After working on the naturalization VFX, I felt the need to practice my ability to create impact VFX since I had felt stuck re-iterating on it for quite some time. Initially, I wanted to produce four Impact VFX, one for each element. However, due to time constraints, I scaled it down and opted for just two: Earth and Fire. As with most of my projects, I aimed to include a bit of Houdini to further practice the software, so I incorporated a simulation of the sphere breaking to add a climax to the ball's elemental journey.

- 𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 -

I worked in a more refined direction during this project compared to my previous two. I did not experiment as much, and when I did, it involved significant changes. One example was that I initially envisioned a mushroom cloud explosion, but I removed the stem from the mushroom cloud before assigning any material to those parts, realizing it wouldn't be noticed anyway. This approach of working more loosely benefited me and reduced my tendency to second-guess my direction. I believe the result is better because of it.

- 𝙄𝙛 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 -

I would go back and add the remaining elements to complete the initial idea.

I would also like to incorporate a larger impact on the environment and breaking apart the ground to make it feel more impactful.

I'd also like to make the ball more visually interesting, I opted for just using a flat color on it since I did not want to put much focus on the actual ball but rather the effects. In hindsight I think a dynamic changing mesh with a trail could have improved the overall sequence.