Give me your thoughts!!

[laserman]

Okay another real fire attempt. I need to go back in with black, but i figured before i do that i would get your input. I appreciat all suggestions, that is how we learn.
thanks

[laserman]

wow, 34 people looked at this, no comment...

[Cowboy]

I,m looking I,m looking, hehe . Seriously LM . Guests & bots can also count as viewing too. So no worrys Bud . Nobodys Ingnorin Ya.

Far as the work, I like it. Only thing that sticks out to Me is the four flame licks at the top almost look Identical to Me ( If that makes sense.) Overall Good job , Liking the colors also.

[airarts]

I like the randomness of it (not the Swiss cheese effect). You did a good job. The only thing I would suggest is coming back into the edges of the flames some with black. It has a slight overspray look. Then again, it might be the photo. Good work! :clapping:

[Jeroen - CDM]

Indeed, very nice for practice. It looks not bad @ all. Make another 100, is what they always said to me hehe...well, I have done 50 now & I still suck LOL

[ABD]

Yup don't sweat the looky count...Some forums get 300+ views with no comments...hahaa....I only get comments from my friends most times..Tiz all good.

I'm no fire pro and don't like 99% of it..Most peeps strive to get it to look like the stuff on DVD's out there...I don't like that either..Soooo hard to say for me...I prefer the random stuff.........Soooo my point, I have nothing to add..LOL.....Keep painting is all that matters, All kinds of taste out there and I'm sure your stuff will be somebody's flavor:ybeer:

[laserman]

Thanks for all the input, i appreciate your help..

[airdoom]

don't go crazy with the black you will kill it.... Looks nice

[Shiva]

Okay another real fire attempt. I need to go back in with black, but i figured before i do that i would get your input. I appreciat all suggestions, that is how we learn.
thanks

transparent black? the flames look like you are looking thru a LOT of smoke, making things hazy? how to correct?
dont know how you did what you did, but it needs...'emphasis' and somehow get rid of the fog/smoke effect?

[Skids]

I need to go back in with black, but i figured before i do that i would get your input.

I think you need to do the black to tighten it up around the edges, but suggest against coming over the body of the flames themselves with it, even trans black i think will kill it. personally I'd use candy red til it's dark as you want other than the opaque black "editing"......

[laserman]

Ok, went in with the black. Highlighted a little with white. Any better?

[Shiva]

black helped.. the white, IMO is TOO abrupt in where you put it.. the shift from white to whatever needs to be a bit longer blended in?

[Skids]

yep...maybe a lil trans yellow to blend it?

[PAULYBOY]

By using black and defining a few random licks, it will look less foggy without looking mechanical. The other effect you need to get down, and its the same problem I ran into in the past, is the fact that real flames are mostly transparent-a look hard to achieve unless you use a lot of reducer or use a transparent color like Kustom colors line of candy colors that are transparent. I usually do my flames using the candys as a beginning point, then adding the accents here and there with regular colors to solidify them. I like the little glowing embers at the top. I also have recently started to add "glow spots" to some of the "solid" parts of flame licks, just a couple here and there. If you watch real flames, they tend to stun your retina and produce these same glow spots occasionally.

[Strictly Attitude]

try mixing some yellow with the white or hit it with some light candy yellow to tone the whit back a little bit

[boneyard.se]

keep your project cleen from overspray, wipe as opften as you have the chance. play with it and you will find your way of doing it. looks like a good start allready // Tomas

[Vatos80]

ok2...i dont kno what type of real fire are u trying to achive...
is it mike lavelle? craig? guyton? markham? but..your style i see fit the most like justin...immortal concepts...