I chose this minibrot for today's post not because it is eye pleasing but because it is a curiousity.
Its deviation from the standard minibrot outline is so profound it is not simple distortion but skirts mutation.
That's what I'll call him - Mr. Mutato Potato. Ready made at http://maxitersfractalfollies.blogspot.com


fract429.gif      { ; distorted minibrot
                     ; blank
                     ; calctime   0:04:36.28
                     ; created Sep 20, 2010
                     ;  Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 9
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  inside=0
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frm:D-ROCK {
  z = 0, c = pixel:
  z = sqr(z) + c
  c = c + p1 * z
  z = fn1(z)/c
  |z| <= 4
  ;SOURCE: d-rock.frm
}
Roger Alexander