Wooh, this looks good, maybe I'll try experimenting on this FX,
Still making the shapes, and texturing it, the animation may wait for a while
I really only need the circular dust that expands outwards - you can ignore the additional dust clouds, effects, etc.
>The end dust "poof" looks like something that would get really repetitive if it was a fixed part of the main effect. Rather I would have it as a separate effect attached to the hand of the character model.
I have a model like this (the end of the animation), but it's brown, like sand/dirt instead of wind.
I'm too lazy (makes you wonder why I even commented), but here's a link to one that is similar. http://chaosrealm.info/topic/7486185/1/