Don't Play With Fire!

Hey hey, here is a recent pic I just finished up.

This was pretty frustrating because I've had the basic image in my head for such a long time and it took a lot of developing and trying out things before it became an actual, tangible idea that I could paint.  Even then, at that stage, I had a lot of trouble "telling the story" so to speak.  The elements finally work together although I am sure there are a lot of things I could improve upon. 

Here's a close-up of the fire girl's face.  It's now the opening image to my portfolio site.

Hopefully I can finish this personal painting before the New Year as well.  Not much to say about it now except it seems to be following a trend of portraits of people with organic, floral shapes.

I've been messing around with positive and negative shapes and wanted to give it a try in an actual artwork.  Here is the sketch that sort of started it:

Also, I apologize for the lack of updates.  I have a job now that I enjoy.  Since I don't have any leads for art jobs at the moment, I am just enjoying my time as a hobbyist.  Thanks for looking and see you again soon.