“I have had a pleasure of working with Ella and Alex since the inception of Ella Maru Studio back in 2014. Ella’s images are always graphically stunning, esthetically pleasing and technically accurate. Time and again, I experienced Alex’s acute sense of nuances and his ability to transform abstract concepts into concrete graphics solutions implemented by Ella. Be it a cover proposal for the next “big” paper, a logo for a new collaborative Center, an arresting power-point animation Ella Maru Studio is peerless in its ability to produce an outstanding solution. Always on time! Over the years, Ella and Alex became important partners of our activities in quantum materials @ Columbia.”
Dmitri Basov
Columbia University, USA
“The go to place for excellent cover art”
Frank Vollmer
University of Exeter
“I first contacted Ella and Alex during my PhD studies asking for a potential cover image on a Nature Nanotechnology publication. I was amazed by the outcome and the significant attention that the ‘‘starry night nanofibres’’caught within the scientific community and social media. Since then, we had developed a wonderful collaboration, where the studio created amazing images for manuscripts, cover images and schematics for my research website. I am very grateful, given that from our interaction, I realise that science and art are two sides of the same coin and particularly thankful for the time and the dedication that the studio puts on my projects, despite the fact that there are always tight deadlines and limited time. I never worry about high quality graphics- I know who are the best to ask for help!”
Charalampos Pappas
University of Freiburg, Germany
“It was a very nice experience to work with Ella Maru and coworkers for our cover. They took into account our ideas and feedback and transcribed them nicely into an artwork that followed the guidelines and quality expectations of a high impact factor journal. Moreover, their experience in creating covers and the quality of their art, allowed us to get promoted to a front cover, when we originally submitted for a back cover.”
Arnaud Fihey
Université de Rennes, France
“We have been collaborating with Ella Maru for the last five years, their team is behind our group logo, several illustrations for our website and a large number of journal covers. Every time they have been super professional and come up with amazing artworks that have helped us disseminate our research.”
Jorge Gascon
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
“We have worked with Ella Maru Studio for the commissioning of 4 different journal covers over the last 3 years. In all cases we have been thrilled with the professional interactions, speedy turnaround and the high-quality work. We look forward to working with them again in the near future”
Benoit Lessard
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
“Ella Maru Studio was a pleasure to work with. Their approach to my project was creative and professional, and throughout the process they were responsive and receptive to my requested modifications. The final product was of a very high quality and was exactly what I was looking for. I would not hesitate to recommend them.”
Fenella Raymond
Ripple Biosolutions, USA
Upon referral of colleagues in the field, we first contacted Ella Maru Studio a few years back. Since then, we've regularly hired the professional services of Ella and Alex as their creative ability to convert complex scientific results into wonderful and explanatory illustrations is unmatched. They're committed to go the extra mile, from the original image concept to fine tuning the details. As a result, the cover images we received from Ella Maru Studio were systematically well-received by the community.
Sven Rogge
Ghent University
I have been very impressed by the quick turn-around, high quality artwork, and very reasonable cost. Also, the willingness to take on feedback and improve the quality/content of the image is excellent.
Madhu Bhaskaran
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
“Working with Alex and Ella was a very pleasant and efficient experience. The pictures are both esthetically pleasing and of professional quality. The conception stage was facilitated by the chemistry knowledge of Alex. I strongly recommend!”
Jerome Claverie
University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
“Very fast and professional image designing service! they are patient enough to modify the design again and again after my advice towards my final great satisfaction. I highly recommend.”
Fan Hongjin
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
“It has been a wonderful experience working with Alex and Ella. They are always able to transform our simple sketches and ideas into something amazing, that captures the major themes of our manuscripts. they are also prompt, making it possible to meet journal deadlines easily.”
Sara Skrabalak
Indiana University, USA
We availed services from Ella Maru studio for the front cover of our article in ChemSocRev. The service provided by Alex and Ella was outstanding, highly efficient and user friendly. I would definitely recommend the service to academics thinking of developing images for their publications.
Killugudi Iyer
University of Western Australia, Australia
