AXS Studio

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.

We’re inspired by possibility—exploring new creative approaches, and bringing vast technical knowledge and high quality execution to ensure your story makes a lasting impression.

🧫 axs3d.com/approach-to-creative-solutions
#LifeScience #biotech #medaffairs #medcomms #MedicalAnimation 🐡🎨🧪🩺

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

What makes medical conference activities successful with science-savvy users?
From disease state simulators to experience walls, holograms, mixed reality, & more, we bring your story to life.
axs3d.com/services/interactive-medical-scientific-experiences
#ASCO2026 #biotech #InteractiveLearning 🩺🧪🎨🐡

PandemiQuest Ready to plunge into a nightmarish world of chaos and unbridled disease? Neither are we.

A look back at our game PandemiQuest: Playing as an essential worker, you must balance social distancing and making deliveries—and connections—on a journey through Toronto.
#COVID19 #SeriousGames #ThrowbackThursday 🩺🧪🐡🎨
https://youtu.be/eQ14k_6JptU?si=bvSw1dr659VyHuOj

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

Pink Shirt Day began in Canada in 2007 to raise awareness about bullying. Now, more than 100 countries participate. Today we wear pink, share our pinkest work, and speak out against bullying.

For anti-bullying resources, visit pinkshirtday.ca/resources
#PinkShirtDay 🩺🧪🎨🐡

Vital Organs In The Human Body The human body is full of many organs which help it function. The heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, and spleen are known as vital organs.

💔From broken heart syndrome (Takotsubo cardiomyopathy), to the liver’s Kupffer cells, one of our most popular blog posts is a lively look at your Vital Organs.
And what the heck is The Flying Wallenda of blood coagulation!? Find out: axs3d.com/blog/vital-organs

#medsky #cardiosky #neurosky 🩺🧪🎨🐡

COVID-19 Vaccines vs. Antivirals: What’s the difference? YouTube video by AXS Studio

6 years ago, there was a hunger for info to help people navigate the COVID-19 crisis.

To explain the difference between vaccines and antivirals, we used a warm, accessible style, made with the MNPRX renderer (artineering.io/software/MNPRX).
🧫 #medcomms #MedicalAnimation #PublicHealth #medsky 🐡🧪🎨🩺

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.

Our February 2026 AXS Studio calendar image depicts keratinocytes—the cells of the epidermis—migrating over collagen fibers of the dermis to close a wound in the skin.
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#MedicalAnimation #MedAffairs #dermsky #healing #medsky 🐡🧪🎨🩺

Whether with rising passions, feeling all aflutter, or calm contentment, it’s no wonder our beating hearts have been seen as vessels carrying our rich emotions through the ages and across cultures.

From our animated hearts to yours, Happy Valentine’s Day!
🫀 #MedAffairs #cardiosky #medsky 🐡🧪🎨🩺

Chicken Embryo Development YouTube video by Poultry Hub Australia

Our Chicken Embryo Development scientific animation has been used widely in classrooms which was a primary goal of the project. And it continues to surprise us, as 12 years later it has gathered over 38 million YouTube views.
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#FlashbackFriday #BirdArt 🧪🐡

This is all-human made!

Accessibility in Scientific Communications Part Two: Lowering Barriers to Medical and Scientific Animation Scientific Communications and Medical Affairs teams can design accessibility into their conference booths to lower barriers for all attendees.

Good question!

I'll have to ask around on the team and let you know. 🧐

Perhaps not the most surprising, but we have shared tips for accessible communication, and though these seem obvious in hindsight, it helps to articulate them when outlining a new project. -GM

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

Today, on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we’re proud of our body of work and hope one of our medical animation projects inspires the next generation. We still have work to do—we all do.
🧫 #WomenInScience #scicomm #medaffairs #medsky 🐡🧪

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We don't use generative AI. All of our projects are created entirely by the human skill of our team.

Created by our team of medical animators! 😁

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.

More than pretty pictures, our visualizations are designed to drive insight.

By harnessing design principles based on cognitive psychology, we optimize your scientific communications for visual perception and learning.

🧫 axs3d.com/approach-to-creative-solutions
#medcomms #medtech #medsky🐡🧪🩺

Thank you, Lindsay!

Thank you for sharing!
Also sharing with the SciArt and Science Feeds 🐡🧪

This is so cool.

An Interview with Jason Sharpe, President of AXS Studio, on the Wondrous Art of Medical Illustration Medical illustration encompasses all kinds of medical and scientific visualization — everything from illustrations to 3D animations to interactive applications, games, websites, and large in-person in...

Ever wondered about the rather amazing world of medical illustration? We chatted with the president of @axs-studio.com to learn more about the field, which actually includes everything from health to entertainment.

#interview #artsky #illustration #creativework #ARTpublika

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

Like a lit-fuse, voltage-gated sodium channels propagate electrical signals along a neuron membrane in our Jan 2026 calendar image.

Our team is ready with graduate degrees in biomedical communication & certifications in medical illustration to tell your stories.
🧫 axs3d.com/contact-us
#neurosky 🐡🧪🩺

Chicken Embryo Development YouTube video by Poultry Hub Australia

Our Chicken Embryo Development scientific animation has been used widely in classrooms which was a primary goal of the project. And it continues to surprise us, as 12 years later it has gathered over 38 million YouTube views.
🐣
#FlashbackFriday #BirdArt 🧪🐡

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.

Photo of 4 people working at a long desk. They are smiling. Created for and AXS Studio job posting for an Office Manager. Text reads: "Experienced Office Manager • Full-time, permanent role • Excellent benefits • Hybrid role (Downtown Toronto) • Start Date: Feb 2026 (flexible) See link in this post for full description"

AXS Studio is looking for an experienced, full-time Office Manager.

Know someone who thrives in a smaller company, takes pride in being a steady, trusted point of support, and loves wearing multiple hats?

Please share. We appreciate it!
https://axs3d.com/careers
#TorontoJobs 🐡 #Toronto

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.

Patient education is about more than satisfying a patient’s curiosity. Engaging visuals and clear storytelling have a real impact on patients’ understanding of complex diseases and treatments.
🔗 axs3d.com/blog/3d-animation-in-healthcare-patient-education
🧫 #PatientEd 🐡🧪🎨 #medsky

Hemidesmosome - Wikipedia

The answer is in the alt text!😉Basically, you are looking at hemidesmosomes where skin cells meet the extracellular matrix.

From @wikipedia.org :

Thank you Mieke!

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.

Thank you all for such a warm welcome! We’re thrilled to join the growing scientific, artistic, and medical communities here on Bluesky.

We are a team of digital artists with graduate degrees in biomedical communication and professional certifications in medical illustration.

axs3d.com 🐡🧪🎨🩺

Thanks very much! We appreciate it.

Home Award-Winning 3D Medical Animation, Scientific Animation, Apps and Conference Interactives for Biopharma, Medical Devices and Medtech. Learn more now!

Hello Monica, we are a team of digital artists with graduate degrees in biomedical communication and professional certifications in medical illustration.

For 20+ years, we've worked with Nature, Scientific American, & more. Would love to be a contributor.

Thank you.

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

CYBORG TADPOLES! This #ThrowbackThursday, our June 2025 cover illustration for Nature : a “cyborg” tadpole in 4 stages of development.

Read about Jia Liu and @harvardseas.bsky.social colleagues and their novel tech for studying the brain: nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09106-8
🐡🧪🎨 #neurosky