2020 Online Salon
Vaso-occlusion in Sickle Cell Disease
Project Detail
- Entrant Name: Alex Nazlidis
- Membership Type: Student Submission
- Address: Chicago, Illinois USA
- Client: University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
- Copyright: 2020 Alex Nazlidis
- Medium/software used: Autodesk 3ds Max 2019, Pixologic ZBrush 2020, Adobe After Effects CC 2019, Adobe Media Encoder CC 2019
- Final presentation format: Video .mp4 at 720p
- Primary Audience: Students in Biomedical Sciences
Project Description
The animation is focusing on the difference between normal red blood cells (RBCs) and sickle RBCs and how the latter can result in vaso-occlusion. The purpose of this story is to spark interest in sickle cell anemia as one medical subject that should be considered as important by students involved in the biomedical sciences. The assignment’s short length limitation pushed me to fit a rather complex process in a set of two shots so that the viewer is not distracted by camera cuts. Design-wise I envisioned this 3D animation as a dynamic journey within the vessels to immerse the viewers in the environment and to enable a close look at the morphological characteristics of the pathologic cells.
