a fire. it can never look wrong. it is never too big or too small. it's never lopsided, never awkward. you cannot possibly frame it incorrectly. no matter what, a fire always looks incredible.

obviously, flames exist in 3d space and my drawings are [very] 2d. the way i get the shapes is by trying to transpose the look of a fire onto a 2d space. other things too, like pieces of hair, waves of water, folds of fabric, parts of the body. but mostly, definitely the look of a fire.

flames don't enter into my daily life much. i don't even smoke. i do cook on a gas stove.

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edit: oh, and i didn't take this picture. it's one of the first current Google Images hits for 'fire'. it's of a castle on fire in 2007 in Derby, UK.