Cel-Shaded Magic Circle

HOW IT'S MADE

Cel-Shaded Magic Circle centres on 6 laser beams drawn as glowing strips, with 9 particle emitters around them. Techniques worth a look: sub-emitters set off by other particles, paths, keyframed parameters and post filters (outline).

It loops seamlessly every 2.4 s, and 3 of its layers fire in bursts, so it pulses instead of flowing evenly. To recolour the beam, select "Hexagram Line" and change Core and Glow; Thickness sets its width. The colour swatches by the downloads recolour every layer at once.

Layers, in draw order

1. Outer Line, Inner LineparticlesA stream of dots, its rate keyframed over the loop. The emitter itself travels along a path. They shrink as they age. Colour runs from white to gold over each life.
2. Hexagram Line, Hexagram Line, Hexagram Line +3laser / additiveA laser beam firing sideways.
3. RunesparticlesA stream of shards, its rate keyframed over the loop. The emitter itself travels along a path. They spawn "Runes Body" as they appear and swell and then shrink away. Colour: white.
4. Runes BodyparticlesShards set off by "Runes". They swell and then shrink away. Colour: white.
5. Flash DiscparticlesA single particle at 1.05 s. It swells and then shrinks away. Colour: white.
6. Ring PulseparticlesA single particle at 1.05 s. It grows as it ages. Colour runs from white to gold over each life.
7. Bead RingparticlesOne burst of 40 dots from a ring at 1.05 s. They shrink as they age and slow down with drag. Colour runs from white to gold over each life.
8. Rising SparksparticlesA stream of shards from a ring, its rate keyframed over the loop. They swell and then shrink away and slow down with drag. Colour runs from white to gold over each life.
9. Glyph MotesparticlesA stream of sparks from a disc, its rate keyframed over the loop. They swell and then shrink away and spin. Colour runs from white to pale gold over each life.