Of course I know how I did this, but I thought it might be fun to see what gets generated when others try to replicate my results.

Hints:

I used only Photoshop
I started with a blank white canvas
No drawing tools or images of any kind were used
Only Photoshop native filters, plus layers and blending modes were used

So, how did I do it, and what did you come up with in your experimenting?

But it takes color well

Pretty sure the "polar coordinates" filter played a big part...not sure on the rest. I came up with something that looks equally drug induced! :D

Pretty darn close, and darn pretty too.

I love the Polar Coordinates filter, and love what I refer to as "polar vases" --

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2989

Very cool! :)