Phelan Frederick Sykes is a video game artist who worked at New World Computing from 1996, with Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars her first project. She primarily worked with the cinematic design team and contributed to environmental work, notably designing several of the town backgrounds present in Heroes of Might and Magic III.[1]
Following The 3DO Company's bankruptcy, Sykes joined Mark Caldwell's start-up development studio, Rapid Eye Entertainment, where she worked on the EverQuest series.