Cancer Assassin Illustracion by Cynthia Turner

Cancer Assassin Illustracion by Cynthia Turner is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Bronze in Infografia Competition Category.

BronzeInfografia· 2020

Cancer Assassin Illustracion

by Cynthia Turner

Client: Alexander and Turner Studio

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Infografia Category

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The Design

About Cancer Assassin Illustracion

L'artista a cercat de crear un portret del moment dramatic ont la presa mortala d'una cellula T Natural Killer vença las defensas d'una cellula cancerosa, memorialisant un moment que l'umanitat desira. Las cellulas T Natural Killer citotoxicas son d'assassins del cancer que provòcan las cellulas cancerosas a subir la mòrt cellulara programada coneissuda jos lo nom d'apoptòsi. Las cellulas T Natural Killer reconéisson de sites specifics sus la superfícia de las cellulas cancerosas apelats antigèns, s'i ligan, e libèran de proteïnas bioquimicas que fòrman de pòrs dins la membrana de la cellula cancerosa e induïsson especificament la cellula cancerosa a se destruire.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Cancer Assassin Illustracion a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze, una reconeissença plan prestigiosa acordada a de designs excellents que se destrian per la creativitat, l'engenh e la finessa. Los ganhaires del Bronze son d'artefactes largament abils e sorprenentament creatius que provan la vasta experiéncia, l'imaginacion e l'engenhositat de lors designers. S'espèra que Cancer Assassin Illustracion siá un objècte fòrça considerat, admirat e estimat, notablament professional e innovant. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze integra las melhoras practicas de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia e es excellent per son atencion al detalh. Cancer Assassin Illustracion satisfa esplendidament los besonhs, toca los desirs, encanta los sentiments e interèssa la curiositat.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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.