Spun One method for generating a 3D Mandelbrot image is to spin the classic 2D Mandelbrot around a central axis, like a block of wood in a lathe. You end up with a 3D shape, but it’s not much ...

White’s search isn’t over, though. He admits the Mandelbulb is not quite the “real” 3D Mandelbrot. “There are still ‘whipped cream’ sections, where there isn’t detail,” he explains.