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 (23)
alessimarco
Super sci fi scene! Love the use of color!
mamarsha11
Very nice render, clean and bright. Great job...
JOELGLAINE
A rather classical photo shoot on another planet. Very nice piece of work with a feel of someone taking a photo for posterity while his partner says "Cheese" for him. Cute and clean picture with good retexturing which brings the piece together. Good job!
DangerousThing
Nice. There is a wonderful play of color and light and shadow in her hair, face, and bodysuit. Her expression seems to show expectation and some enthusiasm. My only nitpick is that the lines and positioning of the woman drew my eyes to her breasts rather than her face. If this were a pinup, then that would be OK, IMNSHO. Otherwise, great SF scene.
necrophage
cool sci-fi scene - great texture detail!
Thetis
fantastic scene
arcas
Nice collection of elements, with a striking sky and coolio bots.
M2A
Really good job. Colors and setting are nice too.
TomPeters
DangerousThing, you make a really interesting point. I had not noticed that. Thanks for the feedback!
MRX3010
great work
LBAMagic
Great scene. Love the POV.
Biffowitz
Sweet, love the textures and lighting.
geirla
I like the "harshness" of the white light (a class F star by chance). She had a face? Oh, yeah.
J5ive
Excellent render and Scene!
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent image!
Cimaira
Wonderful work, great lighting and composition.
thecytron
Awesome rendering work!
wblack
Excellent composition and render, well done!
TheBear005
Nice work! Interesting scene.
bluehermit
Very nicely finished scene even down to the wear and tear of the load carrier beside your scout. You've proved again that good, strong colour seldom goes wrong.
dbrv6
Classical sci-fi - well done
Denger
She looks pretty pleased with herself, and why not! The only thing I noticed which seems to detract from the realism in this image is where her boot meets the surface at left. There is a slight problem there which makes her appear superimposed. Otherwise, FIVE STARS.
q89
Now THAT is an example of an excellent sci fi illustration in 3D in the classic look of the genre, not just another nice "3D render". Awesome job of lighting and composition!