Frost Breath

This effect is a frost breath spell. It can be used to slow down or freeze enemies. I could not decide if there should be snowflakes so I've done one with and one without.

Without snowflakes

With snowflakes

Without snowflakes

With snowflakes

Fire Breath

This effect is fire breath that might come from a dragon or other monster. Or maybe even a wizard. In this effect, I was able to simulate a fiery feel with only one texture.

And here it is in an animated GIF format. I think GIFs are great for short things like effects due to their low file size and they loop automatically.

In addition to the new effects above, here are GIFs of the poison attack and healing spell. They are much easier to see when animated as opposed to a still frame.

Healing Spell

Being Labor Day weekend, this past weekend was fairly busy. Effect number 3 is a healing spell. The circles on the ground spin as do the small dots and the outside streaks.. I chose a lighter, pastel palette for the colors.

Fire Spell Idle

This is day 2. An attempt at a fire spell idle effect as seen in Skyrim. I will probably touch this one up a bit later.

New Work - Poison Attack

Here is some new work I've done. I'm trying to start a new plan to improve my speed. My goal is to create one effect each day (unless I am busy with other things). Here is day 1. It is a poison attack that might be seen in an action game or an rpg. It has three stages as seen in the pictures. Stage one is the initial strike. Stage two is the cracking in the ground. And the last stage is burning til it fades away.

Explosion Update

I'm back. Went out of town for a bit so I couldn't do much til I returned. Here is the almost finished explosion. I took the renders from Maya to After Effects to lay them out in a sprite sheet layout. Then I brought them into UDK to create the explosion. The last major thing left is to make the explosion produce light.

It's Been A Long Time and Updates

Hey! It's been a while. I have been working on a project called Heavy Gear Assault with a team which is why I haven't posted anything lately. But I'm here now to give an update. If you want to know more about Heavy Gear Assault, google it and look at the website. I can't really give out too much information on it but you can find plenty on the Heavy Gear website.

In other news, I've been doing work with Maya fluids a lot lately. Here is a little sample of what I've been working on.

That is just a playblast. To see what it actually renders out as, here are some still frames.

That's all for now. I'll post more progress later.