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 (21)
Hefrian_Rotter
There's a Traveller pix if ever there was one! Great job Tom! da 'Rotter
proteus2
Very clever ! Love the floral pattern on the droid's backpack. Very suggestive P
aguirre
...but if you got a personal robotic friend to follow you since your childhood days, your're not all alone, at least - even 20.000 lightyears from home. Great image.
arcas
HA! "Will fly for food." Love her smirk.... though the robot's sullen face seems more reflective of the title's mood. Yeah... things sure are tough all over (sigh). The 'bot with the flowered backpack is a hoot!
elfguy
I'd hire her! Very nice outfit!
Biffowitz
Fun idea and render, nice work with the posing and expressions!
Robert0921
I was looking at the galleries on my phone at lunch today and saw this one. I was not let down seeing it at a larger size. Nice "slice o' life" sci-fi scene! faved!
Cimaira
Wonderful scene and great pov
geirla
Great job! (And if she has streetwise or brawling skills, they'll probably not show up on that resume plaque...)
Apercu
She needs to apply for some stimulus money. Great pic!
grafikeer
Excellent image...great concept and execution!
ShawnDriscoll
She's young. Maybe she can risk a low berth trip to get out of dodge.
dbrv6
lol on the Travelers stats! Arcas is spot on the backpack thats perfect. Kudos.
dlund
Yay Traveller reference! Well make image, too.
gchuck
Thats a keeper! Excellent work!
deci6el
Too true to be good. I know what she's going through. I'm afraid more will to soon. And yet, your characters remain upbeat about the whole dilemma. Nice shot.
byron7
Cute character and a nice composition. :)
DangerousThing
Thank you, I love it! Traveler was a favorite game of mine when I was in college, and I'm still running a web RPG based on (in some ways) Traveler.
Pelican
A cool image and a cool story behind... like it !!!
Halfbaked1
Gsh darn recession hits everywhere don't it.
mgtcs
Excellent! Fantastic expression! 10+