Making of MC01 animation - Part 3 - Toon Clouds or Smoke with Blender and Eevee

Hi there, welcome to part three of my new "workflow" series where I'll be trying to create a "Blame!" manga style animation in Blender and render it out with Eevee. This time around - some cartoon anime style cell shaded clouds!
This should not be considered a tutorial, as I'm simply learning Blender myself and plan to take you with me on this hilly ride. I think we'll learn a lot by the end of this small project and also will have a cool movie to show.

My hardware:

(Parametric) Design books that I suggest:

[werewolfanimations]

thank you very much! Thanks to this video, I can finally understand how the MIX RGB works as a mask! I cant wait to use this smoke technique in my next animation!

[RoninRei]

Oh my god thank you, this is EXACTLY what I've been looking for. Totally subbing

[yepp]

Bro I don't know why but I really liked your tutorial style. It feels like I have an exam and you are trying to teach me everything as a friend!

[aime_c]

I was in full turmoil (/agony xD) with Particle Instances on top of Liquid-mesh simulations and LayerWeight>Facing displacements.... x') You saved me ! I needed your tutorial to gain more simplicity and efficiency ! Thx a lot ♥

[StarCourtesan]

Thank you so so much for this - exactly what i wanted

[maanslongbow]

THANK YOU. Been grinding in the shader editor to find that last Fresnel effect. That is some impressive work on that machine!

[umangkaushik]

I see good stuff, I give it a thumbs up and a sub
its simple

<3

[macgruber]

I would love to see you re-do that with geometry nodes.

[monasafari]

WOW! it's awesome, It's precisely the smoke I've been looking for! Btw, what is the music played at the beginning? it's mesmerizing!

[Sanchayan_Mallick]

How can i import it into game engines?

[_shadow_drip_]

my particles are alot smaller than his and the metaball wont work

[杨荆铭]

Brother, your dark circles are a little heavy