Thank you for your response! I am totally new to fractals. I hesrd about it few weeks ago actually but it is something I am interested in looking into. As for pixelated art, I started in late August this year and it can be quite fun but shading can be annoying on bigger canvases (atleast for me it was tedious). I am currently in the pursuit of getting a tablet as well to make the workflow easier.

I have heard a lot of positive things about Aseprite as a solid choice for making pixelated art but I personally did not use that.