I'm late, oops XD Ran out of time yesterday and didn't want to knock something quick and bleh out, so I did it properly this morning instead.
Here's @mandelsage's #017 that I'm working from > https://steemit.com/art/@mandelsage/portal-key-or-difs-pong-with-welshpixie-017
I first deleted the second GearIFS and changed boardIFS to borgIFS;
Boring zzzzz. I played around with the params a bit but didn't find anything worth pursuing.
Giving up on that, I changed borgIFS to caleysurfIFS;
Also boring zzzzz.
I then swapped back to boardIFS, and instead changed transformIFS to amazingIFS;
I had to go deep-diving inside that slice to find the good stuff, and that took me to a row of structures that looked like spring onions;
But after applying the brick texture for the diffuse colour, it started to take form. A bit of DoF, some blue ambient lighting and volumetric fog and a smidgen of hard shadows, and I was happy. :)
Here are the parameters;
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...wzYNaNaNaNs3ENaNaNaNadznaNaNaNaNoz........t2EPaNaNaNaty1.....................
.....................6.....3....C....6qPV75N7NoI.MKG4B3.........................
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{Titel: brickbaloons}
Wooowww, I really like that. And I really need to learn from you and swap formulae if it doesn't look promising... I'm too stubborn and often spend hours with something before finally giving up and swapping out ;P
Haha, I don't have the patience XD If I don't find something promising in about five - ten minutes of exploring, I swap.