It's been a long time since I wanted to give proper fire another go. While teaching at N3wedge we did an exercise on fire with the students spending time tweaking the pyro solver inspired me to make this scene. It was also my first try at shading with karma, solaris and the USD process and I'm pretty happy with the result !
the setup I creted to spread the fire, I wanted to avoid using solver or nearpoint spreading technique to get more controle of the timing and shape of the spreading
assets turntable
compositing process
wood texture created in substance designer