Emrah discovered concept art back in 2001 while he was flipping through the pages of a Heavy Metal magazine. As he looked more into concept art online, he discovered the conceptart.org forums, where like-minded artists helped each other to develop and hone their skills. He instantly fell in love with teaching his craft to others.

Since becoming a videogame concept artist he’s never looked back, having worked on many exciting projects such as Fable 2 and 3, Fable: The Journey, Fable: Legends, Disney Infinity, Bleeding Edge, Magic the Gathering and many more.

Now working as the founder and CEO of both Mooncolony and Lunar Academy, Emrah has combined his two dreams of creating a premium art studio and online art school for digital artists around the world, with many of his Mooncolony artists now becoming mentors at Lunar Academy.

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Cristina attended the University of Portsmouth and graduated with a degree in Media Studies and Entertainment Technology. Fascinated by fantasy games since childhood, her dissertation explored world-building and transmedia marketing within the fantasy genre, focussing on Lord of the Rings and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. After graduating, Cristina gained experience as a Marketer within the jewelry, private education, and medical disinfectant industries. Looking to follow her passion for gaming, Cristina joined Mooncolony as Marketing Manager in January 2022, where she helped to launch Lunar Academy as well.

As a child of the 80s, Jill’s love of animation and games began with watching classic animated kid's tv shows like The Smurfs, He-Man and Gummi Bears. She also played Horace Goes Skiing and Paperboy obsessively on the ZX Spectrum. After graduating with a degree in English and Sociology, Jill went on to Line Produce numerous international children's animated TV series with Absolute Digital Pictures, before joining Axis Studios where she remained for 12 years, heading up studio, facilities, HR, resource and talent teams. Jill joined Mooncolony in May 2022 as Talent Acquisition Manager, also helping to launch Lunar Academy in 2024, overseeing our talent and people strategy.

David is Mooncolony and Lunar Academy’s Finance Director, overseeing finance and business strategy. Before that, David joined Mooncolony from Emmett, where he had spent 16 years, progressing from Management Accountant to Finance Director. During this time, Emmett grew significantly, eventually leading to a part sale in October 2021. David has also held finance roles in the media, manufacturing and tourism industries. David first studied AAT, followed by CIMA and CMA (US). In 2006 he became a CIMA Fellow, and in 2014 completed a Directors program at Cranfield School of Management. David has a lifelong passion for gaming, starting with a Sinclair ZX Spectrum in the early 80s before moving to PC gaming and consoles in the 90s.