I let my imagination run wild when I generated today's post and I thought I saw scales on a plant. The Oct. 28 post (Swirly Wallpaper) formula with different parameters. Ready made at http://maxitersfractalfollies.blogspot.com Green Scales { ; fract491.gif ; blank ; calctime 0:00:42.19 ; created Oct 29, 2010 ; Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 10 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=kerrym.frm formulaname=LKM-quiltm2 function=cos/cosxx center-mag=-0.899274/-0.684337/0.3272439/1/180 params=1.75/-0.875/0.375/-0.375 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 decomp=256 periodicity=0 colors=0F00F00F00F00F00G00G00G00G00H00H00H00H00H00I00I00I00I00J00J00J00J\ 00J00K00K00K00K00L00L00L00L00L00M00M00M00M00N00N00N00N00O00O00O00O00O00P\ 00P00P00P00Q00Q00Q00Q00Q00R00R00R00R00S00S00S00S00S00T00T00T00T00U00U00U\ 00U00U00V00V00V00V00W00W00W00W00X00X00X00X00X00Y00Y00Y00Y00Z00Z00Z00Z00Z\ 00_00_00_00_00`00`00`00`00`00a00a00a00a00b00b00b00b00b00c00c00c00c00d00d\ 00d00d00e00e00e00e01e01e01e02e02f02f03f03f03f04f04g05g05g05g06g06g06g07h\ 07h07h08h08h08h09i09i0Ai0Ai0Ai0Bi0Bj0Bj0Cj0Cj0Cj0Dj0Dj0Dk0Ek0Ek0Fk0Fk0Fk\ 0Gl0Gl0Gl0Hl0Hl0Hl0Il0Im0Im0Jm0Jm0Km0Km0Kn0Ln0Ln0Ln0Mn0Mn0Mo0No0No0No0Oo\ 0Oo0Po0Pp0Pp0Qp0Qp0Qp0Rp0Rq0Rq0Sq0Sq0Tq0Tq0Tr0Ur0Ur0Ur0Vr0Vr0Vr0Ws0Ws0Ws\ 0Xs0Xs0Ys0Yt0Yt0Zt0Zt0Zt0_t0_t0_u0`u0`u0`u0au0au0bv0bv0bv0cv0cv0cv0dw0dw\ 0dw0ew0ew0ew0fw0fx0gx0gx0gx0hx0hx0hy0iy0iy0iy0jy0jy0kz0 } frm:LKM-quiltm2 {; Kerry Mitchell ; quilted backgrounds ; uses 2 iterations of 2 mandelbrot variables with different c's ; c1 and c2 are tiled periodically, with different frequencies ; z1 & z2 are multiplied together to add their angles ; use "decomp=256" coloring ; r=bailout=0 for swirly exteriors and no interiors ; real(p1), imag(p1) = x1, y1 frequencies for c1 ; real(p2), imag(p2) = x2, y2 frequencies for c2 ; try different fn1 and fn2 for added joy x=real(pixel), y=imag(pixel) a1=pi*real(p1), b1=pi*imag(p1) a2=pi*real(p2), b2=pi*imag(p2) x1=2*cos(a1*x), y1=2*cos(b1*y) x2=2*sin(a2*x), y2=2*sin(b2*y) c1=x1+flip(y1), c2=x2+flip(y2) z1=c1, z2=c2, r=0: z1=sqr(z1)+c1, z2=sqr(z2)+c2 z=fn1(z1)*fn2(z2) |z| < r ;SOURCE: lkm.frm } Roger Alexander