Greetings, Recently Stephen C. Ferguson posted some of his latest images to the A.B.P.F. Usenet Newsgroup <news://alt.binaries.pictures.fractals/>. Those images had been created with his "EmberJ" Java program. One particular image caught my attention because Steve was experimenting with orbit traps and came up with a heart shape method. Here is part of the formula: // Hearts xtmp_ = Math.sin(xtmp+ytmp)+ytmp*ytmp; ytmp_ = Math.sin(ytmp+xtmp)+xtmp*xtmp; xtmp = xtmp_; ytmp = ytmp_; It is very simple math that creates the heart shapes. I thought I would pass this along to those that may find it interesting and useful for their own images. Sincerely, P.N.L. ------------------------------------------------- http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/PNL_Fractals.html http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/