I fixed the size issues I was having before (as wulf so kindly pointed out) these shouldn't destroy people's screen space as much).
Before:
Stage1:
Stage2:
Final:
I really just played with this until I found something I liked. I didn't really get the edges on the head to look the way I wanted them too... but I'm sure that's something that can be fixed at a later time, any tips on that would be useful.
and to help on people trying to offer tips here's how it's layed out as of now (top to bottom):
layers 1 and 2 are the horns
layer 3 is a copy of the background, which is my head cut out of that 3rd picture you see there, background already removed)
layer 4 is the fire
layer 5 is a background layer with my head cut out from that 3rd pic you see there...
the reason for 2 copies of my head is it makes erasing through to see it from the other layers easier.