Marine biology
Common minke whale
Comparative life-history plate
Scientific illustration & animation
Making the living
universe visible.
We turn exacting research into images that invite wonder—from the architecture of a flower to the life of a whale, from deep time to deep space.
PLATE 01 / CETACEA
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Adult female · lateral study
Selected studies
Drawn from observation.
Built for discovery.
Every commission begins with evidence—specimens, field notes, data, papers, or expert review—and ends with an image made to be understood and remembered.
Botany
Blue passionflower
Morphology & sectional studies
Ornithology
Great cormorant
Graphite field study
Astronomy
Spiral structure
Observatory atlas & stellar nursery
Evolutionary biology
Living fossil
Anatomical natural-history plate
One studio · every scale
Cell / seed / species / system / star
Accuracy earns attention.
Wonder makes it last.
We pair scientific literacy with an illustrator’s eye and an animator’s sense of time. The result is work that can withstand expert scrutiny—and still stop someone in their tracks.
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Capabilities
A visual practice for
curious organizations.
From one decisive plate to a complete visual language, each engagement is shaped around the science, the audience, and where the work needs to live.
Scientific illustration
Species plates, reconstruction, cutaways, comparative anatomy, botanical studies, editorial images, maps, and publication figures.
Animation & motion
Short-form explainers, natural processes, data-driven stories, exhibition loops, title sequences, and motion identities.
Exhibits & visual systems
Connected suites of illustration, diagrams, motion, and environmental graphics for museums, aquariums, gardens, and science brands.
01 Orbital study
02 Seed / star core
Field note · 07.23
Living systems
A world
within worlds.
From planetary motion to the unfurling of a seed, we turn invisible systems into visual experiences—precise enough to teach, strange enough to remember.
Concept specimen · celestial biosphere orrery
Discuss an animation ↗The process
Research first.
Always.
We make review visible, decisions traceable, and collaboration calm. Your subject experts stay close to the work without having to art-direct every stroke.
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Observe
Brief, audience, references, data, specimens, and scientific review plan.
- 02
Structure
Thumbnails, storyboards, visual hierarchy, and a shared accuracy map.
- 03
Render
Final illustration or animation, with focused expert checkpoints.
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Release
Production-ready masters, source assets, and format-specific delivery.
Begin a commission
Bring us the thing
you can’t yet show.
Tell us what you’re studying, who needs to understand it, and where the work will live. We’ll return with the right visual approach.
studio@fieldandorbit.example ↗Illustration · Animation · Exhibits · Editorial