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Ophthalmic Sustainability Ilustrace obálky časopisu by Cynthia Turner

Ophthalmic Sustainability Ilustrace obálky časopisu by Cynthia Turner is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Železná cena A' Design Award in Grafika Competition Category.


ŽelezoGrafika· 2024

Ophthalmic Sustainability Ilustrace obálky časopisu

by Cynthia Turner

Client: Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio

Železná cena A' Design Award Winner in Grafika Category

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The Design

About Ophthalmic Sustainability Ilustrace obálky časopisu

Oftalmologická udržitelnost je fantazijní ilustrace zobrazující bujné, svěží a vzkvétající botanické prostředí kolem hrdinského oka, vytvořená pro článek o ekologizaci oftalmologie s cílem snížit množství odhozených obalů, spotřebního materiálu a jednorázových předmětů používaných při operacích. Ilustrace je určena na obálku a celostránkový úvodní článek listopadového vydání časopisu EyeNet z roku 2023, periodika Americké akademie oftalmologie.

The Recognition

About the Železná cena A' Design Award

Ophthalmic Sustainability Ilustrace obálky časopisu je vítězem Železné ceny A' Design Award, prestižního uznání udělovaného dobrým designům, které splňují profesní a průmyslové požadavky očekávané od dobře navržených výtvorů. Železní vítězové prokazují velké dovednosti, vysokou specializaci, odborné porozumění a tvůrčí kapacitu svých tvůrců. Očekává se, že Ophthalmic Sustainability Ilustrace obálky časopisu bude vysoce ceněným, obdivovaným a oblíbeným výtvorem, který je praktický a inovativní. Tento design, který získal Železnou cenu A' Design Award, integruje osvědčené postupy odvětví a má kompetentní technické vlastnosti spojené s know-how a talentem. Ophthalmic Sustainability Ilustrace obálky časopisu je vážen pro svou důkladnost a je navržen tak, aby poskytoval zlepšení kvality života, která pomáhají činit svět lepším místem.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The greening of ophthalmology strives to reduce the amount of discarded packaging, disposables and single-use items used in surgery. The image will be used on the cover and inside lead article of EyeNet, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology for the November 2023 Issue.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width 212.725 mm x Height 282.575 mm, 350 dpi, tiff
Tags
medical illustration, biomedical artist, visual science, ophthamology, sustainability, greening
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
Creating a unique and pleasing botanical composition, plant by plant, that looked living and vital, to frame and enhance yet not overwhelm the central eye.
Research
The artist researched various plant choices, striving to assemble a variety of visually interesting textures. Many of the flowers and greenery are from 3D models that the artist rendered individually and then hand composed in Photoshop. The rest of the digital painting was finished by hand-painting in Photoshop to cast shadows from one element to the next, push and pull light, and add surface detailing.
Inspiration
The artist sought to create a fantasy illustration depicting a lush, fresh and burgeoning botanical environment flourishing around an heroic eye. The eye itself is fantastical, with a conjunctiva (the covering of the globe) made of Michelangelo's white dolomite marble. In contrast to the cracked marble, the iris is glowing as if illuminated from energy within.
Project Duration
The project was in development for two weeks at the artist's studio in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, USA.
Operation Flow
The illustration is meant to be uplifting and hopeful by depicting a fantastical imagining of the greening of ophthalmology.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Cynthia Turner, 2023
Image Credits
Image #1: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Ophthalmic Sustainability, 2023
Image #2: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Ophthalmic Sustainability, 2023
Image #3: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Ophthalmic Sustainability, 2023
Image #4: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Ophthalmic Sustainability, 2023
Image #5: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Ophthalmic Sustainability, 2023

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