Scientific Illustration & Infographics
Make complex data instantly clear
Accurate, on-brand illustration and infographics for journals, posters, decks and campaigns — clinically reviewed, clearly licensed.
What we produce
Visuals that carry the science
Journal figures
Publication-ready, accurate figures.
Infographics
Data and pathways made instantly clear.
Patient materials
Accessible, accurate explainer visuals.
Why it matters
Good science deserves clear pictures
A figure is rarely decoration. In a manuscript it carries the argument; on a congress poster it has seconds to land with a passing reader; in a patient leaflet it has to make a mechanism or a procedure intelligible to someone with no clinical training. When an illustration is vague, mislabelled or simply ugly, the underlying work is read as less rigorous than it is. We approach every brief as a communication problem first and an art problem second: what does the audience need to understand, in what order, and what should be left out so the essential point is not buried.
That discipline shows up in small decisions — a consistent colour for a given cell type across a figure series, a legend that matches the manuscript, an arrow that shows direction of causation rather than just adjacency. We work to your brand palette and to the relevant style and accessibility conventions, so a set of visuals reads as one coherent body of work rather than a collection of unrelated graphics. The aim is artwork that survives peer review, reprints cleanly and still makes sense when it is pulled out of context onto a slide.
How a commission runs
From rough brief to publication-ready file
- Brief and references. You share the topic, the destination (journal, poster, deck or patient material), any source data, and reference figures or imagery you want us to build from.
- Sketch concept. We return a rough layout or greyscale sketch so the composition, labelling and emphasis are agreed before any detailed rendering begins.
- Render and clinical check. The artwork is produced to brand and to format specification, then reviewed for clinical and scientific accuracy against your source material.
- Revise within scope. You receive a defined number of revision rounds to refine labels, colour and detail without scope creep.
- Deliver and license. Final files arrive in editable source and export formats, with the agreed usage rights set out in writing.
Who commissions this
Who we work with, and what they get
Authors and research groups commission journal figures and graphical abstracts; medical affairs and brand teams commission infographics and slide visuals for congresses and field use; patient-engagement and communications teams commission accessible explainers. The common thread is a need for visuals that are accurate enough to defend and clear enough to do their job at a glance.
- Publication-ready journal figures and graphical abstracts, built to target-journal specifications
- Data infographics and pathway diagrams for posters, decks and digital channels
- Accessible patient-facing explainer visuals with plain-language labelling
- Editable source files plus print and web export formats, with usage rights confirmed in writing
Illustration often sits alongside moving work — if a mechanism is easier shown than drawn, our medical animation service covers it, and both fall under medical communications. Teams in life sciences and pharma medcomms commonly brief us across the set.
Answers
Frequently asked questions
What can you illustrate?
Anatomy and pathways, mechanisms, study designs, patient journeys and data — as figures for journals, posters, slide decks, patient materials and campaigns.
Will it be accurate and on-brand?
Yes — illustrations are clinically reviewed for accuracy and produced to your brand guidelines, with defined revision rounds.
Do I own the artwork?
We agree usage rights up front; typically you receive a licence for your defined uses, with options to extend.
What file formats do you deliver?
We supply layered, editable source files plus export-ready formats for your destination — high-resolution raster for print and vector for scalable web and slide use, sized to journal or template specifications.
How long does a figure or infographic take?
A single figure typically moves from brief to final within a couple of weeks, depending on complexity, the number of review rounds and how quickly source data and feedback are returned.
Need a concept or a full set?
Tell us your topic and format for a quote.