Should I find a specific artist to do this and what type of work would they need to specialize in? (what words do I need to use to find this person)

I’d want it to be relatively large but I am not yet sure where I’d want it.

Here’s a few fractals I am interested in to give you an idea

  • Mandelbrot set

  • Sierpinski carpet

  • fractal tree

  • Sierpinski triangle

  • Ikeda map attractor

Some if these are obviously harder than others but I am primarily asking about the sections of the mandelbrot set

Feel free to send me fractals you like as well, especially if they are scientifically or historically significant in some way you like

  • The Doctor@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I’m going to leave the jokes about doing a fractal tattoo the same way a fractal is plotted (iteration by iteration) aside.

    What you’re going to want to do is find a tattoo artist that does a lot of very fine detail work, ideally using shading and membrane needles. Shading is probably the best way to depict a fractal image on skin, because, by definition, doing it point by point just isn’t going to cut it. Ultimately it’s an approximation on a rather low res medium (skin).

    You’re going to want to pick a fractal that will print well onto tattoo transfer paper. I don’t know if freehanding it is going to be a good idea, or even feasible. My guess is that Sierpinski fractals would be your best bet.

    If you’re set on a Mandelbrot, maybe look for an artist that does a lot of oceanic depictions. It seems like if you’re familiar with tattooing tentacles a lot, tattooing those parts of a Mandelbrot might not be too different.

    What I would do is have the tattoo “signed” with the equation and parameters used to generate the fractal in question. But that’s just me, do what you like.