AXS Studio

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Medical and scientific animation, apps and experiences by Certified Medical Illustrators. We’ll communicate your science with clarity and purpose. 🧫 axs3d.com

Custom 3D illustration for axs3d.com and marketing materials. An visualization of AXS Studio workflow from storyboard/wireframe, through modeling, animation, design and interactive development. These stages are represented by workstations arranged in sequence around a central holographic human figure with visible anatomy—the immersive final product. Healthcare professionals interact with the content on a touchscreen, a VR headset and an iPad. Immersive 3D illustration style, reminiscent of Peter Tarka.

Psoriatic Arthritis Simulator interactive at ACR 2014, Boston. Crowd of conference attendees participating in interactive experience.

A collage of 9 images from AXS Studio medical animation projects featuring a pink colour palette.

Digital 3D rendering of a keratinocyte migrating on a collagen extracellular matrix scaffold. The cytoskeleton is visible inside the cell body and in the pseudopods extending outward. The image has shallow depth of field, resulting in a background cell being out of focus.

A series of medical animation clips of hearts made by our team, followed by an AXS-blue screen with a heart-outline saying, "From our hearts to yours, xo AXS Studio".

Collage of images from AXS Studio animation projects featuring women of various ethnicities in scientist and physician roles.

Custom 3D illustration for axs3d.com and marketing materials. A large 3D head with the brain, eyes and inner ear visible is surrounded by AXS team members. Panels label the visual cortex, auditory cortex and prefrontal cortex. AXS team members analyze data read-outs, using this evidence to apply cognitive psychology principles to our work, in order to optimize it for visual perception and learning. Immersive 3D illustration style, reminiscent of Peter Tarka.

Golden sodium ions flow through blue NaV channels like sparks as they open, propagating an action potential along the cell membrane.

Photo of 4 people working at a long desk. They are smiling. Large text reads "We're hiring!" Created for an AXS Studio job posting for an Office Manager.

Still frame from a medical animation created for Pfizer social media channels, explaining the role of BRAF mutations in melanoma and how BRAF inhibitors and MEK inhibitors interrupt signaling in the MAPK pathway. 4 colourful molecules are connected by a dotted line. A stylized DNA molecule is visible in a small circular window with the label: BRAF mutation.

Our new banner art is a molecular view of dermal-epidermal junction. Central to each hemidesmosome is an integrin that binds to the laminin in the basement membrane, which itself is attached to the intermediate filament anchoring protein plectin.

Cyborg Tadpole cover for Nature Publishing Volume 642 Issue 8069, 26 June 2025

Custom 3D illustration for axs3d.com and marketing materials. Collective creativity is represented by AXS team members ideating. Post-it notes on a white board represent learning objectives. One AXS team member rappels down the white board while another stands on a stack of dry-erase markers. places a post-it note. Others discuss an idea. A time timer sits on a dry eraser. A panel represent client objective. Immersive 3D illustration style, reminiscent of Peter Tarka.

December 2025 AXS Studio calendar image is from a medical animation about XL309, an investigational small molecule inhibitor of USP1. Glowing XL309 is shown binding to USP1, which is green. Above these is the single-strand DNA repair complex made up of FANCD2, FANC1 and UAF1, with a DNA double helix running through it. The background is a diffuse blue with blurry hints of other molecules.

Custom 3D illustration for axs3d.com and marketing materials. In a 3D animated cartoon style, a large target is surrounded by floating screens. Two AXS team members discuss a display, while another is on a ladder hanging a chart. This image visualizes the goal-oriented approach AXS Studio takes to visualizing science accurately for our clients. Immersive 3D illustration style, reminiscent of Peter Tarka.

View over the shoulder of a man looking through pages of printed proofs, filled with intriguing, colourful medical and scientific animation images by AXS Studio.

Custom 3D illustration for axs3d.com and marketing materials. A stack of textbooks (histology, pathology, anatomy and immunology) provides a platform for AXS team members to peer through a giant light microscope. Other AXS team members hoist a glass slide up to the microscope stage, while another does research in a book. This image visualizes the rigorous approach AXS Studio takes to visualizing science accurately. Immersive 3D illustration style, reminiscent of Peter Tarka.