Hank the Heart Powers Up!

Date: November 2024

Purpose: This animation was created to teach children about a rare condition called pulmonary hypertension, or PH. When you have PH, the blood vessels in your lungs become constricted, making the right side of the heart work harder, but there are several treatment options. In this video, we build on “Hank Gets PH” and discuss how you can fight your PH.

Technology: Autodesk Maya, Nuke, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, V-ray

Team: Julia Bendon (animator, illustrator, textures, 3D modeler), Cecilia Orr (animator, textures), Jeffrey Cimprich (rendering & compositing), Matthew Nelson (rigging and 3D modeling), Meredith Burgess (intern & illustrator)

Content Experts: Michelle Cash MSN RN, Kimberly Luebbe RN, Melissa Magness MSN RN, Paul Critser, MD, PhD & Russell Hirsch MD

Hank the Heart Powers Up: A Hero's Guide to Pulmonary Hypertension Treatment | Cincinnati Children's

Shave Biopsy

Date: September 2024

Purpose: This animation was created to explain the a shave biopsy procedure to children. The goal was to help reduce fear in young kids before this common procedure is performed.

Technology: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects. Autodesk Maya, Substance Painter, Nuke

Team: Julia Bendon (animator, illustrator, textures), Meredith Burgess (intern & illustrator), Jeffrey Cimprich (rendering & compositing)

Content Experts: Kalyani Marathe, MD, MPH, Ana Gonzalez del Rey, RN

Shave Biopsy | Cincinnati Children's

Genetic Testing

Date: August 2024

Purpose: These videos (of a two part series) were created with the purpose of encouraging and educating parents on why they should consider genetic testing for their children. "This video summarizes information about genetic testing for NDDs. The results of genetic testing can have an important impact on treatment, prognosis, and recurrence risk, as well as psychological and social benefits for individuals and their family members."

Technology: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects

Team: Julia Bendon (animator & illustrator), Meredith Burgess (intern & illustrator)

Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Differences | Cincinnati Children's

Consent for Exome or Genome Sequencing | Cincinnati Children's

BIDS

Date: August 2024

Purpose: Recruitment animation for Cincinnati Children’s: "conducting a research study to create a tool to better measure problematic behaviors in children with Down syndrome. We’re on a mission to create the first ever tool of behavioral concerns that is specifically made for youth with Down syndrome and created with the Down syndrome community. Caregivers of children and teens 2 to 17 years old with Down syndrome may be eligible to participate."

Technology: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects

Team: Julia Bendon (animator & illustrator), Meredith Burgess (intern & illustrator)

BIDS | Cincinnati Children's

Clot Control

Date: May 2023

Purpose: To teach children who have recently been diagnosed with hemophilia about their condition, how to recognize bleeds, and how to best take care of themselves. Created in conjunction with Cristina Tarango, MD, Lisa Littner, MPH, MSW, LISW-S, CHES, Cheryl Dahling, BS, CCLS II, Julie Doyle, BSN, RN, CPN, and Julie Hendrickson, BSN, RN, CPN.

Technology: Autodesk Maya, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Nuke, Vray

Team: Julia Bendon (animator), Matt Nelson (animator), Jeffrey Cimprich (animator), Michael Gasaway (animator), Tyra Victor (illustrator), Alexander Taylor (music and sound)

Clot Control: A Story about Hemophilia

Monitors

Date: August 2022

Purpose: Created in conjunction with Dr. Amanda Schondelmeyer to teach parents about the importance and misconceptions of monitor use in the hospital and at home.

Technology: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop

Team: Julia Bendon (animator), Kevin Necessary (illustrator)

Family Guide to Bedside Monitors | Cincinnati Children's

Fetoscopic Endoluminal Tracheal Occlusion (FETO)

Date: January 2021

Purpose: Created in conjunction with Dr. Foo-Yung Lim in order to demonstrate his research and surgical technique for performing Fetoscopic Endoluminal Tracheal Occlusion (FETO)

Technology: Autodesk Maya, Nuke

Team: Julia Bendon (animator), Cat Musgrove (animator), Jeffrey Cimprich (compositing and graphics)

Fetoscopic Endoluminal Tracheal Occlusion (FETO)

Dialogic Reading

Date: May 2021

Purpose: To teach viewers about dialogic reading: a technique for reading with children that can optimize brain development, learning, and reading skills. Commissioned by Dr. John Hutton.

Technology: Adobe After Effects

Animator: Julia Bendon

Illustrator: Doug Cenko

Dialogic Reading (Dogs!) | Cincinnati Children's

SHARE Step Series

Date: May 2021

Purpose: Created in conjunction with Dr. John Hutton’s literary series “SHARE this book”. This two part animation helps teach parents techniques for reading to children in order to optimize learning and development. This is the second animation in the series.

Technology: Adobe After Effects

Animator: Julia Bendon

Illustrator: Christina Brown

Link to first animation in the series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCDMKSZwrps

More information on SHARE step method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuQhnbrwutw

Child-Directed Speech (SHARE/STEP Method) | Step 1

Child-Directed Speech (SHARE/STEP Method) | Step 1

CCHMC - Animated Abstract on Maternal Gut Biome and Biliary Atresia

Date: January 2022

Purpose: Contracted by Dr. Jorge Bezerra at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to create an animated abstract to accompany his research publication “Maternal regulation of biliary disease in neonates via gut microbial metabolites” in the journal Nature.

Link to animation through Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center: https://scienceblog.cincinnatichildrens.org/boosting-the-maternal-microbiome-sharply-reduces-biliary-atresia-risk-in-early-stage-study/

Link to journal publication: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-27689-4

Technology: Adobe After Effects; Adobe Illustrator