# Drawing fire in processing

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/drawing-fire-in-processing/11581>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [May 25, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/drawing-fire-in-processing/11581 "2019-05-25T07:19:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lili1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@Lili1](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Lili1)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/drawing-fire-in-processing/11581/1 "2019-05-25T07:19:10Z")

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Does anyone know how can I create a fire symbol in processing?

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**Author:** ![josephh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josephh/32/210_2.png) [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 11:06am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/drawing-fire-in-processing/11581/2 "2019-05-25T11:06:01Z")

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Hey,

You might want to look at :

- [https://processing.org/reference/bezierVertex\_.html](https://processing.org/reference/bezierVertex_.html)

But it’s a nice question, I am going to think about that! 🔥

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**Author:** ![Chrisir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/chrisir/32/45_2.png) [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/drawing-fire-in-processing/11581/3 "2019-05-25T12:45:51Z")

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or just load an image of a fire

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/drawing-fire-in-processing/11581/4 "2019-05-29T01:55:54Z")

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There is also the particle generative approach

> **[Fire brush - OpenProcessing](https://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/415191/)**
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> Spawns particles that try to mimic fire and smoke.