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James ÅkessonTechnical Artist

Trails

My first attempt at real-time VFX, water and ice trails made in one day of learning and experimenting.

Year: 2023
Kind: VFX · sketch
Made with: Unreal Engine

Swirling cyan and white water ribbon whipping around a dark-armoured character on cracked brown ground, with bright green grass, stylised trees and a tall stone tower behind.

This effect is my first attempt at trying out real-time VFX. It is very rudimentary, but I thought I'd show what I can make with one day of learning and experimenting.

Water trail

Ice trail

Still of the ice trail: a hooded character mid-swing with a cyan blade, surrounded by an arc of translucent pale-blue ice crystals on cracked rock, with white boulders and a tower with a red diamond behind. — Ice trail, still