Cancer Assassin Illustration by Cynthia Turner is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Bronze in Computergrafikdesign Competition Category.
BronzeComputergrafik· 2020
Cancer Assassin Illustration
Client: Alexander and Turner Studio
A' Design Award in Bronze Winner in Computergrafik Category
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About Cancer Assassin Illustration
Der Künstler wollte ein Porträt des dramatischen Moments erstellen, in dem der Todesgriff einer Natural Killer T-Zelle die Abwehrkräfte einer Krebszelle überwindet und an einen Moment erinnert, den die Menschheit wünscht. Zytotoxische natürliche Killer-T-Zellen sind Krebs-Attentäter, die Krebszellen dazu veranlassen, einen programmierten Zelltod zu erleiden, der als Apoptose bekannt ist. Natürliche Killer-T-Zellen erkennen bestimmte Stellen auf der Oberfläche von Krebszellen, die als Antigene bezeichnet werden, binden an sie und setzen biochemische Proteine frei, die Poren in der Membran der Krebszelle bilden und die Krebszelle spezifisch zur Zerstörung veranlassen.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award in Bronze
Cancer Assassin Illustration ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Bronze, einer hochprestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für herausragende Designs, die sich durch Kreativität, Einfallsreichtum und Scharfsinn auszeichnen. Bronze-Gewinner sind reichlich geschickte und auffallend kreative Artefakte, die die große Erfahrung, Fantasie und Findigkeit ihrer Designer belegen. Von Cancer Assassin Illustration wird erwartet, dass es ein hochgeschätztes, bewundertes und geliebtes Objekt ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Bronze prämierte Design verkörpert bewährte Verfahren in Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie und ist hervorragend in seiner Liebe zum Detail. Cancer Assassin Illustration befriedigt Bedürfnisse auf großartige Weise, berührt Wünsche, bezaubert Gefühle und spricht die Neugier an.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- People fighting cancer often want to know how to visualize fighting back. This is one visualization capturing the moment of cancer cell death, and the victory of the body's natural immune defenses, Natural Killer T cells. An entire branch of medical research focuses on amplifying and strengthening Natural Killer T cells' effectiveness.
- 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
- The artist sought to create a portrait of the simple but dramatic moment the death grip of the Killer T cell overcomes the cancer cell's defenses.
- Research
- The artist researched the morphology of Killer T cells, cancer cells, and Killer T cells and cancer cells in a death struggle, by studying electron micrographs and written research. She then created 3D models of a Killer T cell, cancer cell, fracture explosion, and cell debris using Cinema 4D, on a Mac. The rest of the digital painting was completed by hand work of drawing and painting in Photoshop using a stylus and tablet, on a Mac.
- 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 two weeks at the artist's studio in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, USA.
- Operation Flow
- This work depicts a frozen moment in time, memorializing a moment humanity desires.
- Patents
- Illustration 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 Adi Goldstein/AGsoundtrax, 2020. - Image Credits
- Image No. #1: Illustrator Cynthia Turner, Cancer Assassin, 2019.
Image No. #2: Illustrator Cynthia Turner, Cancer Assassin, 2019.
Image No. #3: Illustrator Cynthia Turner, Cancer Assassin, 2019.
Image No. #4: Illustrator Cynthia Turner, Cancer Assassin, 2019.
Image No. #5: Illustrator Cynthia Turner, Cancer Assassin, 2019.
Portrait Photograph, Josef Victor Stefanchik, 2019.
Video Cynthia Turner, Cancer Assassin, 2020.
Video Sound, Think Different, Composer Adi Goldstein/AGsoundtrax, 2020.
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