My road to water spell VFX

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Hi! I’ll show you the process of creating water spells and the final result.

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These 2 works are my references: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/yAb2Q5

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Beginning with water shader

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Added fresnel

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First part of the effect is done

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Polishing

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My fisrt variant of the end explosion

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My second variant:
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The impact was too weak. Also divided effect into 2 parts
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Final result https://www.artstation.com/artwork/yAb2Q5