Inna-Marie Strazhnik
Scientific Illustration & DesignEngage your audience with clear and accurate illustrations that enlighten and inspire. Inna-Marie Strazhnik is an award-winning medical and scientific illustrator based in Los Angeles, California who will carefully work with you to develop elegant visuals that precisely communicate your complex concepts.
Latest News
#SoCaltech
I'm honored to be featured this month in the California Insitute of Technology's #SoCaltech spotlight. Check out this short featurette about my work in Caltech Magazine.
How Artificial Neural Networks Might Grow and Self-Organize
New work at Caltech, presented at this year's NeurIPS conference, proposes a way to grow a self-organizing artificial neural network. The programming is inspired by the developing neural connections in our own brains—growing an entire network from just one neuron. My...
In the News: 150 Years of Scientific Illustration at Nature
It's a great pleasure to have my cover art included in a overview of the "150 years of Scientific Illustration" inside Nature—the editorial is found within the "Books & Art" section of this week's special 150th anniversary issue. Read the essay here. An excerpt...
Featured Project
Insects of the Los Angeles Basin
The newly released 3rd edition of “Insects of the Los Angeles Basin” is a comprehensive guidebook to all the insects living in and around Los Angeles. Written by Charles L. Hogue, revised by his son James N. Hogue, and published by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, this book is an indispensable resource for nature enthusiasts, gardeners, teachers, students, campers, and anyone curious to learn more about the diversity of local insects.
This edition contains updated names and classifications and over 500 images including over 80 detailed illustrations by Inna-Marie Strazhnik Illustration, drawn in a digital pen and ink method. The following is a selection of images from the series.