The Legend of the Lost Emerald

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Character Design

Amy: a pale woman with curly red hair and glasses. She has a pink sweater and an anchor-themed skirt. She is in a wheelchair. Lou: a petite, tan woman with dark short hair wearing overalls and big boots. She holds her green pilot helmet confidently u

Grandpa: a tall white man with a snowy beard, a red sea cap, and a beer belly. He wears a green sweater and tall waterproof boots. Reya: a young woman with cropped dark hair, tan skin, and a tattoo sleeve on one arm. Her expression is confident and d

Dad: a middle aged white man with messy grey hair, a red sweater vest, and a crooked nose. Mom: a Black woman holding a stack of books. She wears a pink blouse and glasses, and her hair is dark with one grey streak.

Illustration

A middle-aged man crouches by an open trunk in an attic. He is holding papers from the trunk and speaking excitedly on the phone. Golden light illuminates the trunk from the window behind him.

A red-headed woman in a wheelchair sits in her sunny office, surrounded by plants and bookshelves. She is on a phone call. A poster and model of a Palace Steamboat are in the background. The woman wears glasses, a pink sweater, and boots; her purple

The main navigation screen in the game. There is a large map of the Great Lakes on the wall, along with painted wooden buoys and posters of native and invasive species of fish (posters by Emily Meredith Lewis). On the desk is an antique radio, a stai

A three-masted schooner is rocked by waves on the Great Lakes as smoke darkens the sky around it. The style is grainy and textured with pencil marks.

Sailors climb the rigging of a Great Lakes canaller, holding lanterns in the dark as big billows of smoke rush by. The ship is sinking into the rushing waves.

Poster Art

Client:

Field Day Lab x PBS Wisconsin & Wisconsin Sea Grant

Role:

Lead 2D Artist

Credits:

PRODUCER

Jim Mathews

ASSISTANT PRODUCER

Jessie Nixon

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Sarah Gagnon

ART DIRECTOR

Eric Lang

GAME DESIGN

Phil Dougherty

David Gagnon

Eric Lang

Terra Lauterbach

Jim Mathews

USER INTERFACE DESIGNER

Eric Lang

GAME ENGINEERS

Terra Lauterbach (Lead)

Autumn Beauchesne

Ishita Dhoot

Levi Huillet

Muhamad Firdaus Husaini

Mike Tolly

ILLUSTRATION

Reyna Groff

Emily Meredith Lewis

CONCEPT ART

Rodney Lambright II

Emily Meredith Lewis

3D ART

Mary Benetti

Forest San Filippo

ANIMATION

Eric Lang

Forest San Filippo

WRITING

Lindy Biller

Sarah Gagnon

CONTENT RESEARCH

Lindy BIller

Jim Mathews

Emily Meredith Lewis

MUSIC

Luke Bassuener

Cyril Peck

SOUND DESIGN

Beauxregard Neylon

Eric Lang

MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY ADVISORS

Victoria Kiefer

Anne Moser

Tamara Thomsen

Caitlin Zant

EDUCATOR SUPPORT MATERIALS

Mia Forslund

WEB DESIGN

Charles Barrows

WEB DEVELOPMENT

John Vieth

Tim Schneider

Eric Lang

GAME ANALYTICS

Jenifer Scianna

Luke Swanson

Nick Spevacek

TRANSLATION SERVICES

Erik Zetina

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

David Gagnon

Alyssa Tsagong

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

Alyssa Tsagong

DIRECTOR OF TELEVISION

Jon Miskowski

DIRECTOR OF WISCONSIN CENTER FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH

Courtney Bell