Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Rendering Real-time fractals in Blender, and using it to create The Cloak of Mandelbrot! 💫 AD: Get 5% off your Rokoko mocap gear with the code RKK_POLYFJORD: glnk.io/3vn51/polyfjord

In this video I finally get to share a new way I have been rendering and animating Mandelbrot fractals in Blender 5.0. I have wanted a workflow where you can explore the Mandelbrot set in real-time, and it's finally possible using the new Repeat Zone nodes! The result of this video is a custom Mandelbrot shader that is built on a Blender 5.0 demo file made by @Specoolar and with an OSL variand inspired by a script by @CGMatter. I also explore a workflow when using this mandelbrot shader to create a fractal transition of an invisible cloak - The Cloak of Mandelbrot, which you can see at the very end of the video. Thanks for watching!

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00:00 Opening Cinematic
01:32 Exploring the new Repeat Zone nodes in Blender 5.0
03:13 The problem with discrete iteration values
05:36 Bypassing discrete values using my improved Mandelbrot Shader
08:27 Customizing the Mandelbrot Shader
12:49 Introduction of the Cloak of Mandelbrot project
13:17 AD: Rokoko motion capture workflow
14:48 Creating the cloth simulation
18:24 Animating the fractal transition of the cloak
23:43 Compositing and render tips
28:11 Final result: The Cloak of Mandelbrot