Press Release
Ocular Nanotechnology Magazine Cover Illustration by Cynthia Turner Receives the A' Design Award in Computer Graphics, 3D Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering Design
Cynthia Turner recognized for computer graphics, 3D modeling, texturing, and rendering design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 16, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ Ocular Nanotechnology Magazine Cover Illustration by Cynthia Turner, designed for Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Computer Graphics, 3D Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
About Ocular Nanotechnology Magazine Cover Illustration
Like entities from another world, these tiny delivery mechanisms are fascinating in their variety of shapes and structures, and also in their relation to the watery environment in which they are able to move to intelligently deliver their payloads to the right destination. Nanoparticles are the most common nanocarriers for ocular therapeutics because of their biocompatibility and their capacity to be loaded with drugs and gene therapies by chemical attachment, embedment, or encapsulation in the nanocarrier. Clockwise starting at noon: nanopolymer, nanoemulsion, nanomicelle, and liposome.
About Cynthia Turner
Cynthia Turner is a certified medical illustrator and a Fellow of the Association of Medical Illustrators. Her work focuses on the visual needs of the pharmaceutical and biotech research industry for their investor and advertising markets, including large scale illustrations for medical conference exhibitions and event and print collateral. She is known for creating striking visuals with clarity of message.
Award Record
Cynthia Turner is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2019 - 2020 to 2023 - 2024 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Computer Graphics, 3D Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering Design Award
The A' Computer Graphics Design Award is an international competition recognizing good computer graphics designs by best computer graphics designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to computer graphics designers, 3D modellers, 3D artists and texturing artists from all countries. Entries typically include animations, simulations, game designs, virtual reality models, architectural renderings and infographics. Awarded computer graphics designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/computer-graphics
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/154797
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/154797
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!154797
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/263303
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://bit.ly/2LaPaFG
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Ocular Nanotechnology Magazine Cover Illustration
- Function
- Magazine Cover Illustration
- Category
- Computer Graphics, 3D Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Entertainment and Arts
- Colors
- Black, Midnight Blue and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Cynthia Turner
- Country
- United States of America
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #154797
Credits
- Image Credits
- Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Ocular Nanotechnology, 2023
Design Details
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Realization and Technology
- Created using Cinema 4D, a 3D modeling program, 3D Models, and hand-painting in Photoshop, using a stylus and tablet on a Mac.
- Operation and Interaction
- 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.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was in development for two weeks at the artist's studio in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, USA.
- Specifications
- Width 431.8 mm width x Height 279.4 mm, 300 dpi, tiff
- Keywords
- medical illustration, biomedical artist, visual science, ophthamology, nanocarriers, ocular drug delivery
