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Rise of the Soul #90

Rise of the Soul is a visual pilgrimage through Dante’s Divine Comedy, reimagined as a hand‑painted animated world. The collection moves from the depths of Inferno to the cleansing slopes of Purgatorio and the vast luminous harmony of Paradiso. The style is lyrical and cinematic: soft brushstrokes, watercolor textures, floating embers and petals, atmospheric perspective, and a single small pilgrim or group of figures travelling through epic landscapes. Inferno pieces are the rarest — violent crimson caverns, rivers of fire, spirals of stone and storm — while Purgatorio scenes of mist, dawn and climbing stairways are uncommon. Paradiso is the most abundant: wide open heavens, golden clouds, concentric rings of light, and cities that seem to be built from music and air. No graphic horror, only symbolic fire and shadow; no literal theology debates, only the ascent of a soul toward light.