mqleh shared how they created the Freezing effect, explaining how they used the model of a hand to design the effect, and how they achieved the smooth appearance of the smoke and ice crystals.

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A breakdown of how to create a procedural freezing effect in Blender using Geometry Nodes. The workflow covers building a spreading mask from a vertex group using Simulation Zones and Blur Attribute nodes, simulating smoke particles with custom force/velocity/life attributes and surface collision handling, instancing distorted crystal shapes aligned to surface normals, and compositing the final render with PBR materials, HDRI lighting, and post-processing effects like glare and chromatic aberration.

Creating a Freezing Effect Using Blender's Geometry Nodes