Production (Moonlight_Trail)

1/09/26

Over the winter break (November 13th - January 5th) I completed our "Moonlight Trail" FX. This is the sentient 'being' that helps guide our main character away from danger and towards the hero shot. The look of the Trail comes from a collage of different references:

The top right is a sketch of the general idea I had in mind for the FX. I wanted to capture the look of a God Ray, but with some sort of volume and texture inside it to better portray our stylized fantasy theme.

During my research, I came across a great reference video that helped optimize my procedural workflow. For transparency, I recreated only the basic shapes from this FX; the rest is my creation.