fractal into horizontal lines polar coords oval plus red white & blue

A cross-section through one of Dan Hinde's fractal brushes was drawn out into a couple of dozen thin horizontal parallel black lines Red lines were added between three pairs of black ones. This pattern was then 'distorted' using the 'polar coordinate' effect to arrive at the oval shape seen here. The was copied, resized and tilted and the resulting shape then copied and made into a symmetrical pattern. Some coloured gradients were then added in selected areas and a final background grad was placed behind the pattern.