AI Scientific Illustration

AI Scientific Illustration is best for polished academic-style visuals rather than highly structured editable SVG diagrams.

Modes

Text to Illustration

Your prompt should include the topic, visual style, background, labels, and scientific objects that must appear.

For a publication-style result, write something like:

Create a clean academic illustration showing the internal structure of a mitochondrion.
Include labels for inner membrane, outer membrane, cristae, and matrix.
Use a white background, consistent line weight, and publication-ready style.

Image to Illustration

Upload a clear source image and describe the desired transformation. The source image should show the composition you want, while the prompt explains the scientific meaning and final style.

Common uses:

• Turn hand-drawn sketches into clean illustrations.
• Convert screenshots into academic visuals.
• Refine rough concept art into publication-ready figures.

Illustration Editor

Use short, specific instructions:

Change the blue background to white.

Add labels: mitochondrion, nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum.

Make the arrows thinner and more consistent.

Keep the composition unchanged and make the figure more suitable for journal publication.

For reusable text and image prompts, start from the Prompt Cookbook.

Good result vs poor result

Use this check before downloading or editing the image.

Keep it when

• The illustration communicates the intended scientific idea.
• The main composition, objects, and labels are accurate enough for review.
• Only minor label, background, or style adjustments are needed.

Fix it in Workspace when

• The composition is good but a label, arrow, color, or spacing detail needs refinement.
• You want to make a small targeted edit without changing the whole image.
• A generated diagram or SVG related to the illustration needs manual cleanup.

Use Workspace Editor for targeted edits when the output is editable, or use Illustration Editor with a narrow instruction.

Regenerate when

• The model invented scientific structures that are not in your source or prompt.
• The main object is distorted, mislabeled, or hard to recognize.
• The style is far from the intended academic illustration.

If you regenerate, clarify what must be preserved, what can change, and what should not be invented. The Prompt Cookbook has starting points for text-to-image and image-to-illustration prompts.

Credit costs

The button shows the actual cost before submission. Current base costs are 20 credits for Text to Illustration, 10 credits for Image to Illustration, and 10 credits for Illustration Editor. Costs may change with model updates.