About Anna

Anna Blacka is a Scientific Illustrator, Communicator, and Graphic Designer. She currently works at UNSW Sydney for the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Water Research Laboratory, creating graphics for environmental, coastal, and oceanographic geosciences and processes.

Anna’s scientific illustrations including infographics, diagrams, graphical abstracts, and technical figures, have been published widely in academic journals, consulting investigations, industry communication, outreach, and community engagement campaigns, across visual, web, and social media platforms.

On behalf of UNSW Anna manages several social media channels and websites, disseminating complex technical academic and applied research topics to a global audience.

As a qualified Graphic Designer, she maintains marketing and promotional material, designs logos, brochures, and posters. Prior to focussing on scientific illustration, Anna gained extensive experience in photographic studios, where she worked with digital image manipulation, photo retouching and restoration.

Anna holds a Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) and began her career in more traditional Graphic Design before blending her love of art and her interest in science together, leading her towards pursuing scientific illustration.

Based in Australia, Anna is also privileged to spend part of her time with her family on the beautiful island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.