We need a special site for pictures of new species and other things?
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I have a big hand-made poster here featuring almost every species in the Alpha, Beta and Gamma quadrants, including book-only races. I wish I could share it, but I don't have a scanner and it's laminated anyway. Sadly, it was complete before the Tzenkethi were fully described, so they didn't make it. The last book originals to fit in were the Isitri and the Odib from Troublesome Minds, who squeezed into the last available place. The Odib's beard is all over the Isitri...
I have a big hand-made poster here featuring almost every species in the Alpha, Beta and Gamma quadrants, including book-only races. I wish I could share it, but I don't have a scanner and it's laminated anyway. Sadly, it was complete before the Tzenkethi were fully described, so they didn't make it. The last book originals to fit in were the Isitri and the Odib from Troublesome Minds, who squeezed into the last available place. The Odib's beard is all over the Isitri...
Re: We need a special site for pictures of new species and other thing
it's called Memory Beta.
it's called Memory Beta.
Yevetha
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Re: We need a special site for pictures of new species and other thing
Does it have a description of the Elabrej with pictures and notable individuals?
Does it have a description of the Elabrej with pictures and notable individuals?
Re: We need a special site for pictures of new species and other thing
Unless a new alien ST race or individual is on a book cover, an IDW comic, computer game, or is a commissioned artwork beside an extract in "Star Trek Magazine", no picture is going to exist. Sure, fans could draw new aliens and upload to a website, but sometimes novel descriptions can stir up your own imagination and you'll possibly be disappointed by the renditions of others.
I was so disappointed seeing detailed drawings of Hobbits after reading Tolkien and creating Hobbits in my own head.
Unless a new alien ST race or individual is on a book cover, an IDW comic, computer game, or is a commissioned artwork beside an extract in "Star Trek Magazine", no picture is going to exist. Sure, fans could draw new aliens and upload to a website, but sometimes novel descriptions can stir up your own imagination and you'll possibly be disappointed by the renditions of others.
I was so disappointed seeing detailed drawings of Hobbits after reading Tolkien and creating Hobbits in my own head.
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I occasionally pop into the Fan Art room to look for items exactly such as this, but it's always all ships. Blah.
The last good selection I remember is Geoff Thorne's illustrations of Star Trek: Titan characters. As Therin wisely points out, not everyone agreed on how they should look considering they were lit-only species, but many of them were excellent.
Here's the thread: http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=94498
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I occasionally pop into the Fan Art room to look for items exactly such as this, but it's always all ships. Blah.
The last good selection I remember is Geoff Thorne's illustrations of Star Trek: Titan characters. As Therin wisely points out, not everyone agreed on how they should look considering they were lit-only species, but many of them were excellent.
Here's the thread: http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=94498
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Re: We need a special site for pictures of new species and other thing
Can't you take a couple of photos? I've been wanting to see this since you last mentioned it!
Can't you take a couple of photos? I've been wanting to see this since you last mentioned it!
Re: We need a special site for pictures of new species and other thing
Agreed. This is exactly what Memory Beta is for, we just need people to add more information. But, I don't think we allow unofficial images.
Re: We need a special site for pictures of new species and other thing
I don't know what the current policy is, I've not been active there for a while, but they certainly used to have a "supplemental images" system to add illustrations of things there isn't anything official for yet. Some of the author illustrations are dotted about there, and a few user created ones too.
So yeah, Memory Beta is the place you want, and if you dont find it there, add it
I don't know what the current policy is, I've not been active there for a while, but they certainly used to have a "supplemental images" system to add illustrations of things there isn't anything official for yet. Some of the author illustrations are dotted about there, and a few user created ones too.
So yeah, Memory Beta is the place you want, and if you dont find it there, add it
Yevetha
Commodore
Re: We need a special site for pictures of new species and other thing
Species showing up in a KRAD book.
Species showing up in a KRAD book.
Re: We need a special site for pictures of new species and other thing
they're an adversary race appearing in IKS Gorkon #3 Enemy Territory. A hideous multi-limbed race with no heads whom the Klingons find repellent. they've poisoned their world with industrial pollution so the Klingons don't bother conquering them.
and they're pretty minor. they're not even D-list.
they're an adversary race appearing in IKS Gorkon #3 Enemy Territory. A hideous multi-limbed race with no heads whom the Klingons find repellent. they've poisoned their world with industrial pollution so the Klingons don't bother conquering them.
and they're pretty minor. they're not even D-list.
Re: We need a special site for pictures of new species and other thing
It's the difference between Angelina Jolie and that nameless nobody on whatever cheapo SyFy channel movie you're watching.
It's the difference between Angelina Jolie and that nameless nobody on whatever cheapo SyFy channel movie you're watching.
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Actually, I believe that was Michael Jan Friedman (the author) himself. It seems that the website has gone offline, but I remember enjoying it quite a bit.
I recall it being a bit like annotations with illustrations; IIRC, MJF is a pretty talented artist and so he drew out how he himself had envisioned the characters that were never depicted on-screen, like Simenon and Ben Zoma and the Asmund sisters.
I agree that more websites like that would be great. I appreciate having a visual image of what the author intended; I find it very hard to mentally visualize these sorts of things from descriptions (with some exceptions).
Actually, I believe that was Michael Jan Friedman (the author) himself. It seems that the website has gone offline, but I remember enjoying it quite a bit.
I recall it being a bit like annotations with illustrations; IIRC, MJF is a pretty talented artist and so he drew out how he himself had envisioned the characters that were never depicted on-screen, like Simenon and Ben Zoma and the Asmund sisters.
I agree that more websites like that would be great. I appreciate having a visual image of what the author intended; I find it very hard to mentally visualize these sorts of things from descriptions (with some exceptions).
Re: We need a special site for pictures of new species and other thing
Wrong Michael. The Stargazer website and its illustrations were Michael Schuster's doing.
Wrong Michael. The Stargazer website and its illustrations were Michael Schuster's doing.
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Ah, mea culpa. Did the two Michael's discuss the material for the website? Like, did MJF provide suggestions and MS flesh it out?
Ah, mea culpa. Did the two Michael's discuss the material for the website? Like, did MJF provide suggestions and MS flesh it out?
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