So my latest tutorial creates a design that is a bit hard to describe. It’s a sort of a 3D stroke-light streak-burst-glow-particle-explosion-reveal-animation. That name just rolls off the tongue. This video is a practical example I made with the technique.
If I remember correctly I got inspiration from a Ford Flex commercial like this one at some point last year (It’s towards the end):

Tutorial: 3D Stroke Glow in After Effects

Here’s a tutorial that is done entirely in After Effects using Trapcode 3D Stroke and Trapcode Particular. It creates a light streak animation that culminates in a glowing logo reveal with a particle explosion. It’s a quick effect that can be used to bring on text or an image, depending on how you color and animate the streaks. It creates something like this.