I've been tinkering with the Chaoscope program, a fascinating little free program that lets you render "strange attractors" in 3D. These are mathematical constructs, a special subset of fractals.

You can find the program here:
Chaoscope

Check it out; it's well worth your time.

I'll post some of my favorite renders here. These are all my work, and are all straight from the Chaoscope renderer. I'll have another thread for postprocessed pieces.

This one's my current favorite:


With this one close behind:


And this is an old favorite:


This program is just incredible to play with!

This very simple one incorporates some family initials; it's like a logo design, but all generated mathematically:


This one is a sort of twisted earring... too bad nobody in my family wears earrings. Ah, well:


And this one is just a really funky cross between a nautilus and a donut (and it's one of my favorites):