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<blockquote>In order to rise from its own ashes a phoenix must first burn" -Octavia E.Butler</blockquote>
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html {
  //this defines what 1rem is
  font-size: 62.5%;
}
body {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  background: rgba(255, 98, 53, 0.3);
  font-family: "Inconsolata", monospace;
  padding: 2rem;
}
.container {
  max-width: 60rem;
  width: 100%;
  max-height: 70rem;
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0 auto;
}
blockquote {
  text-align: right;
  font-size: 2.5rem;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-weight: 700;
  display: inline-block;
  background-image: linear-gradient(to right, orange, red, gray);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  color: transparent;
  border-left: 0.5rem solid orange;
  line-height: 2;
}

svg {
  max-width: 50rem;
  width: 80%;
  height: 80%;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 650px) {
  body{
    padding: 1rem;
  }
  blockquote {
    font-size: 1.6rem;
  }
  svg {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
  }
}
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/* got idea for stagger cycle after watching Sarah Drasner's SVG animations course. Code heavily influnced by this pen https://codepen.io/sdras/pen/XmmjQb?q=SVG+with+Cycle+Stagger+&limit=all&type=type-pens*/

var vP = $(".phoenix path"),
  tl = new TimelineMax();
function fire() {
  tl.staggerTo(
      vP,
      1.5,
      {
        cycle: {
          fill: ["white", "gray", "black"],
          opacity: [0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 0.1]
        },
        ease: RoughEase.ease.config({
          template: Power0.easeNone,
          strength: 1,
          points: 20,
          taper: "none",
          randomize: true,
          clamp: false
        })
      },
      0.04
    )
    .staggerTo(
      vP,
      1.5,
      {
        cycle: {
          y: [-500, -200, -300, -1000],
          x: [200, -200, -700, 700],
          rotation: function(i) {
            return i * 5;
          }
        },
        opacity: 0,
        fill: "gray",
        ease: Circ.easeInOut
      },
      0.05
    );

  return tl;
}

//master timeline
var master = new TimelineMax();
master.timeScale(1.2);
master.add(fire());

GSDevTools.create({});

External CSS

This Pen doesn't use any external CSS resources.

External JavaScript

  1. https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js
  2. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/16327/GSDevTools.min.js
  3. https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/gsap/1.20.3/TweenMax.min.js