Case Study · Illustration · 2025

Heaven on Fire

Heaven on Fire envisions paradise in a state of beautiful collapse—a surreal landscape where divine order gives way to sublime chaos. Through intuitive color relationships and gestural mark-making, this mixed-media composition creates "structured randomness" that mirrors the unpredictable nature of spiritual transformation.

Medium: Mixed media Year: 2021 Dimensions: 8" × 10"
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Project Brief

This project begins with a compact design brief that frames the audience, the visual problem, and the mood the final system should carry.

Heaven on Fire envisions paradise in a state of beautiful collapse—a surreal landscape where divine order gives way to sublime chaos. Through intuitive color relationships and gestural mark-making, this mixed-media composition creates "structured randomness" that mirrors the unpredictable nature of spiritual transformation.

Research

Research gathers references, tone, and context, translating outside cues into a clearer visual direction for the project.

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Sketches and Early Iterations

Early iterations trace the movement from rough marks to more deliberate structure, revealing what to keep and what to refine.

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Concept Development

Concept development pulls the strongest signals together into a single direction with a more resolved mood and composition.

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Details and Application

Details and application place the system into its final setting, where scale, texture, and presentation give the work its finish.

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