[Wild]

Hi, does anyone have a good technique for making fire?

[rdgraffix]

Fire can be a real bitch.

It depends what style you're working in. If you're creating a photo-manip or realistic photoshop artwork then your best bet is to get a photo of fire itself. There's no runner up on that one - KTP filters and some other techniques can create some half-decent stylised fire, but it'll never look real or half as good as the actual thing.

If you painting by hand, then your best bet is to get some very good reference of the sort of fire you're after and then paint it as you have the rest of the image, to keep the style consistant.

Either way, you'll need to source some good fire pics. Reference is everything, my friend.

[roundeye]

everybody seems to mess fire up. me included. but its not that complicated if you study it. it moves quick though=). it seems to move from semi translucent yellow/orange to a rather opaque white. which then feathers off. whatever, just light a fire in yer living room and take a picture. no plastics, they burn with an oddly coloured flame and the thick black smoke tastes funny.