Thomas Baxa | |
|---|---|
.JPG) Tom Baxa atGen Con Indy 2008 | |
| Known for | Fantasy art |
Thomas M. Baxa is an artist whose work has appeared inrole-playing games.
Tom Baxa grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. He enrolled atNorthern Illinois University, where he studied under comic and fantasy artistMark Nelson.[1]
Tom Baxa has continued to produce interior illustrations for manyDungeons & Dragons books andDragon magazine since 1989, as well as cover art forRealmspace (1991),Greyspace (1992),Swamplight (1993), andForest Maker. He has also produced artwork for many other games includingTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness (Palladium Books),Torg (West End Games),GURPS (Steve Jackson Games),Shadowrun andEarthdawn (FASA Corporation), and illustrated cards for theMagic: The Gathering collectible card game.
Baxa was the Artist Guest of Honor for Gen Con Indy 2010.[2]
In his 2023 bookMonsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, RPG historian Stu Horvath reviewed the fantasy role-playing gameDark Sun and noted, "The art of fantasy illustratorsGerald Brom and Tom Baxa tie together this aesthetic-first high concept ... the art of Brom and Baxa distills and transmits the themes of the setting without players having to read a single word of the boxed set. ... Baxa's interiors add to this a jagged, mutated sensibility. Together, [Brom and Baxa] fix the world of Athas as blasted, red, parched, sweaty, and hostile in the minds of players."[3]
 | ThisDungeons & Dragons article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |