Hopefully I'm getting better, Although I know im still horrible at tags, but meh, im learning. C&C please. V2: V3:
weird dimesions, but it's ok : ) The main point I see is to get a border ... the flame on the top is ugly with the very sharp black stopline ; ) Fading the flames on top a bit, might also be a good idea In general, I'd lift my render I bit higher, towards the top, So I can let him fade in with my background. This works very nice with some splatter brushes : ) just a hint for future tags
i like the way you made the smudges (or whatever that is behind him) brighter on the bottom. helpes with the lighting.