Overview
For this project, I created a poster for a UK event called Microworlds, which aimed to introduce people to the invisible universe of bacteria and microscopic life. I knew right away that I didn’t want to portray these organisms in a traditional, scientific way. Instead, I wanted to make them feel grand, important, and awe-inspiring — to visually echo the idea that this tiny world is so much bigger than we think.
I started by researching different bacteria structures and noticing how many of them are spherical or spiky in silhouette. That sparked a really fun thought: what if I treated them like planets, suns, and cosmic bodies? From there the whole concept clicked. I framed the scene as though we’re looking into an alien galaxy, except every “planet” is actually a bacterium, every glowing sun is a cell, and the surrounding structures mimic microscopic organisms drifting in space.
Involvement
- Digital Art/Illustration
The Results
The goal was to transform something usually seen as small and insignificant into something vast and majestic — to make the viewer stop and feel that sense of scale shift. It became an illustration-driven poster that blends science with imagination, turning the microworld into its own universe.
