Hiya!
I began finding out VFX not too long ago (VFX Apprentice pupil right here) and that is the primary contest I’m participating, I feel it will likely be alternative to problem myself.
I made this idea in Procreate with rather a lot of assist from my companion, who’s a VFX artist. That is what I’m attempting to realize:
I wish to do a success impression with the theme from Cardcaptor Sakura, so one thing with cherry blossoms and quite a lot of pink. The darker colours are supposed to give a extra aggressive really feel to the impact, to create the concept of an assault. That is my inspiration board:
The artists I’m trying as much as on this impact are Tune Jian Cheng, Alex Redfish, and Sarah Menager.
Additionally, I’m utilizing Unity with the Cinematic Studio (HDRP) template, as a result of there are good post-processing settings as default.
Apart from Unity, I’m utilizing Substance Designer, as a result of I don’t have an inventive background so I don’t really feel assured in my drawings, even powerful I attempt to sketch some stuff generally. For the competition, I made a decision to go along with SD and I used to be pleased I obtained this good trying petal utilizing largely shapes and mix nodes
These are the nodes I’m utilizing and a bit of gif to indicate the steps of the flower
Nicely, I hope the impact I’m attempting to do seems fairly and on time! hahaha
The preliminary block in is right here:
Hope you prefer it 
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Hey welcome to the VFX Crowd. Wow, that procreate animatic is already completely lovely 
Additionally good progress in realtime!
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So cool, for a second I believed your idea was already in-engine, very clear type!
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A bit of replace: I’m engaged on the shader of the slash and added the flowers and shade data. Some changes nonetheless have to be made, however I’ll polish the impact a bit of additional down the street
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Wow that animated idea appears unbelievable! Curious what’s your background in artwork? You positively obtained the aesthetics down which I feel is approach more durable than the technical stuff in VFX!
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Thanks a lot! 
I took a second animation course like 10 years in the past and was at all times eager about artwork, however I used to work publishing books and creating e-book covers occasionally
My companion is a VFX artist and he inspired me to offer a shot to the VFX profession and has been serving to me rather a lot (particularly with the shaders)
Coincidentally, I discovered your Youtube channel final week once I was in search of options for my shader: The 5 most used UV tips for VFX artists! | Unreal Engine Fast Suggestions – YouTube
Thanks a lot for spreading data, it helped me have a greater understanding of how UV works 
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No approach haha, glad the video helped!! (Additionally jogs my memory I have to cease procrastinating and make my subsequent video lol) Cant wait to see your completed piece!!
