{"id":84032,"date":"2019-09-06T12:29:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T10:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.21-draw.com\/?post_type=d_artist&#038;p=84032"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:17:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:17:48","slug":"sean-andrew-murray","status":"publish","type":"d_artist","link":"https:\/\/www.21-draw.com\/jp\/artist\/sean-andrew-murray\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Andrew Murray"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 49%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>SEAN ANDREW MURRAY, Illustrator and Concept Artist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.21-draw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sean-murray-photo.webp\" alt=\"sean andrew murray photo\" class=\"wp-image-84042 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.21-draw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sean-murray-photo.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.21-draw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sean-murray-photo-218x300.webp 218w, https:\/\/www.21-draw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sean-murray-photo-22x30.webp 22w, https:\/\/www.21-draw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sean-murray-photo-370x509.webp 370w, https:\/\/www.21-draw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sean-murray-photo-95x130.webp 95w, https:\/\/www.21-draw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sean-murray-photo-189x260.webp 189w, https:\/\/www.21-draw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sean-murray-photo-65x90.webp 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sean is known for his highly detailed, line-driven fantasy illustrations and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofgateway.com\/\" title=\"\"><em>Great City of Gateway<\/em> <\/a>universe he created.<\/p>\n<p>Murray studied illustration at <em>Syracuse University<\/em>, earning a BFA before building a career in concept art spanning video games, comics, film, and television.<\/p>\n<p>His projects include concept art for <em>Lord of the Rings Online<\/em> and <em>Dungeons &amp; Dragons Online<\/em>. He was the lead concept artist on <em>Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning<\/em>, and did illustration work for <em>DC Comics&#8217; &#8216;Sandman: The House of Whispers,&#8217;<\/em> and <em>&#8216;The Book of Lorath&#8217;<\/em> for <em>Diablo IV.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He received the Spectrum Gold Award for concept art in 2016 for his work on <em>Court of the Dead<\/em> and the 2020 Concept Art Award for Best Environment Art for a Live-Action TV Series. His work also appeared in <em>ImagineFX <\/em>and<em> Expos\u00e9.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Beyond client work, he authored &#8216;Gateway: The Book of Wizards&#8217; and teaches full-time as an illustration professor at <em>Ringling College of Art and Design<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Sean Murray is an award-winning illustrator, who has built worlds for Lord of the Rings, D&#038;D and Magic: The Gathering. He is also professor at Ringling College of Art and Design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84033,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"class_list":["post-84032","d_artist","type-d_artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.21-draw.com\/jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/d_artist\/84032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.21-draw.com\/jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/d_artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.21-draw.com\/jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/d_artist"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.21-draw.com\/jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.21-draw.com\/jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.21-draw.com\/jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}