![Catching Fire - Procreate Painting Demo](https://ioannaladopoulou.design/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/57F85B23-71DD-4D62-B812-4027ED52063B.jpeg)
Catching Fire. Heavily referenced by Katniss, however she is not supposed to look like her. Anyways, this post is all about using and manipulating fire in a digital painting. Painting was done on an iPad Pro, using Apple Pencil and procreate app, but the process can be applied in photoshop as well.
Since it starts as a simple portrait, I will explain rather quickly the first steps and go straight to the fire part.
![Portrait painting steps](https://ioannaladopoulou.design/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/AAEF4D56-6FE5-4BA9-94A0-3D974D824C0F-1024x365.jpeg)
So, I start off blocking in the shapes, adding details, adding color and blending everything together. When the portrait is pretty much ok, I add the flames. (You can get the brushes here)
Then I need to add the fire. Notice that when I firstly stamp the flame, it is monochromatic.
![Using Fire Brushes 1](https://ioannaladopoulou.design/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/41C9AFCF-FCCF-478F-8EC3-D272640F7637-1024x565.jpeg)
However, there is a blog post explaining in detail how I make flames look realistic. When I achieve the desired effect, I use the move tool to place them in the painting. I also adjust the colors, so that they look like they are part of the portrait.
![Using Fire Brushes 2](https://ioannaladopoulou.design/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/E59EEF1D-51C9-4420-A0F4-86AA34D349EC.jpeg)
Then using the smudge tool, i do some overpainting to blend the fire into the artwork. Some further color corrections too. 🙂
![Using Fire Brushes 3](https://ioannaladopoulou.design/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/06E22D33-ABC1-4574-8CA5-64B6FDE48CA5.jpeg)
And it’s done! As always you can watch the time lapse video on YouTube. See you soon guys!