Ocular Nanotechnology Àwòrán Ìbòrí Ìwé Ìròyìn by Cynthia Turner is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àwòrán Kọ̀mpútà, Ìṣẹ́dá 3D, Ìṣàwọ̀ àti Ìyọrísí Competition Category.
IrinÀwòrán Kọ̀mpútà· 2024
Ocular Nanotechnology Àwòrán Ìbòrí Ìwé Ìròyìn
Client: Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Àwòrán Kọ̀mpútà Category
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About Ocular Nanotechnology Àwòrán Ìbòrí Ìwé Ìròyìn
Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀dá láti ayé mìíràn, àwọn ẹ̀rọ ìfíránṣẹ́ kéékèèké yìí ní ìyanu nínú oríṣiríṣi àwọn àpẹrẹ àti ètò wọn, àti pẹ̀lú nínú ìbáṣepọ̀ wọn pẹ̀lú àyíká omi tí wọ́n lè rìn káàkiri inú rẹ̀ láti fi ọgbọ́n fi ẹrù wọn ránṣẹ́ sí ibi tí ó yẹ. Nanoparticles ni àwọn nanocarriers tí ó wọ́pọ̀ jùlọ fún ìtọ́jú ojú nítorí bí wọ́n ṣe bá ara lọ dáadáa àti agbára wọn láti kó àwọn oògùn àti ìtọ́jú jínì sí i nípa ìsopọ̀ kẹ́míkà, ìfigbẹ́, tàbí ìfisílẹ̀ sínú nanocarrier náà. Ní ọ̀nà aago tí ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ láti ọ̀sán gangan: nanopolymer, nanoemulsion, nanomicelle, àti liposome.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award
Ocular Nanotechnology Àwòrán Ìbòrí Ìwé Ìròyìn jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé Ocular Nanotechnology Àwòrán Ìbòrí Ìwé Ìròyìn yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún Ocular Nanotechnology Àwòrán Ìbòrí Ìwé Ìròyìn nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.
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
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