Esquire Middle East's May 2021 cover feature on Mohamed Ramadan — hyper-real surreal virtual landscapes built in Unreal Engine, in collaboration with ITP Media Group and photographer Abdulla Elmaz.

Unreal Engine carried the environment and asset integration. Ramadan's photographic character was placed across multiple meticulously designed virtual settings, each treating gaming aesthetics as an editorial discipline rather than a stylistic flourish.

The result is a cover that reads as fashion photography but operates as VFX-driven storytelling — pushing what a print magazine cover can be when its image-making lives at the intersection of camera and engine.

Client

Esquire Middle East × ITP Media Group · Photographer Abdulla Elmaz

Role

3D direction · Environment design · 2D / 3D integration · Cinematics

Stack

Unreal Engine

Output

Magazine cover feature (May 2021)