The Ashes of War

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I used this to make a new banner for my old website.

I've used the male stock image I used in this one before, but not I think to this dramatic effect (and it was pretty damned dramatic the first time!) The flames are from a flame stock image the tutorial uses. The wings are modeled after a photoshop brush. I stumbled across the tutorial (and the idea that followed) while looking for one to show me how to make realistic embers in Photoshop. This is way better than just embers. Oh, and the actual embers are a scatter brush I made from a lazy star brush.

Male stock photo = M47R1X
Fire stock photo = Marcus van Dijk
Wing Brush used for reference = c4ligo
Photoshop Brush modified for use as ember scatter brush = LeonaWindrider
Flaming Photo Tutorial = Jayan Saputra