I feel like I tortured the poor souls at the bottom of this page, but I see some sigtags in their future. The mesh warp is something I will have to play with more. I have used the warp brush before and I really like the effects.

animal stripe on black I used a black background, then flood filled with the animal stripe. Tolerance was set at 100, opacity at 50.
mesh warp on orange My version of Max.
scary friend for Max An artist I am not. This is one scary friend.
warp brush Playing with the warp brush. warp brush
Using the Visman filter
original mosaic ripple experimental deep crunch extravaganza heightline
original mirrororrim natural weave distortion
original experimental deep crunch natural ripper