ALARM is a set of fictional magazine cover concepts where I combined bold editorial typography with clean, anime-inspired character illustration. Each cover is built around a “muse” — playful, confident, and stylized — then supported with strong layout hierarchy, punchy color palettes, and graphic backgrounds (zebra pattern + collage textures) to give it that real magazine presence.
The character illustrations were created in Adobe Fresco, and they’re my personal spin on the iconic DBZ characters (same names)—not direct recreations, but reimagined versions filtered through my style: simplified shapes, crisp linework, cel-style shading, and expressive attitude.
The goal was to keep the characters readable and iconic while pushing the design side: big mastheads, minimal-but-luxury spacing, vertical side copy, and a modern print-ready feel. This series is part illustration, part art direction — a quick world-building exercise for what an anime-meets-design culture magazine could look like.
