Ocular Nanotechnology Umfanekiso Wekhava Lemagazini by Cynthia Turner is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award in Amagrafikhi Ekhompyutha Competition Category.
InsimbiAmagrafikhi Ekhompyutha· 2024
Ocular Nanotechnology Umfanekiso Wekhava Lemagazini
Client: Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio
Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award Winner in Amagrafikhi Ekhompyutha Category
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About Ocular Nanotechnology Umfanekiso Wekhava Lemagazini
Njengezinto ezivela komunye umhlaba, lezi zindlela zokuletha ezincane kakhulu ziyamangalisa ngobuningi bezimo nazo nezakhiwo zazo, futhi nangokuhlobana kwazo nesimo samanzi lapho zikwazi ukuhamba khona ukulethela imikhiqizo yazo ngendlela ehlakaniphile endaweni efanele. Ama-nanoparticle angama-nanocarrier avame kakhulu ekwelapheni kwamehlo ngenxa yokuvumelana kwawo nemizimba kanye namandla awo okulayishwa ngimithi nokwelashwa ngofuzo ngokunamathiswa ngamakhemikhali, ukufakwa, noma ukugoqwa ku-nanocarrier. Ukuqala ngo-12:00 uya ngokwesokudla: i-nanopolymer, i-nanoemulsion, i-nanomicelle, ne-liposome.
The Recognition
About the Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award
Ocular Nanotechnology Umfanekiso Wekhava Lemagazini iwinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile okunikezwa imiklamo emihle ehlangabezana nezidingo zobungcweti nezemboni ezilindelekile ezimpahleni ezihlelwe kahle. Abawinile beNsimbi babonisa ikhono elikhulu, ubungcweti obuphezulu, ukuqonda kochwepheshe namandla okudala abadali babo. Ocular Nanotechnology Umfanekiso Wekhava Lemagazini ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto exatshwa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo esebenzayo nenezinto ezintsha. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award uhlanganisa izindlela ezinhle kakhulu zemboni futhi unezimfanelo zobuchwepheshe ezifanelekile ezihlanganiswe nolwazi nethalente. Ocular Nanotechnology Umfanekiso Wekhava Lemagazini iyahlonishwa ngenxa yokucophelela kwayo futhi ihlelelwe ukulethela izinguquko zomgangatho wempilo ezisiza ukwenza umhlaba ube yindawo engcono.
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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