Peter Michael Lyon is a UK-based visual artist who has worked in a wide range of 2D and 3D media spanning from traditional oil painting to computer graphics, for the science fiction and fantasy genres.
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.
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).
He also helped to create several commercially successful games, including Astaroth (1989),[7] Gravity (1990),[8] Amnios (1991),[9] The Godfather (1992),[10] Daughter of Serpents (1992),[11] Powermonger (1992),[12] Dropzone, (1994)[13] and Worms Reinforcements (1995).
[14] As the games industry expanded in the 1990s and early 2000s, Lyon's role as a lead artist spanned graphic production, training and development, as well as management at a number of UK companies in Yorkshire and Manchester including Sprytes [15] and Team17 where he was art director.