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Ryan Lesser

Ryan Lesser

American artist

Ryan Lesser is an American video game and board game designer, musician and graphic artist living in Providence, Rhode Island. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, he is best known for his design and art direction on influential video games Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Rock Band[1] and The Beatles: Rock Band.[2][3]

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Lesser is an art director at video game developer CD Projekt Red in their American studio The Molasses Flood, faculty at Rhode Island School of Design[4] and Founder of Wild Power Games.[5] From 1999–2018, Lesser served as creative lead and art director at Harmonix.[6] He was a member of the heavy metal band Megasus. In the early- to mid-1990s, Lesser worked[7] with Shepard Fairey on the street art phenomena "Andre the Giant has a Posse"[8] and "Obey,"[9] and edited Helen Stickler's video documentary André the Giant Has a Posse and co-created Attention Deficit Disorder[10] with Shepard Fairey.[11]

In 2014, Lesser led a successful Kickstarter campaign[12] for the Harmonix video game Amplitude to ship on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3.

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Notes and references

  1. [1]
    "Ryan Lesser (Person)". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  2. [2]
    Radosh, Daniel (2009-08-11). "While My Guitar Gently Beeps". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  3. [3]
    "A Day In The Life: Creating The Beatles: Rock Band". www.gdcvault.com. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  4. [4]
    "Ryan Lesser | RISD".
  5. [5]
    "Ryan Lesser | Board Game Designer | BoardGameGeek".
  6. [6]
    MTV Multiplayer » Harmonix on ‘Guitar Hero III’ — Bittersweet, Like Seeing Kids Off to College
  7. [7]
    "Fairey Faces the Giant | RISD". www.risd.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  8. [8]
    "Shepard Fairey".
  9. [9]
    "The Art Evolution of Shepard Fairey". Complex Networks.
  10. [10]
    "Attention Deficit Disorder - The Giant: The Definitive Obey Giant Site". www.thegiant.org. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  11. [11]
    Attention Deficit Disorder
  12. [12]
    Tach, Dave (2014-05-05). "Amplitude may get a crowdfunded sequel from Harmonix called Amplitude". Polygon. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  13. [13]
    "Systems and methods for simulating a rock band experience".
  14. [14]
    "Systems and methods for providing a vocal experience for a player of a rhythm action game".
  15. [15]
    "Method and apparatus for displaying musical data in a three dimensional environment".
  16. [16]
    http://patents.com/us-d673582.doc
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