Flames
Real Flames Take Alot Of Practice, The Best Thing That Helped Me Was To Take Digital Pics Of Fire And Use That As My Reference. There Are Also Alot Of Dvds Out There That Can Help. There Are also Alot Of Different Free Hand Shields You Can Buy But I Found That You Can Get Very Good Results With Just About Any Shields. As Far As Color, Flames Are Going To Be Brighter On The Top Layer, So I Would Start With Your Dark Color And Use Lighter Colors As You Layer Out. Make Sure You Dont Duplicate The Patern Criss Cross Every Layer To Give Them Depth. Also Dont Rely Completly On The Shield Use Alot Of Free Hand.