Also I'm using a very dark monitor so I'm not sure if it's too dark or light.

I'm no expert (obviously), but this looks pretty good to me. I didn't look at the raw flame - not yet, anyway - but I like the embossed effect on the flame. These aren't my favourite colours, but I think they work well here. Personally, I would feel an urge to flip this if it were on my desktop, but it all depends on set-up (and, partly, OS which is obviously related). I like the shape of the flame with the nicely defined, structured centre with the three leaves/petals / tripartite symbol contrasting with the wild, chaotic parts on the outside (though this is clearly _stylised_ wildness, since the embossing alters any sense of motion etc., I think - but I like that).

I'm not so wild about the texture of the background. I find it a bit much with the embossing of the flame as well and rather distracting as a result. Not sure how it would look with a different one, of course, so it is hard to say for sure, but I might personally prefer it with something different. Not sure what to suggest, though, and I _am_ sure others will disagree, so take this qualification with the requisite dose of salt!

- cfr

looks like the biohazard sign...very cool.

Thanks for the comments.

And after viewing this on a different monitor I do agree the background is too distracting. On my other screen it was a very faint texture, on a good monitor it's too strong.

Oh and I made my description easier to read, didn't notice I could use html.