Ocular Nanotechnology Léaráid Clúdaigh Irise by Cynthia Turner

Ocular Nanotechnology Léaráid Clúdaigh Irise by Cynthia Turner is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Duais Iarainn A' Design Award in Dearadh Grafaic Ríomhaire Competition Category.

IarannGrafaic Ríomhaire· 2024

Ocular Nanotechnology Léaráid Clúdaigh Irise

by Cynthia Turner

Client: Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio

Duais Iarainn A' Design Award Winner in Grafaic Ríomhaire Category

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The Design

About Ocular Nanotechnology Léaráid Clúdaigh Irise

Cosúil le heintitis ó dhomhan eile, tá na meicníochtaí seachadta beaga bídeacha seo suntasach ina n-éagsúlacht cruthanna agus struchtúr, agus freisin ina ngaol leis an timpeallacht uisciúil ina bhfuil siad in ann bogadh chun a lasta a sheachadadh go cliste chuig an gceann scríbe ceart. Is iad na nanacháithníní na nanaiompróirí is coitianta le haghaidh teiripeacha súl mar gheall ar a mbithchomhoiriúnacht agus a gcumas a bheith luchtaithe le drugaí agus teiripeacha géine trí ghreamú ceimiceach, leabú, nó incheapslú sa nanaiompróir. Deiseal ag tosú ag meán lae: nanaphólaiméir, nanabhristeán, nanamicéal, agus liopsóm.

The Recognition

About the Duais Iarainn A' Design Award

Bhuaigh an dearadh Ocular Nanotechnology Léaráid Clúdaigh Irise Duais Iarainn A' Design Award, aitheantas gradamach a bhronntar ar dhea-dhearaí a chomhlíonann na riachtanais ghairmiúla agus thionsclaíocha a bhíonn á n-éileamh ó chruthuithe a ndearnadh go maith iad. Léiríonn buaiteoirí Iarainn scil mhór, speisialtóireacht ard, tuiscint saineolaí agus cumas cruthaitheach a gcruthaitheoirí. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh an dearadh Ocular Nanotechnology Léaráid Clúdaigh Irise ina chruthú a bhfuil an-mheas air, a n-ardaítear agus a ghráitear atá praiticiúil agus nuálach. Comhtháthaíonn an dearadh seo a bhuaigh Duais Iarainn A' Design Award na cleachtais is fearr sa tionscal agus tá saintréithe teicniúla inniúla aige nasctha le heolas agus le tallann. Tá meas ar an dearadh Ocular Nanotechnology Léaráid Clúdaigh Irise as a dhúthracht agus dearadh é chun feabhsuithe cáilíochta beatha a sholáthar a chabhraíonn leis an domhan a dhéanamh ina áit níos fearr.

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