It was not planned this way, but recent experiments with other ways of involving fractals into images yielded into more showy material. So feel free to consider it a third part of a loosely connected series of graphics. As usual the common thread is the use of Gimp, but this time I also made use of the “fractal trace” filter, which allows an existing image as input for Mandelbrot calculations.

Both “rose” and “neon” were attempts at cover drafts that were rejected by the artists. Rose, however, has little in common with the original draft. The non-colour white plays a dominant role here, as it bleaches out the tones and provides an undefined background. If I were asked about a colour representing the death, my answer would be white. Just think of the pale scattered light of an overcast sky seamlessly blending in with a snow blanket on a winter day. By contrast, a dark background emphasises the colours and allows the possibility of spatial dimensions.

As usual, beauty and sentiments lie in the eye of the beholder, so the only valid criterion is what you yourself can feel.