Emphysema وێنەکاری بەرگی دەستکاری by Cynthia Turner

Emphysema وێنەکاری بەرگی دەستکاری by Cynthia Turner is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Xelata A' Design Award a Hesinîn in Dîzayna Grafîk, Wênesazî û Ragihandina Dîtbarî Competition Category.

HesinGrafîk· 2025

Emphysema وێنەکاری بەرگی دەستکاری

by Cynthia Turner

Client: Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio

Xelata A' Design Award a Hesinîn Winner in Grafîk Category

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The Design

About Emphysema وێنەکاری بەرگی دەستکاری

وێنەکارییەکی چەمکی لە دیمەنێکی ناوەوەی پڕ لە هەوا بە قووڵاییەکی کەیهانی کە تەنگی هەناسەی دروستکراو لە ڕێگەی گۆڕانکارییەکانی ئیمفیزیما لە کیسەکانی هەوای ئەلڤیۆلی لە سییەکان دەگەیەنێت. دیوارەکانی ناوەوەی ئەلڤیۆلی زیان دەبینن و دەبنە هۆی شکان و تێکەڵبوونیان بۆ دروستکردنی کیسەکانی هەوای گەورەتر و کەمتر بە ژمارە. ئەمەش بۆشاییەکی هەوای گەورەتر دروست دەکات لە جیاتی ژمارەیەکی زۆر لە بۆشاییە بچووکەکان. ئەو ئەلڤیۆلییانەی دەمێننەوە دەبنە گەورە و هەڵئاوسێن بە شێوەیەکی نائاسایی و هەروەها ڕووبەری بەردەست کەم دەکەنەوە بۆ ئاڵوگۆڕی گاز. ئەم گۆڕانکارییە شانەییە کۆکراوانە وادەکەن سییەکان لاستیکییەتیان کەمتر بێت و دەرهێنانی کاریگەری هەوا قورس بکەن.

The Recognition

About the Xelata A' Design Award a Hesinîn

Emphysema وێنەکاری بەرگی دەستکاری xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Hesinîn e, nasîneke bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên baş re tê dayîn, yên ku pêdiviyên pîşeyî û pîşesaziyê yên ku ji afirandinên baş hatine sêwirandin têne hêvîkirin tînin cih. Xelatgirên Hesinînê jêhatîbûna mezin, pisporiya bilind, têgihiştina pisporî û kapasîteya afirîner a afirînerên xwe nîşan didin. Tê hêvîkirin ku Emphysema وێنەکاری بەرگی دەستکاری afirandineke pir hatiye rêzgirtin, sitayişkirin û delal, pratîkî û nûjen be. Ev sêwirana bi Hesinînê serketî pratîkên çêtirîn ên pîşesaziyê yekgirtî dike û xwedî taybetmendiyên teknîkî yên jêhatî ye ku bi zanîn û jêhatîbûnê ve girêdayî ne. Emphysema وێنەکاری بەرگی دەستکاری ji ber baldariya xwe tê rêzgirtin û hatiye sêwirandin da ku kalîteya jiyanê baştir bike û alîkariya çêtirkirina dinyayê bike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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