Hekaite's Art Diary

[Hekaite]

Hello! Salut! 大家好!

Decided to open a sketchbook here too!
So, lemme introduce myself

I’m Aliaksandra, an artist trained in Chinese painting, a lifelong MMORPG gamer, and… a VFX artist now too! Yay!
I could talk for hours about any of these things

I’ve always wanted to get into gamedev, but life had other plans.
One day I realized that in many online games, I was choosing my character class based entirely on their skills, how beautiful and satisfying they were to use.
When I decided to create a short 10-second animation, I stumbled upon a video tutorial on VFX. And here I am now, about four months into this journey!

I’m starting from the basics, so any advice is welcome!
You can see some of my VFX attempts on my artstation here

My latest VFX for now (12 February 2026)

[Hekaite]

This is very-very first and recorded effect I did.

I knew nothing about unity and world settings

I only show this here!
So you and I know where I started

p.s. should I reveal all my current vfx processes?

[Flying_Book]

Sharing it can help give others insight into how to make vfx

[Hekaite]

Trying to do next VAT but smth went wrong with UV and texture on it
Maybe any better advises how you do such ground cracks?

Core idea is about lightning

Maybe i want something like that thooo

[Hekaite]

Cute but dangerous!

[Hekaite]

So here is final result!
ArtStation post

[DailyAssets]

Love the contrast between cute and powerful. The lightning aura feels energetic and punchy, and the glow integrates nicely with the ground reflections. Great readability and style

[Hovl]

I agree with the previous comment =) By the way, did you watch my aura tutorial to make an aura for Pikachu?

[Hekaite]

Yes!
Not gonna lie, I was inspired by your video and the next moment I was adding Pikachu

[Hekaite]

Thank you!
Without Pikachu it might be so empty and lonely there

p.s

Im also proud of screen shake script here, my little win