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Ocular Nanotechnology Il·lustració de Portada de Revista by Cynthia Turner

Ocular Nanotechnology Il·lustració de Portada de Revista by Cynthia Turner is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award de Ferro in Gràfics per Computador, Modelatge 3D, Texturització i Renderització Competition Category.


FerroGràfics per Computador· 2024

Ocular Nanotechnology Il·lustració de Portada de Revista

by Cynthia Turner

Client: Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Gràfics per Computador Category

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The Design

About Ocular Nanotechnology Il·lustració de Portada de Revista

Com entitats d'un altre món, aquests minúsculs mecanismes d'alliberament són fascinants en la seva varietat de formes i estructures, i també en la seva relació amb l'entorn aquós en el qual són capaços de moure's per alliberar intel·ligentment la seva càrrega a la destinació adequada. Les nanopartícules són els nanotransportadors més comuns per a la terapèutica ocular a causa de la seva biocompatibilitat i la seva capacitat de ser carregats amb fàrmacs i teràpies gèniques mitjançant fixació química, incrustació o encapsulació al nanotransportador. En sentit horari començant a les dotze: nanopolímer, nanoemulsió, nanomic·el·la i liposoma.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Ocular Nanotechnology Il·lustració de Portada de Revista és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro, un reconeixement prestigiós concedit a bons dissenys que compleixen els requisits professionals i industrials esperats de creacions ben dissenyades. Els guanyadors de Ferro demostren una gran habilitat, una alta especialització, una comprensió experta i la capacitat creativa dels seus creadors. Es preveu que Ocular Nanotechnology Il·lustració de Portada de Revista sigui una creació molt apreciada, admirada i estimada que és pràctica i innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro integra les millors pràctiques del sector i té característiques tècniques competents lligades al coneixement i al talent. Ocular Nanotechnology Il·lustració de Portada de Revista és respectat per la seva minuciositat i està pensat per oferir millores en la qualitat de vida que ajuden a fer del món un lloc millor.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Nanoparticles are 1 to 100 nanometres in diameter and have unique properties due to their small size and high surface area to volume ratio. Nanoparticles are the most common nanocarriers for ocular therapeutics due to their biocompatibility and their capacity to be loaded with drugs and gene therapies by chemical attachment, embedment, or encapsulation in the nanocarrier. Highlighting four types of nanotechnology-based ocular drug delivery systems delivering their payloads to the back of the eye, clockwise starting at noon: nanopolymer, nanoemulsion, nanomicelle, and liposome.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width 431.8 mm width x Height 279.4 mm, 300 dpi, tiff
Tags
medical illustration, biomedical artist, visual science, ophthamology, nanocarriers, ocular drug delivery
Production Technology
Created using Cinema 4D, a 3D modeling program, 3D Models, and hand-painting in Photoshop, using a stylus and tablet on a Mac.
Design Challenge
Create accurate depictions of ocular drug delivery nanocarriers and arrange the four carriers in a pleasing composition that did not necessarily give one precedence in importance over another.
Research
The artist researched the morphology of the 4 specified nanocarriers and created accurate scientific visualizations of them. Each nanocarrier was separately modeled and imaged in a 3D program, and then brought into a Photoshop document. The composited tiff was finished by handpainting in Photoshop to reflect light from one element to the next to bring color harmony to the palette. Additional motion elements were painted to tie the composition together and lead the eye in reading the image.
Inspiration
An illustration for the cover of EyeNet, the magazine of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, for their annual meeting and special annual issue. I created the nanocarriers individually in Cinema4D, a 3D software program, and then composed them in Photoshop on a background of a field of the rods and cones cells found at the back of the eye. I enhanced the rendered 3D models by reflecting the colors from one into the other, and creating light effects to add movement and excitement to the composition.
Project Duration
The project was in development for two weeks at the artist's studio in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, USA.
Operation Flow
The Art Director requested an illustration with a science fiction futuristic feel to be used for their special annual issue, which is also released on the occasion of the American Academy of Ophthalmology's annual meeting and is used to brand the meeting.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Cynthia Turner, 2023
Image Credits
Image #1: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Ocular Nanotechnology, 2023
Image #2: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Ocular Nanotechnology, 2023
Image #3: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Ocular Nanotechnology, 2023
Image #4: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Ocular Nanotechnology, 2023
Image #5: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Ocular Nanotechnology, 2023

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