The topic of "What kind of sword would X person be?" came up, as it often does among nerds, and one answer was so unbelievably obvious that I felt inspired - no, obligated - to try my hand at animating fire for the first time. It umm... It came out way better than I was expecting. Fire is pretty fun, guys.

I'm posting this while they are asleep. It should be fun to wake up to their reaction~

The palette is the delightful Mushroom by Jimison. Additional shout out to Dark Purple Sword by volcanojungle for getting the idea of doing an animated sword rattling around in my head the last few days. Check them out - their gallery is full of seriously cool stuff.