Hey lovely person! 💘

Hope you're having a fine day!

I wonder: Do you prefer still images as thumbnails, or animated GIFs? The gifs give a better impression, but make it harder to read the texts, aren't they? Let me know!

Sébastien DULONG made very cool Boom-VFX and applied a nice comic/print style. The post also shows the material and textures!

One of the best effects I've seen so far in my career. Make sure to watch the Youtube video in high resolution and pause at some frames to perceive the full and fine detail of this master piece!

Even if one is not able to use FluidNinja, I think this is still a great reference for fire effects!

It's almost a bit outrageous how good the PoE2 effects look! Love those ghost tentacles, but make sure to look at all those other effects on the page as well!

A reel showing a wide range of VFX. Be it lightning, water, poison, or fire. Very nice for inspiration!

Song Thuan Vu Gia shows several cool VFX on this Artstation page, but my favorite is the punchy summoning of the snakes. Even the effect is pretty purple, still it has some color varation which i love.

Nice speed paint to learn how to paint splashy water!

This post contains a link to a HUGE Google Doc with an in-depth breakdown of the procedural pipeline in Unreal.

Fantastic breakdown on how to scan delicious baked goods and make them a tileable texture.

Check out these artworks starring Doom, StarCraft and Rally and many more.

Thanks for reading! Have a lovely day/night! 💘
Simon