Emphysema Ilustración de Portada Editorial by Cynthia Turner

Emphysema Ilustración de Portada Editorial by Cynthia Turner is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award de Ferro in Deseño Gráfico, Ilustración e Comunicación Visual Competition Category.

FerroGráfico· 2025

Emphysema Ilustración de Portada Editorial

by Cynthia Turner

Client: Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Gráfico Category

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The Design

About Emphysema Ilustración de Portada Editorial

Unha ilustración conceptual dunha paisaxe interior chea de aire con profundidade galáctica que transmite a falta de alento provocada polos cambios enfisematosos nos sacos alveolares dos pulmóns. As paredes interiores dos alvéolos están danadas, provocando que se rompan e fusionen para formar sacos de aire máis grandes e en menor número. Isto crea un espazo de aire máis grande no canto de moitos pequenos. Os alvéolos restantes vólvense anormalmente grandes e inchados, reducindo tamén a área superficial dispoñible para o intercambio gaseoso. Estes cambios estruturais acumulativos do tecido fan que os pulmóns se volvan menos elásticos, dificultando a exhalación efectiva do aire.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Emphysema Ilustración de Portada Editorial gañou o A' Design Award de Ferro, un recoñecemento prestixioso outorgado a bos deseños que cumpren os requisitos profesionais e industriais esperados de creacións ben deseñadas. Os gañadores Ferro demostran a gran habilidade, a alta especialización, a comprensión experta e a capacidade creativa dos seus creadores. Espérase que Emphysema Ilustración de Portada Editorial sexa unha creación moi apreciada, admirada e querida que é práctica e innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as mellores prácticas do sector e ten características técnicas competentes ligadas ao saber facer e ao talento. Emphysema Ilustración de Portada Editorial é respectado pola súa minuciosidade e está deseñado para proporcionar melloras na calidade de vida que axudan a facer do mundo un lugar mellor.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: A conceptual illustration of an inner space landscape of emphysemic alveoli, highlighting collapsed bronchioles and damaged alveolar air sacs. The inner walls of the alveoli rupture and create enlarged air sacs, resulting in inefficient oxygen exchange and diminished respiration. Temple Health Lung Center is a national leader in diagnosing and treating lung disease. The Center desired a conceptual illustration of emphysemic changes in alveoli for marketing purposes.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 444.5 mm x Height 292.1 mm, 350 dpi, tiff
Tags: medical illustration, biomedical artist, visual science, emphysema
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: The artist sought to create an air-filled inner landscape with galactic depth conveying the breathlessness that can come with emphysema.
Research: The artist reviewed bronchial anatomy and the pathophysiological changes of emphysema by studying radiological images and cat scan images to ensure accuracy. She then built a complex bronchiole tree using rendered 3D models, and hand-painted the structural alterations of the lung’s alveoli air sacs that occur in the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease of emphysema. As the walls of the alveoli become thin, they break down and merge, forming larger, fewer air sacs. This creates one larger air space instead of many small ones and reduces the surface area available for gas exchange. The remaining alveoli become abnormally large and inflated, further reducing the surface area for gas exchange. This cumulative structural change in the tissue causes the lungs to become less elastic, making it difficult to exhale air effectively.
Inspiration: Developing atmospheric perspective and depth of field was important to convey the inner space scene within the lungs. The image was created with a 3D software model and developed as an illustration in Photoshop.
Project Duration: The project was in development for two weeks at the artist's studio in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, USA.
Operation Flow: The work depicts a frozen moment in time reflecting the devastation of lung function wrought by emphysematic changes to the air sacs of the lungs.
Image Credits: Image #1: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Emphysema, 2023
Image #2: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Emphysema, 2023
Image #3: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Emphysema, 2023
Image #4: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Emphysema, 2023
Image #5: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Emphysema, 2023