Redfield Plugin's Fractalius

I've been playing with Redfield Plugin's Fractalius and I know you've heard this before, but I just love it.
There are quite a few things you can do with this filter. As with Iemboss the random dice feature and a multitude of sliders mean you can create some really different images.
Most of the example images are only an indication and don't show what Fractalius can really do. The two images at the bottom of the page give you a better idea of the actual results. Hopefully my examples will inspire you to try Fractalius out for yourself.
- Mandy Olszewski
Note: The first image in the group is the original

Example 1 - Take a Paper Bag

Original © Paul Pasieczny Fractalius- no saturation Fractalius- saturation increased
original image from Stock.xchng
A few different fractalius settings
Paper bag 003 Paper bag 004 Paper bag 005
Merged using the unsaturated Fractalius image above with the original to achieve different lighting or sketch effects
merge method = lighting merge method = hard light merge method = inverse of multiply

Example 2 - Create new textures from old

© ejdzej money texture 001 money texture 002 money texture 003 money texture 004
original image from Stock.xchng
© Kiel Latham money 003 money 004 money 005 money 006
original image from Stock.xchng
© Petria Follett fur texture 001 fur texture 002 fur texture 003 fur texture 004
original image from Stock.xchng
© Maira Kouvara knot art 001 knot art 002 knot art 003 knot art 004
original image from Stock.xchng

Example 3 - Draw a tree or two

© Javier Zubiri tree 001
original image from Stock.xchng
© Mira Pavlakovic tree 002
See more Fractalius tree examples here

Example 4 - Create portraits with a difference

© no longer available at stockxchng Different portrait 001a
original image from Stock.xchng sadly no longer available
Different portrait 002a Different portrait 003a
Different portrait 004a Different portrait 005a

I'm probably lucky this guy is not capable of sending me an email. Just look at those wrinkles.
© Renamer Different portrait 006
original image from Fontplay
Different portrait 007 Different portrait 008
Different portrait 009 Different portrait 010

Example 5 - Draw a house (These look awesome when using a larger image)

Example 6 - Create Art from Photos

I just had to play with this gorgeous image by Creatisma.
© Creatisma
original image from Stock.xchng
Lake Willow by Mandy Olszewski

Different Irises
For this image I used a few other filters (Fm Tile Tools and Final Impact Vivida) and finished it off with Fractalius
Irises from pics.am Different Irises by Mandy Olszewski
original image from Pics.am

Thanks for taking the time to check out my Fractalius review

Have a great day!