llustrated journal covers designed to engage readers and reflect scientific impact
These are a collection of cover illustrations I’ve worked on that highlight featured science papers for Cell. My favorite software to use for my paintings are Clip Studio Paint, Procreate and Adobe Photoshop.
“On the cover: Wang et al. introduce a soft robotic gripper based on the logarithmic spiral. The robotic tentacle could grab and release objects through simple actuation via cables. Inspired by octopus arms, the device dubbed SpiRobs can be fabricated via 3D printing and is scalable. Based on SpiRobs, the author created and tested a miniaturized gripper, a drone-mounted gripper, and multi-robot arrays that can grasp in a tendril-like fashion.”
On the cover: Neuron presents a special issue on cancer neuroscience. The cover depicts how tumors and the nervous system interact, reciprocally influencing each other's biology. This dynamic crosstalk can modify not only cancer progression and metastasis but also host behavior.
On the cover: Often, finding the missing piece to fill in an important gap in a research project requires reaching out to collaborators. To celebrate the important role of collaboration in science, this focus issue features personal reflections from researchers on their approaches to collaboration and explores how different parts of the cell and different macromolecular complexes work together to ensure proper functioning of the cell.
