Well TikZ&#x2F;PGF is really capable and &quot;lindenmayersystems&quot; is simply a library feature. TikZ can even have a custom shading for the Mandelbrot set (page 688. in [1]). Note that even though it&#x27;s a baked in TikZ shading it uses a single function shading PDF element, kind of neat.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ctan.ijs.si&#x2F;tex-archive&#x2F;graphics&#x2F;pgf&#x2F;base&#x2F;doc&#x2F;pgfmanual.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ctan.ijs.si&#x2F;tex-archive&#x2F;graphics&#x2F;pgf&#x2F;base&#x2F;doc&#x2F;pgfmanu...</a>