- First open photoshop and create a new canvas about the size of
400 by 400.
- Then hit D on
your keyboard to set default colors.
- Create a new layer.
- Now go to
filter>render>clouds. Then filter>render>difference clouds. Now hold
ctrl and press F about 10 times.

- Now go to
image>adjustments>levels and change your settings to match mine.

- Then go to
image>adjustments>hue/saturation. Then click on colorize and
make your settings match mine.

- Now duplicate the
layer and go to image>adjustments>hue/saturation and click on
colorize again. Match your settings with mine.

- Now place the
red layer on top of the yellow one.
- Now click on the red
layer and change it to overlay like in the picture.

- Then hold
ctrl and press E once to combine the two layers. Now duplicate that
layer.
- Now click on
the smudge tool with the 100 feathered brush.

- Smudge from the fire
hotspots to make the flame look bigger and more like a fire. You can smudge it however you wish to fit your needs. You can smudge
it into a spiral, be creative.
example:
before
after 
- Now change
the layer that you smudged to lighten.

- And that's the end,
here is what mine looks like.
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