I've been trying get these kinds of results for a long long time. To put it mildy, its FREAKING hard!

However, I think I'm getting closer. The hurricane is a hard thing (if not impossible) to recreate without using mask a functions.
That is a great picture though Buzzz. It is pictures like this which keep inspiring me to continue (I also have faith that TG 2 has the potential to do amazing things). I collect TONS of pictures like this for reference purposes (and they just look cool

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Edit: I've been looking at their other images. They've got a lot of good stuff, thanks for sharing.