Sean Andrew Murray

Sean is known for his highly detailed, line-driven fantasy illustrations and the Great City of Gateway universe he created. He currently works for Dungeons and Dragons at Wizards of the Coast as a World-Building Art Director.

Having studied illustration at Syracuse University, Sean earned a BFA before building a career in concept art spanning video games, comics, film, and television.

Sean has worked for Guillermo Del Toro as a concept designer on projects such as Carnival Row, Trollhunters, 3Below, Wizards, and Rise of the Titans

His other projects include concept art for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online. He was the lead concept artist on Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, and did illustration work for DC Comics’ Sandman: The House of Whispers,’ and ‘The Book of Lorath’ for Diablo IV.

He received the Spectrum Gold Award for concept art in 2016 for his work on Court of the Dead and the 2020 Concept Art Award for Best Environment Art for a Live-Action TV Series. His work also appeared in ImagineFX and Exposé.

Beyond client work, he authored ‘Gateway: The Book of Wizards’ and teaches full-time as an illustration professor at Ringling College of Art and Design.