Looking for practical tips on VFX? Harry Alisavakis asked fellow artists on Twitter for some help and he got a lot of answers.

Looking for practical tips on VFX? Harry Alisavakis asked fellow artists on Twitter for some help and he got a lot of answers.

It all started with one tweet:

First, here are three great points from Rody Muijrers‏:

Rafles came up with a simple, yet excellent advice: try using different sprites, sizes, timing, and starting rotation to add variety.

For example, check out this smoke texture below:

There’s also a great source with tons of tips shared by Strook. You can find it here. 

You can find the thread with a number of other tips here. Make sure to share other tips in the comments below.

P.S. Preview art by Nadir Khabibullin