Light and Dark SFX

Empyrean Sigil

Trinus Tenebrae.

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s...usTenebrae.gif

I came.

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The sigil thing needs some shine/burnout at the end. Right now it's fizzling looks really anticlimatic. Also, still don't think the end-blast on the shadow explosion thing is nearly as bang as it should be.

How do you think the sigil should end? I was thinking perhaps some kind of nova. As for the dark one, how may I improve it?

really slow. good for a summoning or something but that's the only use i see.

With a flash of light, personally. I think a nova-esque effect would make it look too aggressive, whereas a flash would fit however users want to use it.
Been sayin' it for awhile. The end needs a bigger EXPLOSION of darkness. Right now it's very anticlimatic. It needs to BANG with darkness.

or an implosion with a shock-wave.

Awesome!

Update on the Empyrean Sigil:

http://jetfanginferno.deviantart.com...ated-135823007

(Yeah I know those "rune edges" using the devotion aura texture are kind of crooked but it's unnoticeable in the animation anyway :)

still anti-climatic but i guess you could trigger in other effects.

I Agree with Dusk's comments on Trinus Tenebrae. The end could look a bit more like all hell is breaking loose. Also, the color scheme seems a tad off. The red of the sigils with the bluish-black explosion don't seem to fit together very well. Perhaps if you tried something similar to the color scheme of Will the Almighty's dark sfx, his blending of red and black but with a little bit more emphasis on the latter. Still awesome as it is though.

Questions, do these models have birth, stand, and death animations or is it a single anim?

Single animation. Well although I do like the traditional red and black color scheme associated with darkness, I am tired of consonant color schemes and rather I'm more interested nowadays in dissonance and contrast. It's more interesting in my opinion with the blue and red but perhaps I may just succumb to the consensus idea of a "dark" color scheme and remake this in a version that is easier on the eyes.

black and red is more "evil" then dark. personally i think it'd be better without the red and more purple.

You can just not call it a 'dark' spell and use whatever color scheme you want, of course. I personally like the blue, it gives it some variety and by no means clashes.