Emphysema ናይ ኣርታዕ ሽፋን ስእሊ by Cynthia Turner

Emphysema ናይ ኣርታዕ ሽፋን ስእሊ by Cynthia Turner is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ግራፊክስ፣ ስእልን ብዓይኒ ዝረአ ርክብን Competition Category.

ሓጺንግራፊክ· 2025

Emphysema ናይ ኣርታዕ ሽፋን ስእሊ

by Cynthia Turner

Client: Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio

ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ግራፊክ Category

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The Design

About Emphysema ናይ ኣርታዕ ሽፋን ስእሊ

ብጋላክቲካዊ ዓምቀት ብኣየር ዝተመልአ ውሽጣዊ ገጽታ ዘርኢ ኣተሓሳስባዊ ስእሊ እዩ፣ ብናይ እምፊዚማ ለውጢታት ናብ ኣልቬኦላይ (ናይ ሳንቡእ ኣየር ከረብታት) ዝፍጠር ምስትንፋስ ጸገም የመልክት። ውሽጣዊ መንደቕ ናይቶም ኣልቬኦላይ ይበላሸው፣ ንሳቶም ክፈርሱን ናብ ሓደ ክውሃሃዱን እናገበረ ዝዓበዩን ውሑዳትን ናይ ኣየር ከረብታት ይፈጥር። እዚ ኣብ ክንዲ ብዙሓት ንኣሽቱ ናይ ኣየር ቦታታት፣ ሓደ ዝዓበየ ናይ ኣየር ቦታ የፍሪ። እቶም ዝተረፉ ኣልቬኦላይ ብዘይ-ልሙድ መንገዲ ብዙሕ ዓቢዮምን ኣየሮም ተዘርጊሑን ይኸዱ፣ እዚ ድማ ንልውውጥ ጋዝ ዝኸውን ገጽታ ስፍሓት የጉድል። እዞም ዝተኣከቡ ቅርጺ ጥርያ ለውጢታት ነቲ ሳንቡእ ውሑድ ተዘርጋሒ ክኸውን የበርክቱ፣ ኣየር ብውጽኢታዊ መንገዲ ምውጻእ የጸግም።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award

Emphysema ናይ ኣርታዕ ሽፋን ስእሊ ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ካብ ጽቡቕ ዝተዳለዉ ፍጥረታት ዝጽበዩ ሞያውን ኢንዱስትሪኣውን ጠለባት ንዝመላኡ ጽቡቓት ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ሓጺን ዓቢ ክእለት፣ ልዑል ፍሉይነት፣ ክኢላዊ ርድኢትን ፈጠራዊ ዓቕምን ፈጣርዮም የርእዩ። Emphysema ናይ ኣርታዕ ሽፋን ስእሊ ብብዙሕ ዝተመነየ፣ ዝደነቐን ዝፈተዎን፣ ተግባራውን ሓድሽን ፍጥረት ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ንዝበለጹ ልምድታት ኢንዱስትሪ የጣምር፣ ምስ ፍልጠትን ተውህቦን ዝተኣሳሰሩ ብቑዓት ቴክኒካውያን ባህርያት ድማ ኣለዎ። Emphysema ናይ ኣርታዕ ሽፋን ስእሊ ብጥንቃቐኡ ይኽበር፣ ንዓለም ዝሓሸ ቦታ ክትኸውን ዝሕግዙ ምምሕያሻት መዓርግ ህይወት ንምቕራብ ድማ ዝተዳለወ እዩ።

Behind the Design

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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