Cancer Assassin Illustration by Cynthia Turner

Cancer Assassin Illustration by Cynthia Turner is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award i Brons in Datorgrafik-, 3D-modellerings-, Texturerings- och Renderingdesign Competition Category.

BronsDatorgrafik· 2020

Cancer Assassin Illustration

by Cynthia Turner

Client: Alexander and Turner Studio

A' Design Award i Brons Winner in Datorgrafik Category

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The Design

About Cancer Assassin Illustration

Konstnären försökte skapa ett porträtt av det dramatiska ögonblicket då en dödsgrepp i en Natural Killer T-cell övervinner en cancercells försvar och minnesvärdar ett ögonblick som mänskligheten önskar. Cytotoxiska Natural Killer T-celler är cancermordare som inducerar cancerceller att genomgå programmerad celldöd som kallas apoptos. Natural Killer T-celler känner igen specifika platser på ytan av cancerceller som kallas antigener, binder till dem och släpper biokemiska proteiner som bildar porer i cancercellens membran och inducerar specifikt cancercellen att förstöra.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Brons

Cancer Assassin Illustration är vinnare av A' Design Award i Brons, ett högst prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas enastående designverk som utmärker sig genom kreativitet, uppfinningsrikedom och klokhet. Bronsvinnare är mycket skickliga och slående kreativa föremål som styrker formgivarnas stora erfarenhet, fantasi och påhittighet. Cancer Assassin Illustration förväntas vara ett högt skattat, beundrat och älskat föremål som är anmärkningsvärt professionellt och innovativt. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Brons införlivar bästa praxis inom konst, vetenskap, design och teknik och är utmärkt genom sin omsorg om detaljer. Cancer Assassin Illustration tillfredsställer fantastiskt behov, rör vid längtan, charmar känslor och väcker nyfikenhet.

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.