Reincarnation Editorial Illustration

In 2023 I was challenged with depicting heaven or hell so I created “Reincarnation”. In my interpretation of heaven or hell I wanted to dismiss the polarity of the two. While we may not know if heaven or hell are real, we know nature will recycle our physical form into something new. The process of our bodies decomposing into new life is both heavenly and hellish. It is hellish because it is a gruesome process of destruction. Inversely, the destruction is required for creation. It is heavenly to be part of an elegant system that salvages our matter and breathes life into new beings. This piece marked the beginning of my exploration of scanning in physical textures and overlaying them onto my digital work.