Here's your replay button 17:48 Briliantly executed. That refraction effect is just *chef's kiss*

What's up good sir, professional VFX Artist here. I really love the way you're documenting your learning path, as well as a great many of the solutions you came up with for the different challenges presented. Not only is the final result visually appealing, but it has that feeling of satisfaction that is often the most important of the many 'secret sauces' required to create compelling VFX. The colours are strong and striking without being oversaturated, the shapes are clear and the textures aren't too noisy. Overall, this is a great recreation of the ability and I'd call this a success. Ship it 👌

Psstt buddy, stop making these animations before mappa finds you(don’t want another talented person getting kidnapped)

The effect looks really cool! Love the use of the "shockwave" distortion at the end, but I'm surprised you didn't use a similar technique for the world distortion at the charge up stage of the attack.

it looks amazing man, but if you really want the explosion to feel epic, you should add some impact frames, those really help to sell the effect that youre looking for

What's missing is the black hole lensing effect and hue shift - I'd have started with a physically accurate Interstellar-esque black hole shader tbh. But in terms of overall visual fidelity this kinda shows up the limitations of tricks like scrolling textures across spheres etc. Versus the anime using real volumetrics and fluids and lightning simulations rendered in Houdini etc.

WE WANT JIGGLE PHYSICS 😭 Edit : it was a freaking joke guys

This is awesome, I really love that you share your work process and talk about the different struggle-points that you encounter as you go along. I think one thing that might push the impact of the animation overall would be to have the effects speed up as the sphere is accelerating away from the character. That way, it would look like the inside is gaining energy and becoming more volatile as it's flying outwards.

The amount of Impact you added was really good! I would love for you to discover IMPACT FRAMES :D If you step through the original you can see a frame or 2 where the frame goes black and white This create a ton of impact for the viewer!

Now do the Mahoraga walk through sukuna's domain...

Just a suggestion, how about impact frames, not sure how you would be able to do that but it would leave a greater impression in the animation

That was amazing! Wonderful work man, really enjoyed watching the whole process explained.

Looks amazing, you can really see the improvement from your last effect to this one. Keep up the great work!!

you can add impact frames to animation I think it would look better

A cool way to do impact frames is to do a quick burst of powerful light and shake the screen really hard for a moment!

it's always stimulating to see when the boundary between something that looks cheap and something actually immersive is crossed (event tho it's a continuum, so you can't really draw a clear line) nice job

This is by far the best you've done, the little details in the lightning and the wind trails not to mention the refraction sphere is perfect. the only other way to enhance the "impact" would be an impact frame itself. which for 3D would be annoying to do and is why films like spiderverse or puss in boots does impact frames in 2D drawn over the 3d

This final rendering is masterful. The video is also very well put together, and the way you tell the story of the creative process is really captivating. Very, very good work! If I may say so, even if the final rendering was incredibly accurate and very well executed, I think that a big crack in the ground as the sphere passed through would have made the final composition even spicier than it already is 🔥

Hella good improvement from the last vid, good work bro

This was great! I had this idea to replicate the "curse energy" using a translucent blue flame like texture and a deep dark ink outline in UE.

Dude This looks great !!! adding Impact frames before it launches would have been a cherry on top tho xD

This is brilliant. Also both my favorite things, learning tips and tricks to improve my own work by watching people excel at it, and Jujutsu Kaisen haha

So amazing. This is some great work you made. Great job!

Honestly the lvl of detail you have mastered now is unparalleled… This is Absolutely INSNAE !!! 😮

5:49 "my ball was looking kinda gangster"

Wow. That was very educative. Thanks.

It's incredible how you manage to explain things and not in a single moment make me feel confused.

The way it went forward extra effort for that really paid off ❤❤

bro is basically the backup corridor crew (for when your vfx effects needs are not satisfied)

I love this one more than all the animations in the previous video combined!!!

also, you could add impact frames to make the punch feel stronger, and in the hollow purple animation, when the purple is growing it has a spherical distortion behinnd it that warps the light like in a black hole

I also did that moment in unreal! its so cool to see your process to making this

The Refraction in the end make the whole scene a lot more cool

Man that shock wave trick was a clever move

This was so cool! If i were doing somthing like this, I might add the ripple effect thing to the smoke trails- but thats just me. Love the work you do, so very cool

That was sick nah how hard was it cause it took almost like 1000days to do that i can’t imagine myself doing what you did

It looks super cool... I'm not a professional GFX expert or animation expert, but I was at the edge of my seat while watching this video expecting you to add some impact frames. It was the first thing that came to my mind when you said you were missing some kick at the part where Gerald launched hollow purple. It would have a lot more spice if it was added, if you're interested, look it up. overall though, I can see this being in an official Jujutsu Kaisen game.

Bro, that first animation looks cool

These vids are really inspiring even for a 2D animator like me, thank you!

can you do imaginary purple next or even a domain expansion?

Some say the projectile is still flying to this day

Thank you for the substance in the video!

love it but l was hoping you did that lapse blue and reversal red merging into hollow purple

Dam son that blast goes so hard ngl

The moment it blasted off, I smiled. You haven't ceased to amaze me!

First of all AMAZING JOB! I love both your presentation and the effects you've made throughout the video, it's truly inspiring to see you work with all those particles and layers to create the umph you were looking for. I'm currently diving into UE5's Niagara , and it really is mind boggling to see the end result! and the "World space" tip's solid, I'll keep it at the back of my mind for future reference. from an animator's perspective, I don't think that the character animation is holding it back (atleast not in this case) You know how when you sit in a car or a bus, objects that are closer to you seem to woosh by and object's far away seem to almost not move? I use that effect to kind of cheat more power into my animations! In your case you can make the ball shoot out almost instantly and than "ease out" as it get's further away! Though I guess it is a little sad to see such a cool effect go away in a blink of an eye. thank you for the vid! #keeponkeepingon

Pretty cool stuff

I reccommend adding impact frames!

I really enjoyed the video and the effect looks great, I have one point of critic. The "outer purple smoke" rotating around the purple bloom sphere should be scrolling fast because right now it kind of looks like the smoke from Valorant. Effects animated fast then the human heartbeat come off as hostile and slower as more inviting. All together great video, keep up the good work👍

one thing i noticed is that in the anime, the ball grows and then shrinks a likkle bit emphasizing the force it exerts

My brain would melt if had to do all this

It would be cooled if the red and blue xombined and turned to that purple!you still made beautiful animation,what an art...cheff kiss

Excellent work, way to hustle. You should do a full breakdown of the entire process instesd of a general overview. Basically remake the effect, with a new video as a tutorial. I gurantee youll make it in a fraction of the time with better quality, while making great content

this was a really cool effect it would be epic if you could add a squash and stretch motion to it to really sell that its going fast.

You should make use of impact frames, itll give that umpf you’re looking for

You put so much effort to make it so cool i respect you my man :D

That shockwave distortion can be done in premiere pro, with a few clicks! very cool effect!

nice one bro that VFX is crazy

That’s pretty cool, try using impact frames

that looks AMAZING

yous leave a trail of big cubes on the ground in random rotations as it flies through the air to make it look like the effect is breaking up the earth

Great job! You're an inspiration

Ah. I know what is missing from these. Anime has impact frames. Usually just a bright white frame where the screen flashes once before the actual thing happens. There's usually the actual effect displayed in black for a moment too. The impact frame is really important. And I think you could benefit a lot from adding them. Even if that's just throwing a shadowless white plane in front of the camera for a moment to imitate it. Overall everything is good. That's my only critique.

this actually looks really good, like wtf im gonna steal some of that sry lol

6:28 is literally me every time I try to start making a game and run into any minor problem

Good job keep up the good work!!!

Dude you should totally do something from the Fate series

Another banger. Doing the work no one’s doing💪

Ohh this came out so good!! There is a way to do "ease in" and "ease out" while making the animation? Cuz it would feel way more cooler than already is, and add more "speed variation"! Its a cool and not so complicated principle of animation :D

I LOVE THE ART

It's unbelievably beautiful

In my opinion, small complex things in a big simple result makes something realistic.

it would be really cool if instead of adding a slow mo for the punchiness you added a impact frame, by making everything black and white for a milisecond

Please add impact frames on your upcoming projects

Very nice. Nailed it for sure. 👌

It's so cool but I think if you had put the red and blue balls in the way they mix it would have been perfect but that alone is a great achievement

For the lightning you could have used niagra FX i think that would be a bit better

id say it looks great

You should do the scene when Tanjiro cuts off the spider moms head btw I luv your vids❤️

i just love when he says "SUCKED INTO"

If you want to have something to have a lot of power try doing impact frames

Chef cooked again 🔥 - sound is missing tho.

you could have made the white glow inside the ball expand during the charge up phase

Some impact frames could make it even better

it's insane dude just imagine doing it with the background city getting destroyed like you did on the kame hame ha mountain but getting also kinda absorbed by the hollow purple

Incredible video and effects Bro, good job Yours effects style reminds me of another animator and 3D artist called Dillongoo, I don't know if you know him. If you not, it's worth taking a look

U NEED TO ADD THE BLACK AND WHITE FLASH TO MAKE THE EXPLOSION COOLER

I don’t know if this helps, but if it is possible in the future you can make the ball carve out the floor to make it cooler, like the ball it erasing the floor

W art bro your amazing! Keep up the work! 🔥🔥🔥

When u doin Sukuna? Sukuna domain expansion? That would be hectic.

i think u can try to make the screen black and then white very quickly like 0.2 sec when the ball is released like how saitama punches in one punch man

You've got a new sub! INCREDIBLE!! Can you do My Hero Academia next!? I swear I would freak out 😂😂

bro if you do another one of these vids can it be dios time stop knife attack that would look awesome

Amazing, would be cooler if you did the whole reversal red and amplification blue fusing before the purple

Bro your effects are amazing but I you should add anime character also it will really awesome

Gojo is gonna be so proud, im literally crying because of how beautiful it is

You should do Boros' Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon.

I had been working on sukunas malevolent shrine. Not a professional btw. I made the random slash effect after his shrine appears(before he uses the fuga techique or whatever) . But i counldnt really make the lighting proper. I also didnt know how to make the dissolve effect on mahoraga ( the part where it gets shredded to pieces and so does the city) so i gave up. It has been a week or so. This video made me realize i shouldnt have given up. Also its also a great tutorial for the future. Its also my first time learing bout world position😂. Thanks for the video!

It will be awesome with some anime voicelines 😎

This was the best of all till now