Help with explosions for turn based strategy

[koalefant]

Hey everyone,

I am working on a little turn based game and struggling to make some clean and fitting explosions.

Would you have some advice for me on how could I improve this? Or maybe point some tutorial with a nice technique?

Here is what I have now:





If you need more context, here is a playable HTML5 prototype of the game (no explosions there yet): http://mandarincake.com/tbs/

Thanks a lot

[MysteryMeat]

The darker one seems a bit big, honestly. Perhaps something a bit more compact?

[koalefant]

The darker one seems a bit big, honestly. Perhaps something a bit more compact?

I will need different sizes - a big one from rockets and smaller ones from artillery...