Equinox Graphics
@e-nox.net
Science illustration and animation studio, based in Cambridge UK. We take science and engineering and make it pretty!
Do badly, fired; make record sales, also fired. There has to be a better sustainble model for companies than whatever it is these overpaid, useless c-suit bullshit artists are doing. Because despite the workers making "record-breaking" products, they're fired but corpos get another boat
I WON A THING!!! Submitted this image of "Darwinian protein evolution" at the VIZBI 2026 conference, and won best Art & Biology visualisation. I just wrote up a behind-the-scenes of the process of making it - e-nox.net/darwinian-pr... #SciArt
Once upon a time I just admired nudis and sea slugs. But it was not enough. Now apparently I'm creating an R package to celebrate their colour palettes? 😅 First up, my Sydney fave, Hypselodoris bennetti. #rstats #nudibranch #dataviz 🦑🐙🧪 #marinelife #invertebrates
LinkedIn just told me I have been doing this for TWENTY YEARS. Thanks, existential crisis. Looks like I've improved at least? www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
LinkedIn just reminded me I have been making science illustrations/animations for TWENTY YEARS 🫢 So here is my very first paid project that I made showing a BMX rider doing a trick, showing how… | J...
LinkedIn just reminded me I have been making science illustrations/animations for TWENTY YEARS 🫢 So here is my very first paid project that I made showing a BMX rider doing a trick, showing how cons...
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Throughout December I made 24 BRAND NEW, daily protein renders for #ArtAdventCalendar, developing some new techniques and pipelines. I learnt a lot about #Blender, #MolecularNodes and compositing along the way! See them all here: e-nox.net/molecular-ad... #SciArt
A quick write up about the poster I presented at last year's #VIZBI 2025, showing a series of protein renders from experiments learning to use #Blender and #MolecularNodes. Excited for #VIZBI 2026!!! "Molecular Masterpieces - A Fashion Show of Protein Glow-ups" e-nox.net/vizbi-molecu... #SciArt
This is the "SEA SHEEP" (Costasiella kuroshimae) & it took the old axiom: "you are what you eat" VERY literally. It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug! Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
a close up of a green and white sponge with purple spots
Alt: A green and white sea sheep grazes on a green lawn of algae on a surface underwater.
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🌟 Merry Christmas from a newborn star. Earlier this year the NASA/ESA/CSA #Webb Space Telescope took this stunning image of HH30, an edge-on protoplanetary disc. 🧪🔭 🔗 esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_investigates_a_dusty_and_dynamic_disc
Day 24 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar The nuclear pore complex is a huge pore made of hundreds of proteins, that allows the flow of nucleic acids and proteins between the nucleus and cytoplasm. It also looks like a wreath! Merry Christmas! More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/ #SciArt
Day 23 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar A urea channel from helicobacter pylori, a bacterium which can survive stomach acid. This channel allows urea to flow into the bacterium, neutralising any stomach acid that would otherwise damage it. More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/ #SciArt
Day 22 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar Aspartate transcarbamoylase is a crucial allosteric enzyme, catalysing the first step in pyrimidine ring biosynthesis, which are used to build the bases in RNA and DNA. More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/ #SciArt
Day 21 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar This shows six zinc fingers bound to a section of DNA, which helps to stabilise it. The zinc fingers are used to control transcription of the gene for ribosomal RNA. More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/ #SciArt
Day 20 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar This is a TAL effector, a modular protein from bacteria that can read the sequence of bases in DNA. Scientists have harnessed it to target gene knockouts, or insert new genes. More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/ #SciArt
Day 19 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar This is the measles virus nucleocapsid, which is a helical complex formed around its RNA genome to protect it from cellular enzymes More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/ #SciArt
Day 18 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar This is a Piezo1 mechanosensitive channel. Piezo proteins help our cells gain a sense of touch - physical forces/pressures open up the channel, allowing ions to flow into the cell, triggering its response More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/ #SciArt
Day 17 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar This is a coronavirus protease, an essential part of the virus' war chest, cutting its RNA into correct pieces, and interfering with the cell's defence mechanisms. So brutal, but at least it's ❤️-shaped More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/ #SciArt
Day 16 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar These are secretory antibodies, which defend mucosal linings in the body. They contain multiple arms, which bind to many sites on a pathogen, strengthening the interaction. More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/ #SciArt
Day 15 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar The PhotoSystem II supercomplex in plants contains light-gathering antenna complexes (yellow). More antennas means better photosynthesis in low-light conditions (like the version shown with SIX antennas). More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/ #SciArt
Day 14 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar The equine encephalitis virus doesn't just affect horses, it's zoonotic and passes between animals & humans - being most prevalent circulating in bird species. It has 240 surface glycoproteins ready to go More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/ #SciArt
Day 13 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar This is the human apoptosome, which is part of the mechanism for cells to self-destruct when problems occur. Normally the sub-units float around harmlessly, but when danger calls, APOPTOSOME ASSEMBLE!!! More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/ #SciArt
