Game Plan

I spent the first week familiarising myself to all of the 2d vfx I could practically explore. I identified a summarised list:

• Backgrounds and overlays (looping, motion lines, comic styles)
• Text elements
• Strikes, impacts and attacks
• Elemental/energy effects:
• Clouds and explosions (speed clouds, bursts, bombs)
• Fire and sparks
• Energy and electricity (zaps, power-ups, blasts)
• Water and liquids

I also identified different case studies that were particularly exemplar for each effect.
My plan is to create a bunch of test that explore how these 2d vfx affect a plain, simple character:

I decided to test what I know now and compare it to what I know at the end using this:

Using an existing character design, I used some effects to exaggerate expressions.