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'''Tyson D. Murphy''' is a digital artist and animator. He is a lead character artist on World of Warcraft at Blizzard Entertainment. He is also a freelance illustrator. One of his fun projects is to infuse light into scenes of some of his favorite Disney movies. He has said that the originals were made during a time when less lighting was painted into the scenes.[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/20/artist-old-disney-movies-photoshop_n_6011140.html] He has also worked at Chair Entertainment and Disney Interactive.
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'''Tyson D. Murphy''' is a digital artist and animator. He is art director and principal artist at Riot Games and has been a lead character artist on World of Warcraft at Blizzard Entertainment. He is also a freelance illustrator. One of his fun projects is to infuse light into scenes of some of his favorite Disney movies. He has said that the originals were made during a time when less lighting was painted into the scenes.[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/20/artist-old-disney-movies-photoshop_n_6011140.html] He has also worked at Chair Entertainment and Disney Interactive.
  
Murphy is from Alpine, Utah, one of seven children born to baseball player [[Dale Murphy]]. He drew a cartoon for his father for a 2012 Christmas present that was featured in an article on Murphy’s hope for the Baseball Hall of Fame that appeared in USA Today [http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/12/18/dale-murphy-cartoon-son/1777541/], the Deseret News.[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865569042/Dale-Murphys-children-campaign-for-their-Hall-of-Fame-father.html?pg=all], and other news sources.
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Murphy is from Alpine, Utah, one of eight children born to baseball player [[Dale Murphy]]. He drew a cartoon for his father for a 2012 Christmas present that was featured in an article on Murphy’s hope for the Baseball Hall of Fame that appeared in ''USA Today'' [http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/12/18/dale-murphy-cartoon-son/1777541/], the Deseret News.[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865569042/Dale-Murphys-children-campaign-for-their-Hall-of-Fame-father.html?pg=all], and other news sources.
  
 
Murphy studied animation at [[Brigham Young University]], graduating with a bachelor’s of fine art in 2011. He and his wife, Valerie, live in Orange County with their two children. He is a member of [http://Mormon.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints].
 
Murphy studied animation at [[Brigham Young University]], graduating with a bachelor’s of fine art in 2011. He and his wife, Valerie, live in Orange County with their two children. He is a member of [http://Mormon.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints].

Revision as of 23:03, 29 July 2019

Tyson D. Murphy is a digital artist and animator. He is art director and principal artist at Riot Games and has been a lead character artist on World of Warcraft at Blizzard Entertainment. He is also a freelance illustrator. One of his fun projects is to infuse light into scenes of some of his favorite Disney movies. He has said that the originals were made during a time when less lighting was painted into the scenes.[1] He has also worked at Chair Entertainment and Disney Interactive.

Murphy is from Alpine, Utah, one of eight children born to baseball player Dale Murphy. He drew a cartoon for his father for a 2012 Christmas present that was featured in an article on Murphy’s hope for the Baseball Hall of Fame that appeared in USA Today [2], the Deseret News.[3], and other news sources.

Murphy studied animation at Brigham Young University, graduating with a bachelor’s of fine art in 2011. He and his wife, Valerie, live in Orange County with their two children. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Murphy’s blog

External Links

Interview with Tyson Murphy

Courtesy Tyson Murphy
Tyson’s study of light with Disney Classic Movies
Courtesy Tyson Murphy