Ocular Nanotechnology Tidningsomslagsillustration by Cynthia Turner

Ocular Nanotechnology Tidningsomslagsillustration by Cynthia Turner is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award i Järn in Datorgrafik-, 3D-modellerings-, Texturerings- och Renderingdesign Competition Category.

JärnDatorgrafik· 2024

Ocular Nanotechnology Tidningsomslagsillustration

by Cynthia Turner

Client: Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio

A' Design Award i Järn Winner in Datorgrafik Category

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The Design

About Ocular Nanotechnology Tidningsomslagsillustration

Som entiteter från en annan värld är dessa små leveransmekanismer fascinerande i sin mångfald av former och strukturer, och även i sin relation till den vattniga miljön i vilken de kan röra sig för att intelligent leverera sina laster till rätt destination. Nanopartiklar är de vanligaste nanobärarna för okulär terapi på grund av deras biokompatibilitet och deras kapacitet att laddas med läkemedel och genterapier genom kemisk bindning, inbäddning eller inkapsling i nanobäraren. Medurs från klockan tolv: nanopolymer, nanoemulsion, nanomicell och liposom.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Järn

Ocular Nanotechnology Tidningsomslagsillustration är vinnare av A' Design Award i Järn, ett prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas bra designverk som uppfyller de professionella och industriella krav som förväntas av välgjorda skapelser. Järnvinnare visar stor skicklighet, hög specialisering, expertförståelse och skaparnas kreativa förmåga. Ocular Nanotechnology Tidningsomslagsillustration förväntas vara en högt skattad, beundrad och älskad skapelse som är praktisk och innovativ. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Järn integrerar branschens bästa praxis och har kompetenta tekniska egenskaper kopplade till kunnande och talang. Ocular Nanotechnology Tidningsomslagsillustration respekteras för sin grundlighet och är utformat för att åstadkomma förbättringar av livskvaliteten som hjälper till att göra världen till en bättre plats.

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