I’m in the middle of adding more details to this.
Blender + a lot of Gimp.
Crits/suggestions, anyone?
looking very nice so far, can I see a wire though?
Very good, yfkar.! I like it a lot, especially like the mood and depth.
Some minor crits:
- the ground in front of the image looks a bit flat/blurred, maybe you could use a finer texture
- if you already use heavy postprocessing, you could paint a bit of detail to the area where the grass sprouts
- the shore looks too straight
- I think real fire produces yellower light
The best Finnish work I’ve seen so far. How long did it take to make that?
Glad that you liked it.
Thoro: Thanks, nice points, I’ll look into them. Making the light around the flame yellower indeed makes the fire look warmer.
Btw, do you (or anybody else) happen to know a good site with high-resolution textures? My current ground texture is only 256x256 (d’oh) but I haven’t found a bigger one that suits the image.
Maggot: Thanks a lot! The 3d scene itself took quite a few hours (mostly thinking new ideas). Post-processing in Gimp has taken at least 12 hours. Time flies by when you’re drawing small details with a pixel-sized brush. 
Absolutely love the atmosphere you have yfkar. Lovely work. Only crit is that the closest tree seams to be in danger of catching fire.
I don’t see Jimi Hendrix anywere.
really great post processing work, fantastic stuff
Great work, yfkar.!
Guess I’ll call it finished now. Thanks everyone!
maniac4hire: True. Actually, some of the leaves have already burnt. 
henrymop: I’m sorry but Mr. Hendrix couldn’t make it.
I’m surprised there are any trees left on those Islands! Judging by all the smoke.
When I saw that fire I thought, WOW I want a tutorial on Blender Flames like that! Then I saw the wire and my dreams were shot down in… well flames actually. Oh well, it does look great though, really nice composition and lighting.