Dark Magic Effects

Here's a very "abstract" tutorial, it's more like a collection of tips and concepts than a step-by-step tutorial.

My main advice would be: Get some reference and study the gifs, frame by frame and try to find cool patterns you can apply.

I also made some tutorials that can be helpful when animating this, here are the links:

• Smoke: https://www.patreon.com/posts/smoke-animation-6851636

• Lightning: https://www.patreon.com/posts/electricity-7075305

• Explosions: https://www.patreon.com/posts/explosions-part-7719254

• Subpixel: https://www.patreon.com/posts/1-pixel-movement-7652033

• Skulls:https://www.patreon.com/posts/skulls-and-bones-7475695

• Fire: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fire-tutorial-7293859