Thomas M. Baxa is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games.

He enrolled at Northern Illinois University, where he studied under comic and fantasy artist Mark Nelson.

[1] Tom Baxa has continued to produce interior illustrations for many Dungeons & Dragons books and Dragon magazine since 1989, as well as cover art for Realmspace (1991), Greyspace (1992), Swamplight (1993), and Forest Maker.

[2] In his 2023 book Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, RPG historian Stu Horvath reviewed the fantasy role-playing game Dark Sun and noted, "The art of fantasy illustrators Gerald 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.

Together, [Brom and Baxa] fix the world of Athas as blasted, red, parched, sweaty, and hostile in the minds of players.