TomTom Artworks

[TomTom]

I enjoy design and illustration a lot.
As said in my presentation message, I'm a writer and illustrator.
In this topic, I'm gonna share various type of design and illustrations:
-From the universe of my books (alternate history at the moment, but many more projects in the very long pipe)
-Design for fun
-Cyberpunk/futuristic design
-Random design for fun

I generally try to make realistic/plausible concept.
Not gonna spam everything today, but here comes a starter with some old illustrations:

Not so miraculous weapons from the volume 1 my alternate history novels "At the Edge of the Abyss / Au Bord de l'Abîme"

Ise class Battleship are converted to anti-aircraft battleship, but it didn't end well.

The two rear turrets and the catapult are removed and replaced by anti-aircraft guns:

• 4 turrets of 2 Type 98 guns are installed: 2 in place of the old rear turrets, 2 on each side of the rear superstructure.
• More than a hundred 25 mm cannons were installed throughout the ship.

Finally, since the role of these ships is to fight enemy aircraft, they both receive Type 21, 22 and 23 radars.

A little variation of the Me-262 used by Jagdverband 44.

The Me 262 of JV 44 is a variant inspired by the A-1a/U5 version, with 6 30 mm guns in the nose and 24 rockets.

 

[TomTom]

Some other old stuff made in order to experiment myself on digital painting and photobashing.
It around 15 years old stuff? Since then, I had the opportunity to learn a lot of things.

Another JSDF (JSDF with other materials)

 

[TomTom]

After finishing a big illustration this afternoon, I decided to have some fun and play with Dassault Mystère blueprint to create a new aircraft.
I'm pleased to present you the fictional Dassault Arcane.

 

[TomTom]

Still have things to around my Dassault Arcane.

In the meantime, let's post older stuff.

Here is a post-war IJN fighter from my Alternate History novels "At the Edge of the Abyss" volume 2: The Kawanishi A7K2 Senpū.

 

[TomTom]

A more recent one. Only two years old.
Airbus EC970 Serval fictional design of a spiritual successor for the SA.321 Super Frelon.
Mix of photobashing and digital painting.

 

[TomTom]

Okay. Finally, had some time to finish stuff for my Dassault MD.472 Arcane.

 

[muttly]

Good stuff, I enjoy things like this.

 

[TomTom]

Thank you muttly!

 

[TomTom]

Let's go for some cyberpunkish design with the UAH-99 Black Knight.
I've just sketched an idea where I was turning a Sikorsky S-97 Raider in an Unmanned Attack Helicopter.
Loving the idea, I decided to push it a bit.

 

[TomTom]

Kaman CH-62 Yupik
A fictional design for fun playing around with blueprints some 10 months ago. It’s a bash of V-22 Osprey and CH-47 Chinook elements.
It’s used for tactical transport (troops and heavy material).
Yeah, I know the rotor blades are too long

 

[Archibald]

I will LOVE this thread, me think.

 

[Archibald]

A Chinook and an Osprey had a one night stand, and this was the result... Osnook ? Chinsprey ?

 

[TomTom]

One more before a take a few days off for holiday: Xian H-16 Air-launched ballistic missile carrier

 

[TomTom]

Back from holidays!
One more "old" aircraft: my "plausible" version of the Antonov AKS.

 

[TomTom]

I'm busy on many fronts, including drawing a blueprint of the Xian H-16 Air-launched ballistic missile carrier, so I'm gonna share another oldie but goodie: My Concorde II

 

[TheRejectionist]

Man, I wish you I had your and Citrus capabilities. It's already a miracle I can draw a side of a tank.

 

[Archibald]

Man, I wish you I had your and Citrus capabilities. It's already a miracle I can draw a side of a tank.

You nailed it. Same feelings.

 

[TomTom]

Man, I wish you I had your and Citrus capabilities. It's already a miracle I can draw a side of a tank.

You nailed it. Same feelings.

Thanks guys! Like many things it came from a lot of practice. Even if I'm art since more or less forever, I'm in vehicle design only since I've start preparing the early work for "At the Edge of the Abyss" a decade ago.

 

[TheRejectionist]

Man, I wish you I had your and Citrus capabilities. It's already a miracle I can draw a side of a tank.

You nailed it. Same feelings.

Thanks guys! Like many things it came from a lot of practice. Even if I'm art since more or less forever, I'm in vehicle design only since I've start preparing the early work for "At the Edge of the Abyss" a decade ago.

"Only" a decade ago. I was sixteen at the time! You were already having a job, I was still figuring out why I couldn't pass high school

 

[Foo Fighter]

Mate, those are simply brilliant. I doff my cap, Sir.

 

[TomTom]

Mate, those are simply brilliant. I doff my cap, Sir.

Thanks a lot, mate!

 

[TomTom]

One more before a take a few days off for holiday: Xian H-16 Air-launched ballistic missile carrier

Sorry if not very active since a few, just very busy.
I finally found some time to draw a blueprint of the Xian H-16.

 

[TomTom]

Time for an update which is half alternate history, half real history, but connected.

Let's start with "real history" and Tachikawa Ki-77 (A-26).
You can find non watermarked blueprint and illustration in my article. Unfortunately, it's in French.

For the "alternate history", I included an alternate version and story of the A-26 project in my alternate history "Au Bord de l'Abîme".
In this TL the A-26 becomes the Mitsubishi L-5M, in this chapter, and it also has a dedicated annex (Unfortunately, both are in French.)
Here you can see the Mitsubishi L-5M landing at Postdam in a secret liaison that was tried but failed in OTL.

 

[TomTom]

The Nakajima J5N2B Kyūden, my attempt at a plausible version of the J5N from World of Warships.
More details here.

 

[alejandrogrossi]

One more before a take a few days off for holiday: Xian H-16 Air-launched ballistic missile carrier

Sorry if not very active since a few, just very busy.
I finally found some time to draw a blueprint of the Xian H-16.

A modern M-4 Bison. Nice

 

[TomTom]

One more before a take a few days off for holiday: Xian H-16 Air-launched ballistic missile carrier

Sorry if not very active since a few, just very busy.
I finally found some time to draw a blueprint of the Xian H-16.

A modern M-4 Bison. Nice

Yes, it clearly have Bison touch ^^

 

[Tonton-42]

D'accord. Enfin, j'ai eu un peu de temps pour finir des trucs pour mon Dassault MD.472 Arcane .

 

[TomTom]

Hello and sorry for the lack of post recently. I'm quite busy on many topics, so I don't have a lot to post, but I'm taking a look at the forum almost every day. Here is finally a new thing to share.

The Nachtkampfgruupe vehicles illustration from my alternate history Au Bord de l'Abîme.
These are Wehrmacht vehicles equipped for night combat.
You can find the "chapter" about is here.
it was the occasion for me to change a bit they way I work on this kind of illustration in order to be more efficient and have better final render.

 

[southwestforests]

After finishing a big illustration this afternoon, I decided to have some fun and play with Dassault Mystère blueprint to create a new aircraft.
I'm pleased to present you the fictional Dassault Arcane.

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Looks quite French while also somehow bringing to mind the Swedish Lansen.

 

[F.L.]

What a great thread !!!
The Dassault Arcane is really nice ! The nose of the Arcane reminds me of the F-94A/B Starfire.
Keep up the good work !

 

[TomTom]

After finishing a big illustration this afternoon, I decided to have some fun and play with Dassault Mystère blueprint to create a new aircraft.
I'm pleased to present you the fictional Dassault Arcane.

View attachment 682737

Looks quite French while also somehow bringing to mind the Swedish Lansen.

What a great thread !!!
The Dassault Arcane is really nice ! The nose of the Arcane reminds me of the F-94A/B Starfire.
Keep up the good work !

Thanks a lot, guys.
For the Arcane, I "simply" took a Mystère, moved the air-intake on the side and drew a nose ^^

 

[F.L.]

After finishing a big illustration this afternoon, I decided to have some fun and play with Dassault Mystère blueprint to create a new aircraft.
I'm pleased to present you the fictional Dassault Arcane.

View attachment 682737

Looks quite French while also somehow bringing to mind the Swedish Lansen.

What a great thread !!!
The Dassault Arcane is really nice ! The nose of the Arcane reminds me of the F-94A/B Starfire.
Keep up the good work !

Thanks a lot, guys.
For the Arcane, I "simply" took a Mystère, moved the air-intake on the side and drew a nose ^^

Thinking back, I also find a resemblance with the MD 450.30L & Mystère III. Why wouldn't it have received the name of Mystère too ?

 

[TomTom]

I just wanted a new name, but still linked a bit to the "Mystery" theme behind Mystère.

 

[TomTom]

I am pleased to present my attempt to recreate the ALLARM concept mentioned heresome months ago.
For French reader, you can find it on my site.

 

[TomTom]

I am pleased to present my attempt to recreate the ALLARM concept mentioned heresome months ago.
For French reader, you can find it on my site.

Ok, I've fixed some issues with wheels.
Update article is available here.
And here is the updated preview:

 

[TomTom]

Here is a turret design, called Pitbull, which never got beyond the study stage. It is not the subject of a full article, but is covered in an insert.
Article in French here.
Source : Marc Chassillan, RAIDS Hors-série N° 73.

 

[TomTom]

I'm pleased to present you a new "French Secret Project": The "Obusier de Campagne Motorisé" or SPFH (for Self-Propelled Field Howitzer for the 1990s).

A dozen years before the CAESAR (CAmion Equipped with an ARtillery System or truck equipped with an artillery system) project, the Matenin company proposed a “light air-transportable self-propelled vehicle” based on the chassis of the mine-burier in service with the French army. The result is a 4x4 vehicle with large-diameter tires, stabilized during firing by side stabilizers and a rear spade. The artillery piece is the European howitzer FH70 155 mm 39 caliber. The latter is thus transformed from a “towed howitzer” to a “self-propelled howitzer”. This is already an advantage, as there is no longer a phase of uncoupling and positioning the gun, as the FH70 is mounted on a mount that ensures its rotation and elevation. On the other hand, if the howitzer remains efficient, the aiming and reloading remain manual unlike the CAESAR.

Regarding the drawing, the reference provided in the magazine was interesting, but not very detailed and incomplete. The cab of the truck does not correspond to that of the Matenin F1, either in its shape or its dimensions. The rest of the vehicle, especially the chassis, seemed to be inspired by the Matenin NX7. I therefore decided to base my design on the NX7 model, but I did not have any blueprints of this truck. Not much documentation is globally available for Matenin trucks, so I had to rely on photos to create this vehicle. Given the dimensions of the truck’s cab, the FH70 and its mount are moved to the middle of the platform, as are the stabilizers. The rear of the platform houses an ammunition box carrying the shells required for a firing sequence, as well as a mechanism that takes the shell out of the box and raises it to reduce the effort of the gunners and speed up reloading. Based on the pictures of the Matenin NX7, I added many details: steps to access the cabin and the platform, attachments for the towing cables, the exhaust block behind the cabin…

 

[TomTom]

Attempt to render the ARX 25 and ARX 25LP RWS from Nexter.

 

[TomTom]

Attempt to render the ARX 30 RWS from Nexter.

 

[TomTom]

Attempt to render the TRT-25 from BAE Systems.