Juliana Penkova for AQUILA magazine Sound Magic feature

Sound Magic

Juliana Penkova enchants readers with 'Sound Magic' in the latest AQUILA issue.

For the March 2026 edition, Juliana was commissioned to interpret “Sound Magic” as a richly layered double spread. Her composition moves like a live performance across the page, weaving portraiture, architecture and symbolic detail with beautiful rhythm.

Figures inhabit balconies, stairwells and imagined stages, turning the magazine format into a theatre of ideas where language feels physical and participatory.

The palette is warm and inviting, ensuring themes around spoken word remain accessible to AQUILA’s young readership.

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Double spread illustration about sound and spoken word
Layered editorial artwork with figures and architecture