Fire-breather

I was in the mood to sketch while at work so I randomly found this reference picture from National Geographic of a fire breather in Thailand. Here's what I have so far:

  

What I like about the photograph is the bold contrast and the lighting. I considered doing smooth shading but I was having fun with a stylized non-realistic fire. I think there would be too much of a disconnect between a realistic performer and non-realistic fire so I think I'll flatten out some of the shading and make it more like a stencil. Which of course may lead to turning it into an actual stencil and some fun screen printing or reverse dyeing with bleach.