Illustrations

High-Quality Scientific Illustrations & Figures

Clear, compelling visuals are essential for communicating complex science. Our professional scientific illustrators—each with a strong science background—specialize in crafting publication-ready graphics that help your research stand out. Whether you’re an academic preparing manuscripts, grants, or posters; a clinician visualizing protocols, patient workflows, or biomarker pathways; or a biotech team crafting investor decks, pitch visuals, and outreach materials, we deliver customized figures that align with your goals and your audience. Our experienced illustrators understand journal and conference standards—and how to present your science visually, accurately, and effectively. We design:

  • Colorful illustrated cover of Cell journal, Volume 187, Number 15, dated July 25, 2024, celebrating its 50th anniversary with a focus on metabolism. The artwork features a vibrant, rainbow-hued background filled with stylized depictions of cells, blood vessels, organs (heart, liver), food items (fruits, vegetables), and molecular structures, all converging around a prominent '50' in the center.Graphical abstracts

  • Schematics

  • Journal cover art

  • Posters and presentation figures

  • Infographics and outreach visuals

  • Slide decks

Why Choose Us?

Our illustrators all have strong STEM backgrounds and know house styles, formatting rules, and what editors look for. We work with your content and budget to get results, and are trusted by researchers at Broad Institute, CeMM, Children’s Cancer Institute, and more.

Pricing & Process

Typical costs for different services are listed in our Academic Price Guide. Let us know your budget upfront so we can prioritize effectively. See our tips for budgeting illustration work

Every project includes direct communication with your assigned illustrator, multiple draft stages and feedback rounds, and final delivery in publication-ready formats (TIFF, PDF, AI, PNG).

Licensing & Copyright

Please see our Terms and Conditions for full details. We offer flexible usage terms:

  1. Data-only figures: Full rights transferred to you
  2. Original artwork: We retain copyright to allow reuse of shared components (e.g., generic cells, DNA strands), but you receive a free license for standard academic use with attribution
  3. Unlimited license: Available on request for full control and modification rights (may incur an additional fee)

Contact us to discuss your needs, budget, and timeline.

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  • Journal Cover: Schirmer et al. Cell Host & Microbe (2024)

  • Schematic of Amyloid plaques

    Journal Cover: Chen et al. Cell (2020)

  • Journal cover from our illustrator for Cell Stem Cell.

    Journal Cover: Lau et al. Cell Stem Cell (2022)

  • Schematic of Asian people.

    Journal Cover: Wu et al. Cell (2019)

  • Journal cover for synthetic biology.

    Journal Cover: Gan et al. ACS Synth. Biol. (2022)

  • Journal Cover: Quah et al. Genome Research (2025)

  • Journal Cover: Special Issue, Molecular Cell (2025)

  • Journal Cover: Special Issue, Cell Metabolism (2024)

  • Schematic of High-Throughput Regulatory Part Prototyping and Analysis b Cell- Free Protein Synthesis and Droplet

    Graphical Abstract: Gan et al. ACS Synth. Biol. (2022)

  • Schematic of chimeric antigen receptors.

    Poster Figure: ImmPACT Bio. AACR (2022)

  • Schematic of fluid biomarkers of synaptic pruning process.

    Presentation Figure: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

  • Schematic of PEGylated liposomal doxorubicin delivery.

    Summary Figure for Media: M. Kavallaris. Children's Cancer Institute (2023)

  • Schematic of Cancer Stromal Cells.

    Summary for Grant on Cancer Stromal Cells

  • Infographic of molecular medicine

    Infographic of molecular medicine-2021

  • Outreach Poster: Nutrition-Microbiota

  • Protein Identification by Short-epitope Mapping (PrISM) potentially decodes >95% of the proteome in a wide range of organisms. Schematic

    Schematic for Paper: Egertson et al. BioRxiv (2021)

  • Figure for: Bonvin, Nature Methods (2021).

  • Anterograde

  • Lab Manual Illustration

  • Phage