mark belan | science illustrator + info designer
@markabelan.bsky.social
telling science stories with the power of visuals✨ a little bit of this and that, too
🧳 Graphics Editor | Quanta Magazine
🎓 MScBMC, MScGeochem/Astrobio
🎨 Founder of artscistudios
📍 NYC | 🇨🇦🇭🇷
https://linktr.ee/artscistudios
🧳 Graphics Editor | Quanta Magazine
🎓 MScBMC, MScGeochem/Astrobio
🎨 Founder of artscistudios
📍 NYC | 🇨🇦🇭🇷
https://linktr.ee/artscistudios
Girl wat 😂
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Girl wat 😂
The one that changed everything for me :)
🛍️ Prints available to purchase here: www.artscistudios.com/store
🛍️ Prints available to purchase here: www.artscistudios.com/store
store | artsci studios
Purchase prints and other associated merchandise from the creations of artsci studios, a scientific illustration and information graphics design studio.
www.artscistudios.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The one that changed everything for me :)
🛍️ Prints available to purchase here: www.artscistudios.com/store
🛍️ Prints available to purchase here: www.artscistudios.com/store
Full infographic available here: www.visualcapitalist.com/all-the-biom...
All the Biomass of Earth, in One Graphic
Our planet supports nearly 8.7 million species. We break down the total composition of the living world in terms of its biomass.
www.visualcapitalist.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Full infographic available here: www.visualcapitalist.com/all-the-biom...
The one that changed everything for me :)
🛍️ Prints available to purchase here: www.artscistudios.com/store
🛍️ Prints available to purchase here: www.artscistudios.com/store
store | artsci studios
Purchase prints and other associated merchandise from the creations of artsci studios, a scientific illustration and information graphics design studio.
www.artscistudios.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The one that changed everything for me :)
🛍️ Prints available to purchase here: www.artscistudios.com/store
🛍️ Prints available to purchase here: www.artscistudios.com/store
Full infographic available here: www.visualcapitalist.com/all-the-biom...
All the Biomass of Earth, in One Graphic
Our planet supports nearly 8.7 million species. We break down the total composition of the living world in terms of its biomass.
www.visualcapitalist.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Full infographic available here: www.visualcapitalist.com/all-the-biom...
I co-wrote a visual explainer with Joe Howlett on the quantum mechanics of greenhouse gases. It includes graphics/animations showing why molecules like CO₂ are such powerful drivers of planetary warming.
It was fun! I'd appreciate if you checked it out here:
www.quantamagazine.org/the-quantum-...
It was fun! I'd appreciate if you checked it out here:
www.quantamagazine.org/the-quantum-...
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I co-wrote a visual explainer with Joe Howlett on the quantum mechanics of greenhouse gases. It includes graphics/animations showing why molecules like CO₂ are such powerful drivers of planetary warming.
It was fun! I'd appreciate if you checked it out here:
www.quantamagazine.org/the-quantum-...
It was fun! I'd appreciate if you checked it out here:
www.quantamagazine.org/the-quantum-...
congrats James!
September 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
congrats James!
12 is noticeable but 13 and 14 both look similar! You probably don’t need to go higher for resolution unless you’re trying to achieve something else?
July 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
12 is noticeable but 13 and 14 both look similar! You probably don’t need to go higher for resolution unless you’re trying to achieve something else?
I am not, I just like this sentence
July 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I am not, I just like this sentence
Just had a discussion about methane geometry for a piece we’re working on re: climate!
July 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Just had a discussion about methane geometry for a piece we’re working on re: climate!
Love the blue-white range
June 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Love the blue-white range
These are beautiful
June 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
These are beautiful
This was such a fun, new creative pipeline to explore - a visual like this wouldn't be possible otherwise. I have so many ideas for how to expand this in new ways for the graphics reporting we do at Quanta.
Stay tuned! And subscribe to Quanta for more math and science news!
www.quantamagazine.org
Stay tuned! And subscribe to Quanta for more math and science news!
www.quantamagazine.org
Science and Math News | Quanta Magazine
Illuminating mathematics, physics, biology and computer science research through public service journalism.
www.quantamagazine.org
June 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This was such a fun, new creative pipeline to explore - a visual like this wouldn't be possible otherwise. I have so many ideas for how to expand this in new ways for the graphics reporting we do at Quanta.
Stay tuned! And subscribe to Quanta for more math and science news!
www.quantamagazine.org
Stay tuned! And subscribe to Quanta for more math and science news!
www.quantamagazine.org
The final result? A 3D web environment that presents as a clean, 2D, flat vector style! 🎯
Ie: what you're seeing is a 3D space that is rendering as a flat, vector graphic. No need to painstakingly hand-make every frame of this animation into a vector, or host a super-heavy GIF/video file!
Ie: what you're seeing is a 3D space that is rendering as a flat, vector graphic. No need to painstakingly hand-make every frame of this animation into a vector, or host a super-heavy GIF/video file!
June 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The final result? A 3D web environment that presents as a clean, 2D, flat vector style! 🎯
Ie: what you're seeing is a 3D space that is rendering as a flat, vector graphic. No need to painstakingly hand-make every frame of this animation into a vector, or host a super-heavy GIF/video file!
Ie: what you're seeing is a 3D space that is rendering as a flat, vector graphic. No need to painstakingly hand-make every frame of this animation into a vector, or host a super-heavy GIF/video file!
For the artistic part, I exported these 3D animations and, using Spline.Design, created toon shaders that mimicked Quanta's 2D vector style. ✅
I could then set parameters that mimic the look and appeal of reading these animations as flat graphics on our website!
I could then set parameters that mimic the look and appeal of reading these animations as flat graphics on our website!
June 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
For the artistic part, I exported these 3D animations and, using Spline.Design, created toon shaders that mimicked Quanta's 2D vector style. ✅
I could then set parameters that mimic the look and appeal of reading these animations as flat graphics on our website!
I could then set parameters that mimic the look and appeal of reading these animations as flat graphics on our website!