2005.297 (October 24, 2005)

Classic Murphy Art For Your Wall

With all the Origin quality renders in the news lately, we thought we'd take a closer look at some of the older work by Sean Murphy. Mr. Murphy began working at Origin in 1993 with Strike Commander and continued through 1999 after Secret Ops. The images featured below were based on his work done for Wing Commander IV, though some were retouches of models from previous games. An obvious exception is the Shrike/Midway shot from Prophecy. The Thunderbolt image was a special release made as a high res 1280x1024 wallpaper.

From Roger Wilco To Zach Colson

Sean Murphy also has the distinction of portraying space janitor/hero Roger Wilco in the documentation included with Space Quest V. The game included a mock "making of" section with a couple neat shots. His likeness was also used as the basis for Jazz Colson in Super Wing Commander a short time later. How cool is that?