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the multifish fractal

when working for a programming course in AutoLISP i came to know the koch curve, one of the most basic fractal shapes:
an INITIATOR shape is replaced by a GENERATOR shape, which consists of several INITIATOR shapes. with the next iteration, every INITIATOR is again replaced by a GENERATOR and so on.
the koch curve, also known as the koch snowflake, uses only straight lines as shapes. in the original set, a triangle becomes a snowflake after a few iterations.
i played around with the program for a while and substituted the original shapes by a small sketch. i was absolutely fascinated by the result you can see below...


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