Recently had the opportunity to create a cartoonesque fire as part of a mantle piece for the Festival of Trees at the South Town Expo Center. Had a great time designing and creating this for my Mother-in-law.
Below are some of images of the creative process I went through.
In the end it turned out well. Execution of the design was probably the most difficult part.
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| Initial thumb sketches |
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| Design after conversion to vector format in Illustrator |
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| Wanted to see what it would look like in a 3D environment, so I brought it into Blender and did a quick model of the mantle. |
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| The Fire by itself shortly after completion. Used masonite wood for most of it. Had supporting boards at base and in center, into which was shot nails. Used spray paint for the colors. The log holders were printed and mounted to masonite wood of the same shape. Highlights on the log were pained with a brush. All in all it came together pretty good. |
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| Fire as it would have appeared in the display at the Festival of Trees. There was an incident that dirtied the fire up and made it undispalyable. Used Gimp 2.8 to composite it into this image. |
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