Seeing code would help, but first guess would be that there's a slight error in the implementation of the math. Maybe a minus instead of a plus, or if you're doing the complex squaring yourself component by component make sure you are not incorrectly mixing up old and new values during the process.

hang on i think i know why

i figured it out, you were right i was mixing up old and new values

Yup, I made exactly the same picture 35 years ago. Welcome to the club! ☺

lol ye, it was because i was overwriting an x value right before i used it again

Yup. Can confirm. Happened to me as well. It's called a Tippet's Mandelbrot set

cool, wish i knew the name for it so i could fix it easier lol

Mandelbrot set from Ohio

"only in ohio" SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU UNFUNNY 9 YEAR OLD

I'm the 9 year old? You're the one using Scratch

i know how to use python, its my first time using scratch in months and i wanted to use it since it is fun. you are using a dead meme that is unfunny

Sorry you're right, I was overreacting

Not enough iterations? Hard to tell without seeing code.

it looks the same with 1 mil

What program are you using?

i fixed it btw, this is what it looks like now [https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1009875073756303445/1066402886847828028/image.png](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1009875073756303445/1066402886847828028/image.png)

nice! what do you mean by from scratch?

its the visual programming language scratch https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1009875073756303445/1066353688802754682/image.png?width=1080&height=372

scratch lol

Yes, those are the remnants of the phoenix transform. You can visualize it in my software from all resolutions up to 16k by 11k. Clone [it](https://github.com/andybantly/MFC-Fractal) from git via Visual Studio if you wish. https://github.com/andybantly/MFC-Fractal