Hi Bee, Just posted a reply but it doesn't look like it uploaded. So here I go again :-) Several years ago an exhibition of "Old Master" paintings came to our city. You could say many of these paintings had similar themes ie. beautiful women, gentlemen in their finery, bowls of fruit, flowers. Yet despite the similarities each individual painting was breathtaking. I am so glad that the artists never said "oooh, I won't paint this beautiful voloptuous woman because it has already been done so many times". If you look at medieval illuminations you will note that many of them use similar (or even the same) elements such as vines, leaves, border patterns. These often also use a similar colour palette (blue, red, gold). Despite these similarities each piece is still individual and stunningly beautiful. Most arts and crafts are like this in the above regard. They all have their similarities. An artist in any field is only limited by his or her imagination. Develop a thorough understanding of the fractal generators that you use and keep exploring those fractals. Experiment with lighting and colours. Have fun and create fractals that give you joy. Don't worry to much about comparisons. Fran www.arcanefractals.com