A busy day yesterday and I didn't get to post. This must not become a habit. Art and algorithm. Two images are posted at http://maxitersfractalfollies.blogspot.com. One is a fractal the other is the painting "The Great Wave" by the Japanese artist Hokusai. The similarity in designs is intriguing. fract226.gif { ; reminds me of Hokusai's "The Great Wave" ; blank ; calctime 0:09:17.17 ; created May 23, 2010 ; Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 9 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=fract196.frm formulaname=Moe function=abs/cosxx center-mag=-0.04194775500193852/+0.48794277466039360/47.65718/1/-49.9999\ 999999999432/-1.14117049143658278e-013 params=-0.6664326914273507/-0.7950987273781549 float=y maxiter=3600 logmap=21 cyclerange=0/255 colors=00T00U00W00X00Z00`00a00c00d00f00h00i00k00m01m03m04n06n07o09o0Ao0C\ p0Ep0Fq0Hq0Iq0Kr0Lr0Ns0Ps0Qs0St0Tt0Vu0Wu0Yu0Zv0`v1`v3av4av6bv7cv9cvBdvCe\ vEevFfwHgwIgwKhwMiwNiwPjwQkwSkwTlwVmxXmxYnx_nx`oxbpxcpxeqxgrxhrxjsyktymt\ ynuypvyrvyswyuxyvxyxyyzzzzzzyyzxyzxxzwxzvwzuvzuvztuzsuzstzrszqszprzprzoq\ znpznpzmozlozknzkmzjmzilzilzhkzgkzfjzfizeizdhzdhzcgzbfzafzaez`ez_dz_czZc\ zYbzXbzXazW`zV`zV_zU_zTZzSZzSYzRXzQXzQWzPWzOVzNUzNUzMTzLTzLSzKRzJRzIQzIQ\ zHPzGOzGOzFNzENzDMzDMzCLzBKzBKzAJz9Jz8Iz8Hz7Hz6Gz6Gz5Fz4Ez3Ez3Dz2Dz1Cz0B\ z0Az08z07z06z04z03z02z00z00y00x00w00v00u00t00s00r00q00p00o00n00m00l00k00\ j00i00h00g00f00e00d00c00b00a00`00_00Z00Y00X00W00V00U00T00S00R00Q00P00O00\ N00M00L00K00J00I00H00G00F00E00D00C00B00A00900800700600500400300200000000\ 000000100300400600800900B00C00E00G00H00J00K00M00O00P00R } frm:Moe {; Mutation of 'Zexpe'. ; Original formula by Lee Skinner [75450,3631] ; Modified for if..else logic 3/19/97 by Sylvie Gallet ; For 'Zexpe', set FN1 & FN2 = IDENT and P1 = default ; real(p1) = Bailout (default 100) s = exp(1.,0.), z = pixel, c = fn1(pixel) ; The next line sets test=100 if real(p1)<=0, else test=real(p1) IF (real(p1) <= 0) test = 100 ELSE test = real(p1) ENDIF : z = fn2(z)^s + c |z| <= test ;SOURCE: fract196.frm } Roger Alexander _________________________________________________________________ Learn more ways to connect with your buddies now http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9734388