Ryan Lesser is an American

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and

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designer, musician and

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living in Providence, Rhode Island. A graduate of

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, he is best known for his design and art direction on influential video games ''

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'', '' Guitar Hero II'', ''

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'' and '' The Beatles: Rock Band''. Ryan Lesser is the Art Director for

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Otherside Entertainment, faculty at

and Founder of Wild Power Games. From 1999–2018, Ryan served as Creative Lead and Art Director at Harmonix. He is a member of the heavy metal band

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. In the early to mid 1990s, Lesser worked with Shepard Fairey on the street art phenomena " Andre the Giant has a Posse" and "OBEY", and edited

Helen Stickler Helen Stickler (born 1968) is an American designer and filmmaker, who wrote, directed and produced '' Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator'' (2003) and '' Andre the Giant Has a Posse'' (1995). In 2019, she helped to found a progressive news aggregato ...

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documentary ''André the Giant Has a Posse'' and co-created ''Attention Deficit Disorder'' with Shepard Fairey.Attention Deficit Disorder
/ref> In 2014, Ryan led a successful

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campaign for the Harmonix video game ''

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'' to ship on

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and

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Games

Patents

Ryan is listed as an Inventor on the following patents:

Notes and references

External links

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Harmonix WebsiteMegasus FaceBook Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lesser, Ryan American contemporary artists Video game artists Rhode Island School of Design alumni American graphic designers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)