Behold math & algorithm nerds! You can create an eye candies too :) There are few not much known desktop applications on creating various fractals and vector like graphics with just few right lines of code. This article is a quick introduction to two of them: Apohysis & ContextFree.

Apophysis

Website: Apophysis.org
Documentation: Apophysis@wikispaces
Download: Sourceforge.net

Apophysis is a freeware Windows program for designing and rendering fractal flames . It was created by Mark Townsend and has since been improved and updated by Peter Sdobnov, Piotr Borys and Ronald Hordijk.

Apophysis UI & few renders:

ContextFree

Website: ContextFreeArt.org
Documentation: ContextFree HOWTO
Download: ContextFree download page

Context Free is a program that generates vector like images from written instructions called a grammar. The program follows the instructions in a few seconds to create images that can contain millions of shapes.

ContextFree UI & few renders: