Pete Lyon
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Peter Michael Lyon | |
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Born | 1950 |
Notable work | Redwall covers, Team17 |
Style | Oil painting, computer graphics |
Website | www |
Peter Michael Lyon is a UK-based
Early life and education
Born in 1950 in north Liverpool, England, Lyon attended St Mary's Roman Catholic College in Crosby. From 1962, he and his family lived in Australia, in the outback town of Penola and in Adelaide where he attended the Croydon Boys Technical High School, returning to St Mary's in the mid-60's. Lyon attended Liverpool College of Art and Design, where his tutors included pop-artist Sam Walsh, Maurice Cockrill R.A. and Mersey poet Adrian Henri. He gained a 2.1 B.A. degree in 1973. A major element of his final portfolio was the fantasy black and white graphic work Calmabloc [4] plus a set of representational paintings.
Career
Role in science fiction fandom
Lyon moved to Leeds in West Yorkshire in 1973 and by the mid-1970s, after working in short-term posts, he set out to develop as an artist and began working on painting techniques (oils, acrylics, airbrushing). A growing involvement in the science fiction (SF) fandom led to the production of a large quantity of cartoons and pictures for many science fiction fanzines of the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1982, he was voted UK fan artist of the year. He also helped organize a number of UK science fiction conventions and ran the art show at Seacon, the world science fiction convention, in 1989. He was also a guest of honour in Glasgow at Albacon III in 1986 alongside Joe Haldeman, John Jarold and Clive Barker.[5] He was twice nominated for British SF Association Awards [6] firstly in 1982 and again in 1987 for his cover work on the first Interzone magazines.
Contribution to 1980s computer games
Lyon taught illustration and computer programming for the BBC Micro at Swarthmore adult college in Leeds during the mid-1980s. He also became a professional freelance artist and worked as a cover illustrator for speculative fiction. In 1986 he joined the emerging computer games industry. Working with Steve Bak at Microdeal, he developed graphics for a string of early games such as The Karate Kid Part II (1986), Goldrunner (1987), Airball (1987), Tanglewood (1988), Leatherneck (1988), and Fright Night (1988). His programming experience allowed him to adapt graphics to the needs of the programmer, maximizing the limited processing and graphics capabilities of 1980s technology. He also worked with such significant early games developers and musicians as Archer Maclean, Rob Hubbard and Chris Sorrell.
Illustrations for Redwall books
In the mid-80's Lyon designed a series of cover illustrations for Brian Jacques’
Illustrations for Lone Wolf books
In the mid-80's Lyon designed a series of cover illustrations for
Contribution to 1990s computer games
Lyon turned down offers of work in Hollywood, choosing to stay in England. There he built up a portfolio of high-level skills in
Commercial work
Lyon continued to work on some diverse commercial projects that included a 3D model of Stephenson's ‘Rocket’ and a Christmas promotion for the Co-op. His most recognizable commercial image in the UK is still the 2000 update of the Silent Night beds Hippo and Duck.[16] His illustrations were used on lorry liveries, sales literature, and TV commercials. He also continued to work into the mid-2000s for a number of major northern games companies in Manchester such as Creations, and Z2 as an artist and visualizer, and later Traveller's Tales on a Lego game projects.
References
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae,Pete Lyon". Pete Lyon. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
- ^ "Pete Lyon games for the Amiga". Amiga@Lychesis.
- ^ "Moby Games". Moby Games.
- ^ Lyon, Pete. "Website".
- ^ "Eastercon history". Eastercon.
- ^ "Science Fiction Awards database". Science Fiction Awards Databasee.
- ^ "Astaroth". Hall of Light.
- ^ "Gravity". Giant Bomb.
- ^ "Amnios". Amiga @Lychesis.
- ^ "The Godfather". Amiga @Lychesis.
- ^ "Daughter of Serpents". Abandonia.
- ^ "Power Monger". Internet Archive.
- ^ "Dropzone". Pete Lyon website.
- ^ "Worms Reinforcements". Moby Games.
- ^ "Sprytes". Moby Games.
- ^ "Silent Night". Silent Night website.