Thankyou. I've had a bit of a break from the course I was doing since last week. Got another starting next week, so wasn't sure what to do in between. I've ended up working on this. It's not nearly as ambitious as the others...started more as a way to kill a couple of hours, and try and use Maya's 'create ocean' feature. Still. I'm gonna carry on with it. Im trying to sort out buying Vue 8 (having some trouble with Paypal), then when Im trhough with my next course I may get on the case with some more ambitious stuff.

edit... i feel i should acknowledge an artist called stephen messing, a couple of whom's pictures influenced this.