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Laura Higgins

@laura041.bsky.social

VFX Artist at Rocksteady Probably making explosions or magic ๐Ÿ’ฅโœจ Creator of the #ExplosionTober VFX Challenge

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Day 31 - Seance ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ”ฎ

I canโ€™t believe that today is the final day of the ExplosionTober Challenge for 2025!!! Thank you everyone, for following along all month long and for your support!

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

31.10.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 30 - Bubbles โšช

Only 1 explosion day left!
Thank you again for following along, and thank you to everyone who used my explosion prompts! - it means so much to me

Looking forward to seeing everyoneโ€™s final explosions tomorrow!

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

30.10.2025 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 29 - Sand ๐Ÿ–๏ธ

Only two more explosions left for ExplosionTober 2025!!

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

29.10.2025 13:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 28 - Fire ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Only three more explosions left for ExplosionTober 2025!

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

28.10.2025 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 27 - Sticky ๐ŸŸข

This explosion started out very differently - Super happy with the outcome though

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

27.10.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 26 - Shatter ๐Ÿ”ฎ

I canโ€™t believe how fast this month has gone by!
Only a few more days of ExplosionTober!!๐Ÿ’ฅ

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

26.10.2025 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 25 - Solar โ˜€๏ธ

Think I came up with a cool take on a solar flare explosion - really made me use my brain ๐Ÿง 

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

25.10.2025 21:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 24 - Calamity ๐Ÿงจ

Only a handful of days left of ExplosionTober! I canโ€™t believe it!!!

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

24.10.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 23 - Neonโ™ฆ๏ธ

I had a lot of fun putting this together ๐Ÿ˜Š

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

23.10.2025 16:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 22 - Fairy ๐Ÿงš

Bringing back the orange and purple colour combo!

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

22.10.2025 22:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 21 - Volcanic ๐ŸŒ‹

There are so many cool details in this explosion - I'm super happy with how it came out! ๐Ÿ’ฅ

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

21.10.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 20 - Portal ๐ŸŒ€

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

20.10.2025 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 19 - Thorn ๐ŸŒต

How is everyone doing today?

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

19.10.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 18 - Asteroid ๐ŸŒ‘

This explosion is definitely one of my favourites of the challenge so far! I love all the little details in this explosion!

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

18.10.2025 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 17 - Ghoul ๐Ÿ‘ป

I canโ€™t believe weโ€™re already on day 17 of ExplosionTober ๐Ÿคฏ

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

17.10.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 16 - Lightning โšก๏ธ

Happy Thursday everyone! Hope everyone is having a good week!

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

16.10.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 15 - Necrotic ๐Ÿ’€

This was super fun to put together ๐Ÿ˜Š

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

15.10.2025 09:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 14 - Blood ๐Ÿ”ด

ExplosionTober week 2 is completeโœ…๐Ÿ™Œ
Super proud of all the work Iโ€™ve been able to produce over the last couple of weeks, and I can't wait to see what's to come - thanks for all the support๐Ÿ˜Š

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

14.10.2025 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 13 - Prism ๐ŸŒˆ

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you are all having a good day!!!

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

13.10.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 12 - Darkness โšซ๏ธ

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

12.10.2025 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 11 - Holographic ๐Ÿ‘พ

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

11.10.2025 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Heya! Those were created using low-poly spiral meshes with an opacity texture mask applied across them. A user parameter in the Niagara system controlled the panning of the mask based on its lifetime ๐Ÿ˜Š

11.10.2025 16:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 10 - Tropical ๐Ÿˆ

Iโ€™ve always wanted to do a watermelon explosion
I think it turned out pretty good๐Ÿ˜Š

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

10.10.2025 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 9 - Golden โœจ

This explosion is definitely one of my favourites of the challenge so far! Iโ€™m so proud of how this one turned out! I think it looks super cool!!! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

09.10.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 8 - Insect ๐Ÿฆ‹

I chose the monarch butterfly for this explosion, heavily influenced by my love for Animal Crossing ๐Ÿ˜Š
Super fun to make ๐Ÿ™Œ

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

08.10.2025 20:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 7 - Smoky๐ŸŒซ๏ธ

Week 1 of ExplosionTober is officially completed ๐Ÿ™Œ
Iโ€™m obsessed with everyoneโ€™s creative explosions! Can't wait to see what next week will bring ๐Ÿ˜Š

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge #GameDev

07.10.2025 20:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 6 - Interstellar ๐ŸŒŒ

Todayโ€™s explosion was so fun to create ๐Ÿ’ฅ

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge

06.10.2025 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 5 - Shock โšก๏ธ

This is my first time really exploring stylised VFX - Iโ€™m really happy with how it turned out!

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge

05.10.2025 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 4 - Star ๐Ÿ’ซ

Orange and purple is one of my favourite colour combos, so it was fun to create an effect with this palette in mind ๐Ÿ˜Š

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge

04.10.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 3 - Glacial ๐ŸงŠ

Had a super fun time putting this spikey snow explosion together โ„๏ธ

#ExplosionTober #ExplosionTober2025 #VFX #ArtChallenge

03.10.2025 19:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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