The first iteration was really lovely, I want you to blow our minds with the final result!
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There is this moment in the .gif where it shows some spooky faces.
I love em.
I had a thought: what could be more magical than a living screaming scared fire? So here it is.
Still just circles, no noises.
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The background circle really lends a nice framing element to the whole thing in my opinion. Love this so much 
One thing I’d mention is maybe exploring adding some value range throughout the flame - my initial thought is it feels uniformly bright contrasted with the background.
Killer work 
wow i’m not only who decided to make a character (you posted it while i was registering on the forum to post my blinking flame )
Did you just put mickey mouse on fire? 
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great idea to give it a face 
i wonder how it would look if it actually enjoys being on fire like a little happy flame. good job!
Thank you everyone for the kind words! =)
Here is an update:
Smoke, embers, face distortion, fire drops and spell circle were added.
Now I can say what it is - small scared fire demon trapped in a spell circle. =)
More or less I am considering this done. In next updates will be breakdowns.
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Love it! The drips add so much! <3
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This is fantastic, I love the drips and the embers and the smoke and evertyhting really
it looks so sick man ! i’m curious to know how did you made the drips ?
Looking a lot more evil now!
Would it be worth cutting out his eyes with another circle for angry eyes?
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For the angry face - yes. But I just like its scared eyes-wide-open look now =) But for True Evil purpose I agree that eyes could be like that cut shape.
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good idea with the angry face, but personally i like how it is right now … it adds another level of story telling that this poor little guy is possessed, totally surprised by it and now looks for help.
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Still want to hug this poor little guy, something happend in the ruins. The drips and drips and the embers are great, good work! 
I prepared breakdowns of main things in the effect. Hope it will be helpfull!
Effect parts decomposition:
How animated face was made:
How fire, smoke and drips were made:
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poor smiliey!!! He is burning!! 
Awsoem work!
That’s pretty fantastic work. Bravo!
Hi Alex. I love this sketch, looks amazing. 
EDIT: I was wondering why you used so many texture samplers, didn’t saw sketch topic. Anyway, as far I see this effect could be done without any texture samplers. Good shader to practice perf optimization. 