Very cool, thanks for sharing your experiments! For me the most successful of your pieces is the explosion. The quick burst followed by the slow falling debri feels nice. Also the faked lighting in the clouds is very nice.
There’s another topic where @Luos_83 showed a cool “speedcreate” of a Zelda inspired effect too. You can find it here:
Also in our resources we have a few good posts that have FANTASTIC REFERENCE if you’re looking for some more inspiration:
Also I don’t know if you’ve come across Jason Keyser’s tutorials yet, but they’re some of the best stuff out there for stylized shape language: https://www.youtube.com/user/jasonkeyser/videos