New category??

Example :

The following filter breaks the original image in circles and sectors.
It applies to every circle constructed parts ( as thorns, blades, etc. ) or deletes and replaces the original image in that particular circle/sector with a texture.
Then it combines all together, applying effects to single circles or to the whole final result.

( This is only a low resolution image. Also the filter is still under construction ).

I think the thing with this is that it's gonna be a really niche category or a category too broad. It's niche because a successful submission to that category would require heavy manipulation of the input image, and that it'd have to have some textural element to it. It'd be a broad category because we really don't have a "law" on what defines "textural" and what defines "just an image effect" and there's no measurement of that either. So technically I'd be able to submit anything to that category and argue that it'd be cool there.

Typically for those kinds of things, the misc category works fine.

The key case and point with "effects" vs "generators" is whether or not the filter has an input. That's really all there is to it. An effect is something that alters the property of an incoming, external input. So at the point you're importing an image, you're making an effect regardless of intention or reason.

Yeah, I got some filters that can produce textures and effects at the same time. But typically I just count those as effects by definition rather than by intent.

By the way, you got some super gory awesomeness haha.

True that the Effects > Misc is very broad. Wherever they end up going, hybrid (for a lack of a better word) filters is an idea well worth exploring. It's something I have been playing around with too.