Echo the fire demon

This is a project I created for my first module of the Tech Art MSc at Escape Studios. We were tasked with taking an animated scene in Unreal and adding our own real-time VFX on top to make it our own. For my project, I decided to take the character of Echo and turn her into a fire demon inspired by Ne Zha and Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones. I layered different types of real-time Niagara effects to create the portal, swirling vortex, and fire effects. The fire I created from my own flipbook sprites, that I made in Substance Designer in order to get a stylised result. The cracked demon skin and glowing eyes transformation I created by tweaking Echo's own skin material inside Unreal's material editor, and I used a Material Parameter Collection to animate the transition.
I'm very happy with the result, and grateful to Escape Studios for the opportunity to learn and grow!