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Flora Illustration by Cynthia Turner

Flora Illustration by Cynthia Turner is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Eisen in Grafikdesign Competition Category.


EisenGrafik· 2020

Flora Illustration

by Cynthia Turner

Client: Alexander & Turner Studio

A' Design Award in Eisen Winner in Grafik Category

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The Design

About Flora Illustration

Flora ist eine Fantasy-Illustration, die die Kreativität und das Geschichtenerzählen des Künstlers fördert und die Blüte von Magen-Darm-Mikrobiota zeigt, die durch die aufgewühlte Magenumgebung befruchtet werden. Die Blüte wird durch Blütenblätter von Bacteroidetes, Bifidobacteriam und Enterococcus, Stempel von Lactobacillus und Staubblätter von Enterococcus faecalis dargestellt, die auf Stielen von Escherichia coli sitzen. Die Blume selbst taucht an Stielen von Clostridium auf. Bacillus Cereus, lange stäbchenförmige Bakterien in ihrem Arthomitusstadium, heften sich durch Fasern an das Darmepithel an, wachsen filamentös und sporulieren.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Eisen

Flora Illustration ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Eisen, einer prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für gute Designs, die die beruflichen und industriellen Anforderungen erfüllen, die an gut gestaltete Schöpfungen gestellt werden. Eisen-Gewinner zeigen großes Können, hohe Spezialisierung, fachkundiges Verständnis und die kreative Kapazität ihrer Schöpfer. Von Flora Illustration wird erwartet, dass es eine hochgeschätzte, bewunderte und geliebte Schöpfung ist, die praktisch und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Eisen prämierte Design integriert bewährte Branchenverfahren und weist kompetente technische Merkmale in Verbindung mit Know-how und Talent auf. Flora Illustration wird für seine Gründlichkeit geschätzt und ist darauf ausgelegt, Verbesserungen der Lebensqualität zu liefern, die dazu beitragen, die Welt zu einem besseren Ort zu machen.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Creating a visual pun on the idea that gastric flora might be blossoming flowers in the digestive tract, the artist set out to create a flower composed of the bacteria found in the gut.
Dimensions & Packaging
17.5" x 12", 350 dpi, tiff
Tags
medical illustration, biomedical artist, visual science, pharmaceutical advertising, biotechnology advertising
Production Technology
Created using Cinema 4D, a 3D modeling program, and Photoshop on a Mac.
Design Challenge
Creating a flower that both looked like a flower, but was also easily recognized as being constructed of recognizable bacteria required a creative balance between the two.
Research
The artist researched the common bacteria, called flora, of the gut. The artist studied electron micrographs depicting these different bacteria, and created 3D models of the different bacteria. The artist arranged the 3D-modeled bacteria to construct a flower, using different bacteria for different parts of the flower. The churning gastric juices and primordial environment of the gut comprises the environment from which the flower grows. The flower springs forth from the microvilli found in the lining of the small intestine.
Inspiration
The artist is a certified medical illustrator working in the advertising and marketing of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Self promotional work created for clients, and prospective clients, is a chance to promote the artist's creativity, artistry and storytelling skills in visual science.
Project Duration
The project was in development for three weeks at the artist's studio in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, USA.
Operation Flow
The illustration is meant to be enjoyable and memorable by playing on the pun of gastric flora.
Patents
Copyright belongs to Cynthia Turner, 2019.
Photograph Copyright belongs to Victor Joseph Stefanchik, 2019.
Video Copyright belongs to Cynthia Turner, 2020.
Video Sound Copyright belongs to Artist Matt Harris, Composer Mat Steiner 2020.
Image Credits
Illustrator Cynthia Turner, Flora, 2019.
Image No. #2: Illustrator Cynthia Turner, Flora, 2019.
Image No. #3: Illustrator Cynthia Turner, Flora, 2019.
Image No. #4: Illustrator Cynthia Turner, Flora, 2019.
Image No. #5: Illustrator Cynthia Turner, Flora, 2019.
Portrait Photograph, Josef Victor Stefanchik, 2019.
Video Cynthia Turner, Flora, 2020.
Video Sound, Emotional and Inspiring, Artist Matt Harris, Composer Mat Steiner, 2020.

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