Thread: Popcorn Can On Fire

very nice use of the pop corn can
looking good Gio thanks for posting it

Originally Posted by jojo

GIO,
Looks great gio for having spare paint around you must do alot of flame work, for some reason i cant get the gist of it, i mean i can draw somewhat but can't
bring flames to life. Looking at those cans you did a good job, post some more of your flame work, i have to have a step by step to get it lol, if i could paint
like that i would have flames everywhere..lol. Again super job man

jojo

Hey JoJo,

I'm thrilled that you like the flames on the popcorn can, but this is only my third try at doing true fire.
I'm into skulls more than anything else, but I tend to try other stuff once in a while.
As far as a step by step, I don't really have one that I go by.
My last try at doing fire didn't come out quite as good. Here's a pic of it.


Anyway, here's what I did on the popcorn can.
I'll try to explain how I did it.

1. I first started out by laying out my basic flame pattern by using a piece of white chalk.
2. I then came in with the trans white and traced out the outline that I did with the chalk.
3. I then fogged or should I say shaded the flames with more trans white, just enough to make it look like smoke or fog like.
4. I then came in with the trans fire red and gave it a red glow.
5. I then gave the whole thing a once over with trans sun gold.
6. I came in with some trans black to cover whatever I didn't like, and also to tighten some of the rough edges.
7. When I was happy with the way it looked, I then sprayed it with rattle can clear.
That's basically it.
I hope you found this somewhat helpful.

Like I said, this was only my third time trying true fire. I guess it turned out pretty good.
I also noticed that on my last two attempts, I didn't use any fire reference. This last try I used a whole whack of reference that I found on the net.
I don't know if you use any reference material, but it definitely helped me on this one. I suggest that you do the same.
Study the flames and go from there.
I heard or read somewhere, I can't remember, but it goes something like this. " Paint what you see and not what you know". If this makes any sense

Gio

I really liked the motion of the flame, But if you really want it to pop. Try the paint in this order and you will see a big different , you have the pattern down great , You do excellent flame work. you have the eye for motion of the flame. Here are the steps I take, I start out with my molly orange making a rough outline for the direction and pattern of the flame once I have my pattern down. I go over it with candy apple red, then I go back to molly orange and make the flame a little tighter . after I'm happy with that . I go over with Tangerine candy, then I use my chrome yellow and make the flame even tighter. This is were I make my flame hot. Then I go over with pagan gold candy. Then I mix a drop of yellow in my white and do the hottest part of the flame. Than I go over it again and not all over with pagan gold. Leave some of the white for the hots part. Your flame work will really pop . Then clear. Some people start off with white and the candy apple red which works to. But I like using the oranges which most flames are made of. Make sure you tic rag in between your colors.
I hope this will help .
An other tip. Be careful that kind of yellow you use on black. A lot of time once clear will turn greenest.
They have flames paint kits with all the colors you need to do a flame job. ( don't know if you have eBay, but you can find good deal on paint for airbrushing. It takes time to do a flame job that is why it is so expenses to have done. A lot of layers.