iterations you'll have a nice terrain.

 

[Captain Chickenpants]

I liked Fractal creations http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1878739344/104-6213022-5056765?v=glance&n=283155

Although I got it some years ago, and the software you get with it is way out of date now.

For fractal landscapes you probably want to create a plasma field and use it as a heightmap. Or use the sub-division technique that pcchen has described.

CC

 

[Sage]

I recently bought "The (Mis)Behaviour of Markets" by Mandelbrot himself.