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Alan Gesek

Visiting Lecturer

School of Art
College of Art and Design
afgfaa@rit.edu

Alan Gesek

Visiting Lecturer

School of Art
College of Art and Design

Bio

Alan Gesek is a Medical Illustrator and Adjunct Professor of Art and Design at the College of Art and Design at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. He currently is teaching several different foundational art and design classes, and collaborates with many different clients on a variety of freelance projects. Through his medical illustrations  Alan’s goals are to create stunning graphics, while helping a client or patient better understand an anatomical or scientific concept.

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Currently Teaching

FDTN-141
4D Design
3 Credits
4D Design introduces students to the basic concepts of art and design in time and space. The course explores elements of moving images such as continuity, still and moving image editing, transitions and syntax, sound and image relations, and principles of movement. Computers, video, photo, sound and lighting equipment are used to create short-form time-based work relevant to students in all majors and programs required to take this course. The course addresses the both historical conventions of time in art and recent technological advances, which are redefining the fields of Fine Art and Design. In focusing on the relations between students' spacing and timing skills, 4D Design extends and supplements the other Foundation courses, and prepares students for further work with time-based media.
ILLM-502
Illustrating Human Anatomy
3 Credits
Drawings of lab dissections and the skeleton will be translated into illustrations designed to support instruction in Human Gross Anatomy. Course teaches what choices need to be made when translating literal drawings into illustrations that support instruction. The target learner for these illustrations is a student attending Human Gross Anatomy at a graduate level.
ILLM-503
3D Modeling of Organic Forms
3 Credits
This course introduces strategies used to create NURBS and polygonal models of organic subjects in a three-dimensional environment. Assignments stress accurate portrayal of proportions, form, and texture. Instruction will also focus on creating lighting and shader networks that emphasize form and are consistent with surface characteristics.
ILLM-506
3D Animation of Organic Forms
3 Credits
This course explores animating biomedical subjects and processes in their native environment to create illustrations. Students will be asked to research and create illustrations that animate their findings. Frame by frame animation, blend shapes, non-linear deformers and “rigging” systems will be introduced to permit students to choose the most effective method for creating motion and transformation.
ILLM-515
Contemporary Media I
3 Credits
This course will introduce students to computer illustration, animation, and interactive media as applied to contemporary methods of instruction in medicine and allied health. Students will develop interactive design pieces to support instruction lessons for the educational health care field.
ILLM-516
Contemporary Media II
3 Credits
This is the second of two courses on the development of student-created interactive media designed to assist in the teaching of medicine and allied health. The course will build off the foundation created in Contemporary Media 1. At the completion of this course, students will be able to create advanced topics in two-dimensional computer illustration, animation, and interactive media for instruction in medicine and allied health.
ILLM-606
3D Animation of Biomedical Forms
3 Credits
This course explores animating biomedical subjects and processes. Students will be asked to research contemporary theory defining their subjects' anatomy and create animations consistent with their findings. Frame by frame animation, blend shapes, non-linear deformers, and rigging systems will be introduced to permit students to choose the most effective method for creating motion and transformation.
ILLM-607
Computer Applications in Medical Illustration
3 Credits
Students will learn to use industry-standard raster and vector illustration software to create images based on independent research of medical topics. Students will also use page layout applications to combine digital images with text and other graphic elements. Coursework emphasizes creation of illustrations to support medical education and publishing.

In the News

  • December 20, 2023

    Professor working with art students

    RIT faculty brings expertise to Camp Tiger to provide youth with one-of-a-kind summer experiences

    Many RIT faculty, staff and students work with Camp Tiger to bring various expertise to youth campers in unique STEAM learning experiences. That includes adjunct professor Alan Gesek and a grad student from the College of Art and Design that take content out of the classroom and into youth settings to combine the arts and sciences that allow opportunities for the facilitators to promote their fields, while sparking excitement in campers and their families.

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Featured Work

Medical Illustration Artwork

Alan Gesek

Illustrations done over the years showcasing a scientific or medical concept. Illustrations are started traditionally in graphite, scanned and digitally painted and illustrated in Adobe Photoshop with...

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