Anime Guard Block Spark

HOW IT'S MADE

Anime Guard Block Spark stacks 8 particle emitters, each with its own job. Techniques worth a look: glowing strokes traced along shapes, particles stretched along their motion, keyframed parameters and post filters (bloom).

It loops seamlessly every 0.7 s, and 8 of its layers fire in bursts, so it pulses instead of flowing evenly. Start times are staggered from 0 s to 0.07 s, so the layers arrive one after another. To change its colour, select "Barrier Dome" in the studio and edit Colour A and Colour B. Size on the same layer sets how big its particles are. The colour swatches by the downloads recolour every layer at once.

Layers, in draw order

1. Barrier Domeparticles / additiveA single particle at 0.03 s. Colour: cyan.
2. Barrier Glowstroke / additiveA glowing line traced along a path.
3. Barrier Edgestroke / additiveA glowing line traced along a path. It wobbles like unstable energy.
4. Hit Flashparticles / additiveA single particle at 0.03 s. It grows as it ages. Colour: white.
5. Impact Star, Shockwaveparticles / additiveA single particle at 0.03 s. It grows as it ages. Colour runs from white to cyan over each life.
6. Skating Sparksparticles / additiveOne burst of 40 streaks at 0.03 s. They fall under gravity and slow down with drag. Colour runs from white to cyan over each life.
7. Impact Linesparticles / additiveOne burst of 16 streaks from a ring at 0.03 s. They ease to a stop. Colour runs from white to cyan over each life.
8. Push SkidparticlesOne burst of 10 smoke puffs across a box at 0.05 s. They float upward, grow as they age, spin and slow down with drag. Colours range between light grey and grey.
9. Motesparticles / additiveOne burst of 18 soft glows across a box at 0.07 s. They shrink as they age and slow down with drag. Colours range between white and cyan.