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| Uploaded: | September 4, 2011 |
| Artist: | Finalprodigy |
| Difficulty: | Advanced  |
| Steps: | 20 |
| Updated: | September 5, 2011 |
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How to Draw Realistic Fire, Realistic Flames
Hey everyone, here I am with a tutorial that's partly how to draw a dragon but mostly how to draw realistic flames. I thought throwing a dragon in there would illustrate the theme well. So get your drawing materials out and ready!
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STEP 1.
Let's start by mapping out a flame or a glowing light source. Use this as reference when shading. 1 is the brightest. hottest spot of the flame. 2 and 3 are the dimmer outer rings. 4 is the glow of the flame which penetrates into the background. 5 is the background itself. So, all you really need to do to make something glow is build a gradient from light to dark. This will make more sense once we get to the drawing.
STEP 2.
Now, let's talk about the importance of contrast. You can see from the images 1-4 that the background goes from white to just about black. The important thing to notice here is that as the background get darker, the flames appears brighter. This just has to do with the increase of contrast. So, when drawing flames, dark backgrounds/surroundings will always make your flames pop out more.
STEP 3.
Now here's a simple process to sketch/develop flames. Start out with a basic sketch of the shape of your flame.
STEP 4.
Then sketch in the "glow" surround the flames.
STEP 5.
Now shade in your background. Make sure that it is darker than the "glow."
STEP 6.
Then finally add the lighter shading to the flames themselves. This is just the basic idea behind creating flames. It'll probably make more sense once you see me utilize this technique when drawing the dragon.
STEP 7.
Start out by picking your pencils. I chose a 2H for light shading, HB for sketching/shading, B for dark lines/shading, and 5B/7B for the darkest shading. Another important item to have is a kneadable eraser; this will come in super handy later on.
STEP 8.
Start out by sketching the dragon with an HB. I won't go into too much detail regarding the dragon since this tutorial is mainly about the flames but you should be able to go off of these guidelines.
STEP 9.
So once you have your dragon drawn, sketch in the forms of the flames. Rough sketches will do, just make sure that they are light enough to be erased/blended.
STEP 10.
Now roughly shade in the what will later be the glow around the flames.
STEP 11.
Now roughly shade in the background. You might have to use a one of the "B pencils" to get this slightly darker than the flame glow.
STEP 12.
Now go ahead and use a tissue or blending stump to blend in your rough shading. We're still in the sketching phase so don't worry if to everything looks perfect yet.
STEP 13.
Now lightly shade in the dragon using an HB pencil.
STEP 14.
Now sketch in a few more features on the dragon. No need for details yet.
STEP 15.
Now before moving on make the darkest parts of the background much darker. I used a 5B pencil at this point. This basically makes all of the light places on the drawing appear brighter.
STEP 16.
Now start shading in the dragon from bottom to top. You should only need the B and 5B/7B for this. you want the neck area up to about the throat to be as dark as you can make it. This will build more contrast between the dragon and the flames behind it.
STEP 17.
Now shade the rest of the head. Notice how the shading gets lighter towards the mouth, the source of the flame. also notice the glow of the eyes and nostrils. For this part of the head rely mostly on the 2H, HB, and B pencils.
STEP 18.
Now take a paper towel or blending stump and blend over the brightest parts of your flames.
STEP 19.
Now take an eraser, preferably a kneadable eraser, and erase out the streaking flames. If you want to make your flame look smoother just go over it with a paper towel or blending stump.
STEP 20.
Now all you have to do is clean up your shading and add a few finishing details. I hope this tutorial helps anyone who is having trouble with drawing flames. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll be sure to get back to you!Comments: Post Comment
tiger1 ~ Sep 7, 2011, 1:59:32 PM
ooo thats cute 
DaBlackDevil ~ Sep 7, 2011, 1:02:33 PM
That is the cutest thing EVER!!!!!! 
Vixen ~ Sep 7, 2011, 9:21:23 AM
WOW WEED =MMMMM
Amberowl ~ Sep 7, 2011, 2:48:39 AM
This is really creepy i am going to have nightmares! 
Just kidding my sister loves skyrim and she was on it every minute on her winter break from college. She said all the boys were too ugly to marry so she wanted to marry a woman but eventually settled down with the least hideous guy there was (he was really ugly) one funny part was once her follower got an icicle through her head and midriff but didnt do anything she was sitting there saying lets get a move on, dont keep staring at me! it was so funny. 
Just kidding my sister loves skyrim and she was on it every minute on her winter break from college. She said all the boys were too ugly to marry so she wanted to marry a woman but eventually settled down with the least hideous guy there was (he was really ugly) one funny part was once her follower got an icicle through her head and midriff but didnt do anything she was sitting there saying lets get a move on, dont keep staring at me! it was so funny.
DaBlackDevil ~ Sep 6, 2011, 11:06:59 AM
hey man, awesome tut. You've made me want to actually go out, by a set of pencils and draw on paper XD You can get a much nicer look on paper :) (all my art is digital :P )
minymoe678 ~ Sep 6, 2011, 1:53:38 AM
Thanks
@GideonGave
cool! thanks!! 
hoodedpeople ~ Sep 5, 2011, 2:00:09 PM
It came out PERFECT! :D
@hoodedpeople
hoodedpeople ~ Sep 5, 2011, 1:54:20 PM
thanks a bunch!!!
hoodedpeople ~ Sep 5, 2011, 1:48:55 PM
GideonGave ~ Sep 5, 2011, 12:50:26 AM
cool! thanks!!
