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Something that took me 2.5 hours (time just flies when I'm doin this crap)
All done in Photoshop 7.0.
First, I start with clouds, pick two colors of the flame (I did a blood red/dark orange), then I do some spotlights (filter->render->lighting effects)...Spotlight determines where the fire is going to be. I do around 2-3 spotlights, different settings each time, Then I set a color balance layer (Layer->Adjustment layers->color balance) and set according to colors. Highlights and midtones are in the main color areas (mine was red/magenta/yellow), and shadows are opposite. then, I do a lot of smudging. Make the basic shape of the fire. To smudge with my technique, get a strange kind of brush, spotty and the likes (I use Oil Medium Medium flow, something like that). Then, set the smudge strengh to anywhere from 30-60. I switch around; I start somewhere from 50-60, get the basic flame down, then I go down to 30-40, to get the detailed parts in. Keep smudging until you get the whole basic flame done.
Now, make a new brush. Base it off a standard airbrush (faded circle). Then, change around the brush settings. Add a lot of scatter and jitter (so there are lots of the same thing going everywhere), then mess around with the texture (hardness and roundness) to get the circle to become like the oil medium flow thing. You can also use the medium flow brush and make a lot of scatter, but I prefer to make my own brush.
Now, start going around the picture, painting those scattered dots sparingly. Make the opacity a little low as well. Then after you have a good amount of the dots there, smudge them to look like a stray flame/ember from the big fire.
Now do a few blur filters, maybe a wave filter or two, and you're done!
BTW:
First person to find the most obvious show of overlapping gets a cookie.
Hint: It's in the writing/lightning bolt section
updade: Blue flame version:
Again, if you want the .psd, PM me
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