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Imaliea β€” How to Paint Fire

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Note: Updated because the silly PDF previewer showed my gradiant-coloured fonts as black (wtf?) -_-' it should look a LOT better now.


Here it is! A short tutorial on how to paint fire, a technique I used when painting this:



Calling it version 1.0 for now I hope this helps!

If there's anything you'd like clarified, let me know. I've got a backlog of over 6,600 messagse to sort through (and I appreciate every one!!), so it may take me a little bit to respond to everyone's comments - rest assured I will read them all, it just takes me a while since I don't get a lot of DA time. But eventually I WILL answer all questions.

If you've got an important question though, please Note me instead.

Thanks to everyone who expressed an interest in this tutorial - enjoy!

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Comments: 478

espritnoir [2017-10-19 23:35:30 +0000 UTC]

I'm late to the finding but thank you for sharing this

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CallMeHarbinger96 [2017-04-15 04:53:52 +0000 UTC]

I'm totally going to use this. Thanks!

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LouhiArt [2016-06-01 13:19:40 +0000 UTC]

amazing tutorial, thanks!

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Muriee [2016-04-17 22:18:06 +0000 UTC]

This is a great tutorial, thank you very much!

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TheTealWind [2015-06-14 05:42:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!! I used it here:Β thetealwind.deviantart.com/art…

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meacia [2015-05-02 12:50:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial! It is amazing!

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Synaes-tea-sia [2015-04-30 08:41:12 +0000 UTC]

I have no word to tell you how much I love this.
I'm afraid I'm not as good as you, but it helped a lot while I was drawing this piece: synaes-tea-sia.deviantart.com/…
Thank you!

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ProsecutorBlackquill [2015-02-03 21:20:27 +0000 UTC]

Incredible. I thought this is a photo at first. You know how to paint hyper-realistic

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kyleloewyartist [2015-01-24 06:39:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. Β I can't seem to get that soft brush you are getting. Β I have my "Brush Tip Shape" size > 9px, angle > -16, roundness > 40, hardness > 0, spacing > 1%, "Size Jitter" > Control > Fade, "Angle Jitter" > Control > Pen Pressure, "Airbrush" and "Smoothing". Β I get stuck on Step Three. Β I have trouble replicating what I see in the picture provided Β Β 

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Elvishprincess25 [2015-01-07 01:04:13 +0000 UTC]

This is an amazing tutorial this is going to help me immensely, your work is just gorgeous!! o.O <3 Thank you

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Casiro [2014-12-11 20:17:33 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is just... Perfect! I LOVE this Tutorial, seriously!Β Β 

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Arthur-Ramsey [2014-09-10 18:16:47 +0000 UTC]

I used this stock hereΒ rsiphotography.deviantart.com/…

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SilenceOfRain7 [2014-09-06 02:03:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial! The flames are so beautiful!! I will for sure use this!!

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ZiggyTurtle [2014-06-21 20:50:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for this tutorial. It is really helpful <3

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FlowersAndHorses [2014-06-18 17:02:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much! I used it here:Β  flowersandhorses.deviantart.co…

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Scrysis [2014-06-09 22:05:40 +0000 UTC]

Best fire tutorial out there. Β Period.

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panjityas [2014-03-19 16:34:34 +0000 UTC]

thx for the tutorial!

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Aaron-Radney [2014-02-05 07:10:57 +0000 UTC]

This is a pretty awesome tutorial. Would you mind if I put a link to it on my Facebook page so my other friends would have easy access to see it?Β 

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Imaliea In reply to Aaron-Radney [2014-02-10 10:04:00 +0000 UTC]

Please go ahead! thank you!

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chudy-arts [2014-01-06 14:32:24 +0000 UTC]

Good Tut!

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luvusagi [2013-12-31 23:56:17 +0000 UTC]

Coolbeans!

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yuumori [2013-12-31 23:49:17 +0000 UTC]

wow! this will be really helpful!!!

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Rayenwater [2013-12-30 16:56:05 +0000 UTC]

<3

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Newtnzz [2013-12-30 09:32:19 +0000 UTC]

very helpful and good tutorial!

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CaptainKaiza [2013-12-30 00:16:09 +0000 UTC]

Very good tutorial, nice work

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Ktplzm [2013-12-27 22:18:32 +0000 UTC]

I will take good notice of all this, thanks!
I didn't know you could upload .pdf on deviantart Oo

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kimitama [2013-12-21 07:08:59 +0000 UTC]

thank you for this! i'm gonna try and use this for paint tool sai, haha. it's one of the most realistic fire tutorials i've seen : DΒ 

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RainSong777 [2013-12-16 06:30:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! It helped so much!

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Imaliea In reply to RainSong777 [2013-12-18 07:23:33 +0000 UTC]

You're so welcome, I'm really glad it helped!

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RainSong777 In reply to Imaliea [2013-12-18 07:43:07 +0000 UTC]

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audse [2013-12-14 03:40:05 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is really helpful! Thanks! I've always had trouble with fire.

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Imaliea In reply to audse [2013-12-18 07:31:30 +0000 UTC]

Me too! You have no idea how frustrated the task of painting fire left me until I finally cracked on a way that worked (for me at least!).

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bleep-bleep-kun [2013-12-13 16:14:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for sharing tips. Nice. Very detailed and instructional.

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Finja-ohne-N [2013-12-12 23:28:38 +0000 UTC]

friend of mine does this in b/w n then lets the pc fill it through.... eeerm i forgot how this colours adjustment window was called again xD



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Imaliea In reply to Finja-ohne-N [2013-12-18 07:25:31 +0000 UTC]

Yeah that would work! I think I know what you mean, like the Hue/Saturation or Color Balance tool in PS??

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Finja-ohne-N In reply to Imaliea [2013-12-18 17:15:58 +0000 UTC]

its color balance i think
he got these numbers noted down for what to fill in there for lights, shadows, mids... to get fire

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TheForgottenMyth [2013-12-12 20:52:33 +0000 UTC]

wow this awesome, thanks! hopefully someday soon I'll be good enough to attempt this realistic look! Great work

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Imaliea In reply to TheForgottenMyth [2013-12-18 07:26:57 +0000 UTC]

Just keep at it, never know until you try! and have fun with it thanks!

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TheForgottenMyth In reply to Imaliea [2013-12-19 03:09:10 +0000 UTC]

You are quite right ^^ Thank you kindly

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Ultrazero [2013-12-12 20:46:51 +0000 UTC]

man, painting fire is easy

Just throw your paint bucket at it

(careful for possible explosions ofc!)

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Imaliea In reply to Ultrazero [2013-12-18 07:25:48 +0000 UTC]

Hehehehehehe I gotta admit that made me genuinely laugh out loud!!

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JPMNeg [2013-12-10 13:18:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for your time and effort doing this, very helpful.

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r5i5o [2013-12-06 00:17:08 +0000 UTC]

This is extremely helpful

Very awesome tutorial!Β 

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Bastard--Prince [2013-11-27 14:59:25 +0000 UTC]

really helpful for other artists... fire is one of those things that is hard to get looking correct even when everything else in a picture can look good, you totally nailed it though :>

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Imaliea In reply to Bastard--Prince [2013-11-28 03:47:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I'm glad I pulled it off -- took me forever to finally figure it out! So good to hear it's been helping people

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Bastard--Prince In reply to Imaliea [2013-11-28 10:24:27 +0000 UTC]

it is worth taking the time to figure out how things look to learn the secret, because your artwork with this fire is amazing, it looks very real.

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FluffableSheep [2013-11-27 14:55:20 +0000 UTC]

wow what an awesome tutorial! Thanks for sharing!!
I will try this soon! ^^

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Imaliea In reply to FluffableSheep [2013-11-28 03:47:53 +0000 UTC]

Would love to see what you come up with if you try it out!

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GhostHause [2013-11-27 11:45:21 +0000 UTC]

Very useful, thanks!

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Okashy [2013-11-27 02:58:45 +0000 UTC]

very useful, good job!

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