Ryan Lesser

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 and The Beatles: Rock Band.

Ryan Lesser
EducationRhode Island School of Design
OccupationArt Director, Creative Lead

Ryan Lesser is the Art Director for video game developer Otherside Entertainment,[1] faculty at Rhode Island School of Design[2] and Founder of Wild Power Games.[3] From 1999-2018, Ryan served as Creative Lead and Art Director at Harmonix.[4] He is a member of the heavy metal band Megasus. In the early to mid 1990s, Lesser worked with Shephard Fairey on the street art phenomena "Andre the Giant has a Posse"[5] and "OBEY",[6] and edited Helen Stickler's video documentary André the Giant Has a Posse and co-created Attention Deficit Disorder with Shephard Fairey.[7]

In 2014, Ryan lead a successful Kickstarter campaign for the Harmonix video game Amplitude to ship on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3.

Games
Name Year Credited with Publisher
Harmonix
Guitar Hero2005Art Director, Art Lead, DesignerRed Octane
Guitar Hero II2006Art Director, DesignerRed Octane
Rock Band2007Art Director, Art Lead, DesignerElectronic Arts
Rock Band 22008Art Director, DesignerMTV Games
The Beatles: Rock Band2009Art DirectorMTV Games
Amplitude2015Creative LeadHarmonix
Rock Band 42016Creative LeadHarmonix

Patents

Ryan is listed as an Inventor on the following patents:

Date of Patent Patent Number Title
04/23/098690670Systems and methods for simulating a rock band experience[8]
03/19/0920090075711Systems and methods for providing a vocal experience for a player of a rhythm action game[9]
08/06/026429863Method and apparatus for displaying musical data in a three dimensional environment[10]
01/01/13D673582Display screen or portion thereof with boombox icon[11]

Notes and references
  1. https://www.underworldascendant.com/welcome-ryan-lesser-art-director/
  2. https://www.risd.edu/people/ryan-lesser/
  3. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/67394/ryan-lesser
  4. MTV Multiplayer » Harmonix on ‘Guitar Hero III’ — Bittersweet, Like Seeing Kids Off to College
  5. https://www.widewalls.ch/artist/shepard-fairey/
  6. http://www.complex.com/style/2013/09/the-art-evolution-of-shepard-fairey/
  7. Attention Deficit Disorder
  8. https://www.google.com/patents/US8690670
  9. https://www.google.com/patents/US20090075711?dq=20090075711&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj97PO557jQAhXo6oMKHaQMBcgQ6AEIHTAA
  10. https://www.google.com/patents/US6429863?dq=6429863&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWhObF57jQAhWP14MKHb3hAdUQ6AEIHTAA
  11. http://patents.com/us-d673582.html
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