I feel like the fractal making drains too much time, indeed! But sometimes you get amazing results, totally worth the time. In the past I have made a couple of posts showing a bit of the process, if you care to check them out; they are not detailed tutorials, more like a presentation:
https://steemit.com/fractal/@nyarlathotep/bloody-fractals-from-outer-space
https://steemit.com/fractal/@nyarlathotep/cosmic-checkers-with-detailed-process
https://steemit.com/fractals/@nyarlathotep/fractals-and-chaos-theory