Fire ball

Last night I tried to do a asteroid burning in an atmosphere. My focus was on a billowing smoke trail. It took 2.5 hours to render on a dual core system...

Back at it.

Ok, after some taking it easy. (Long story) I'm hitting Maya hard and teaching myself some new tricks. This week it was learning how to make fire. Though I'm not completely happy with this first test. It's OK for a first shot.