Blending it in with the sphere was quite easy as i had made the particle effect on a different layer so I changed the shape so it matched the shape of the magical sphere layers then had it underneath those layers so it would look as though the particles were appearing from the magical sphere.

I then made the birth rate less so they would just blend with the animation and not be an eye sore or take the viewers attention away from the sphere. I felt this made it blend in a lot better and they moved smoothly together at the same rate so they looked as though both animation layers were more connected than previously.

I then animate the hue and saturation so the sphere changed colour as the animation progressed, I felt this added a lot of dynamism and would catch the viewers attention and be more entertaining and and make the ending dark red and cool blue colours seem more vivid in the finished product.