Hey guys,

I want to know how to make good effects like a fireball, an ice spell effect or a lightning strokes. I worked with sprites so far but the results aren't very good. looks kinda weird because everyone can tell that it's just a sprite which is shown.

Here is a screenshot from my current project:



the effect looks quite poor. how would you guys make an effect like this?


any help would be great

Cheers
Roxas