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 (10)
JOELGLAINE
The red and green lights are on the wrong sides, but very dramatic, otherwise! Green lights are always on the right side of vehicles. Don't know why, they just are. Very dramatic scene and fantastic lighting! Great job!
Chipka
Wonderful image! Great details, right down to the classic Star Trek look, even though the background exceeds 1960s Special Effects standards. Oh well! Wonderful, intriguing image. I'm curious about that strange object now. What will the Enterprise crew discover? What strange alien woman will Captain Kirk kiss? This is fantastic work!
Nyrath
Ummmmm, traditionally in the "wet" navies here on Planet Earth, the Port light is red and the Starboard light is green. When you are on a vessel facing to the bow (the pointy end), port is on the left. According to that, the light in the image are correct. Because the bow of the Enterprise in the image is towards the bottom of the image. The mnemonic is that port = left because both have four letters. Port light is red because port wine is red. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starboard
duo
A classic shape but an amazing render! Just added to my preferred!
potrimpo
The Galileo Seven. Remembered it instantly.
TomPeters
YAY, potrimpo! Ya got the reference!
geirla
Great POV and background!
Biffowitz
Very cool render and space scene, I like it!
zhaanman
Ah dude you just made my day!!! Now That's a Christmas present!! Wow what a Stunning view and lighting, from the look of space around her to the hull of the ship and look of the necelles Awesome job !!!!!
arcas
Ain't nothin' like the classic. Really. There's only one TOS Enterprise and I never tire of its lines. Innovative perspective and great sense of nebulous haze. You think you've seen an episode 20 times and know it cold, 'til you see someone take a new/different look at it.