my influences - revisited

I have mainly been looking at 3 sorces for my research.
1.) harry potter!



or link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEYkVedmboQ

harry potter is the most contempory source of inspiration into creating abstract spell effects!

2.) cloudy with a chance of meatballs!



or link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h92oK9u3pzI

watch for the smoke trails left by his contraptions! THIS hehe

3.) this video of effects i found!



or link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c4WYzr30B0&feature=player_embedded

these are amazing! but i think they were probably cached and rendered over days and weeks, i just dont have the time to spare for this!

I love the second effect though, i believe this would be good for our crude wizzard!