Hi everyone! 
I want to show you a Mario Kart Item Box that I created in my free time!
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Small explosion because it’s always nice
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Breakdown
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The effect is created with 3 things
I first created the box on 3DSMAX 
I flip faces
We will now see the inside of the box
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Box got 3 parts
- Inside dot color
- Fresnel
- Outline
Inside material
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Fresnel material
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Outline material
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Final Result
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We only need the “?” and the dot background now 
Sprite material
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Dot background material
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Final Result
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All emitters
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Shader Complexity
(Red part comes from the Fresnel)
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I don’t think I’ll push it further, but if you have some advice or feedback, that’s always nice for future VFX 
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