Tom Peters is an illustrator, graphic designer, and writer. His early career included serving as Technical Illustrator at Interstel, subcontracting to NASA, supporting several projects related to the Space Shuttle.
Tom served as the Technical Editor for Digest Group Publications, as well as providing many illustrations within the DGP product line, producing material for the TRAVELLER RPG.
Tom has provided art work for almost every version of Traveller, including MegaTraveller, Traveller: The New Era, Marc Miller’s Traveller, and GURPS Traveller.
In addition to his illustrations for Traveller, Tom has provided art work for West End Games’ TORG, Game Designers’ Workshop’s Traveller:2300 (later changed to 2300 A.D.), Space:1889, and Challenge magazine , FASA’s Renegade Legion, and Battletech games, among others.
Tom’s involvement in the Game Industry continued through the ’90s, moving from the paper and pen field to computer gaming. He joined Virtual World Entertainment, Inc. In 1992 as an artist, working on concept art, interface design, and visual game development. He then migrated to graphic and marketing design and finished with the company as the Marketing Art Director. His completed computer game projects include TESLA BattleTech and Red Planet, Microprose’s MechCommander, Hasbro Interactive’s Axis and Allies: Iron Cross, and Microsoft’s MechAssault.
As a freelance Illustrator, he has provided cover paintings for acclaimed authors Sharon Lee and Steve Miller’s Liaden Universe Companion 1 and 2, as well as two of their Chap Books. He has worked with Science Fiction author Allen Steele on the visual and functional design of the spacecraft in Steele’s novel Spindrift.
Tom currently lives in Illinois, just west of Chicago, with his wife, Diane, and 4 semi-autonomous Greeligs. He works as an Adjunct Professor at DuPage Community College, teaching Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and other digital graphic tools, and continues his career as a graphic artist and illustrator.
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Comments (8)
NightmareHero
This is a beautiful picture. I hope to someday be as good as this in my own work. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Surama
Very very nice!
pops
awesome
arcas
This is a very cool piece, Tom. I suspect it's got some of your passion for piloting sneaking through. The figure is engaged so casually in what would require great concentration for most - if only to avoid an attack of acrophobia! But her pose and expression speak volumes about her character and skill. The sky is a friggin' masterpiece. The lighting in the clouds, the contrails, the haze, the colors - it's amazing work and reminds me of the sky from a late 19th century oil landscape. And you've clearly figured out how to "de-miniaturize" the Dystopian city buildings. Overall it's a well polished work.
CrimsonDesire
Beautifull dawn effect, and the point of view with buildings and ships in the backround ads perspective, very nicely done central figure and storyline, great job! ^^
deci6el
she really should be sitting down and strapped in. ; ) love the surrealist bike and the distressing but those kind of impacts would demand a windshield or some body armor. I'm very concerned for her well being. lol Oh, btw, the Earth says "hello". ; )
rgd
Very nice - love the Type-S scout and Beowulf in the sky too! -- a fellow Traveller...
Desgar
Such a fun character and scene. I especially like the "dings" in her skybike. Hopefully our future would allow for this kind of fun.