Has anyone seen this clip art before?

[PVernon]

Anyone know who the artist is/was? I got it from the last draft of T20 before it was worked up for publication. It was this low of a resolution there as well. I am looking to get a proper citation for it and maybe a higher detailed version.

 

[tjoneslo]

That looks very much like Bryan Gibson's art. Unfortunately, Bryan passed away in 2014 and his daughter has taken down most of the gallery's with his original art.

 

[Grognardia]

Looks like this 300 ton Frontier Trader from Small Merchants, Traveller 2148

 

[atpollard]

That looks very much like Bryan Gibson's art. Unfortunately, Bryan passed away in 2014 and his daughter has taken down most of the gallery's with his original art.

Was it saved to the Wayback Machine?

 

[Condottiere]

I would assume the organic bug style of design is traceable to a specific edition, and Tee Twenty sounds about right.

That should place it in the (relative) early days of our internet, and despite the meme, if there was a more detailed drawing, it might be lost.

Forward ramp might be inspired by then Prequel trilogy of Star Wars, the hull sort of reminds me of Eighties British scifi art.

 

[PVernon]

Grognardia,​

That does look like they share the same linage. Do you know who the artist is?

 

[atpollard]

Grognardia,​

That does look like they share the same linage. Do you know who the artist is?

The late Bryan Gibson was the artist for that particular book by Avenger Enterprises.

So do you think the illegible initials (lower right of your drawing in the OP) could be BG?

 

[PVernon]

That sounds right, and it follows my thoughts as well. So I will credit him.
Thank you all.