In this shot an asteroid enters the Earth’s atmosphere. I animated the fire trail in Callipeg and then exported each of the frames into Procreate where I continued to paint them. This is a time consuming process that involves making copies of every asteroid and adding them to groups. I end up spending far too much time turning groups off an on.
The flaming hot front face of the asteroid was fun to do. I added a clipping mask over the asteroid and then gave that layer a subtract mode setting. I used the flame brush in Procreate to get the more textured strokes. All of the animation is fast and furious and over in less than a second.
In this animation I once again used a bubble technique to keep the energy flowing outward. I want to get to the point where I am working more straight ahead, allowing the shapes to change organically. I have so many fire scenes to animate that I am hoping I will loosen up even more and act with more instinct rather than control.
I still have to add this animation to the final composite. A glow will need to be added. Then I will be off an animating another fire. At some point I will find the perfect work flow.