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Description
I interpret this image as a beautiful zen-like contrast of order and chaos. The storm-looking shapes were made from a fractal which is itself a form of order in chaos. The grid seems to contain the chaos of the storm.

I made this tile-able background for my youtube channel (look for ios_base). This was made using the Gimp (an open source photoshop equivalent).

How I made this:

Step 1: Generating a fractal and tweaked it.

1) Filters > Render > Fractal Explorer...
2) Selected the "Fractals" tab.
3) Selected a pre-made fractal.
4) Clicked "Apply"
5) Selected the "Parameters" tab.
6) Tweaked the settings by _very_ small amounts.

Step 2: Using the Whirl and Pinch filter.

1) Filters > Distorts > Whirl and Pinch...
2) Clicked "OK"

Step 3: Using the make seamless filter.

1) Filters > Map > Make Seamless
2) Clicked "OK"

Step 4: For the tile edges, I used the grid filter,
Filters > Render > Pattern > Grid
Then I used the filter again with x and y offset by one pixel, and changed the color of the second grid to a light grey. Finally, I set the second grid's overlay method to Multiply.

Thank you creators of Gimp.

Description
I interpret this image as a beautiful zen-like contrast of order and chaos. The storm-looking shapes were made from a fractal which is itself a form of order in chaos. The grid seems to contain the chaos of the storm.

I made this tile-able background for my youtube channel (look for ios_base). This was made using the Gimp (an open source photoshop equivalent).

How I made this:

Step 1: Generating a fractal and tweaked it.

1) Filters > Render > Fractal Explorer...
2) Selected the "Fractals" tab.
3) Selected a pre-made fractal.
4) Clicked "Apply"
5) Selected the "Parameters" tab.
6) Tweaked the settings by _very_ small amounts.

Step 2: Using the Whirl and Pinch filter.

1) Filters > Distorts > Whirl and Pinch...
2) Clicked "OK"

Step 3: Using the make seamless filter.

1) Filters > Map > Make Seamless
2) Clicked "OK"

Step 4: For the tile edges, I used the grid filter,
Filters > Render > Pattern > Grid
Then I used the filter again with x and y offset by one pixel, and changed the color of the second grid to a light grey. Finally, I set the second grid's overlay method to Multiply.

Thank you creators of Gimp.