• Welcome! The TrekBBS is the number one place to chat about Star Trek with like-minded fans.
    If you are not already a member then please register an account and join in the discussion!

Firebird's Sketch of the Week Series

Wasn't feeling quite as artistically-inspired this week, so please bear with me if my illustrations aren't up to their usual level. Fortunately, it coincided with a huge writer boost, and I've nearly finished the first full draft script of EVA-Trek episode 207. This breaks with my usual process of a script outline/detailed treatment before going to a full draft, but something felt right about going straight to a draft here. Nearly to the halfway point of the season!

EDIT: I managed to finish the draft just now, a sneak peek below:

FXxDgrA.jpeg

Drawing 581 / 2024 Artwork 114: Lt. Commander Andy Billups, USS Cerritos' Chief Engineer. Realized last night that he was the last main cast member of Lower Decks I hadn't drawn yet, so I corrected that oversight.
2OP2a5M.jpeg

Drawing 582 / 2024 Artwork 115: Tsukuyo from the Gintama spin-off Ginpachi-Sensei.
JDzteT1.jpeg
 
Last edited:
Just added a sneak preview of the title page for that script draft of EVA-Trek I mentioned since I managed to finish it.
 
Drawing 583 / 2024 Artwork 116: A quick sketch celebrating the Nebraska Cornhuskers being bowl game eligible for the first time since 2016!
anW1adi.jpeg

Drawing 584 / 2024 Artwork 117: EVA-Trek season 2 cast photo. Lt. J.G. Midori Kitakami, USS Nerv Ops Officer. It's always an interesting challenge taking the characters from the latter Evangelion Rebuild films and redesigning them to be more in line with Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's original style from the mid-90s.
Afh2j2K.jpeg

Drawing 585 / 2024 Artwork 118: EVA-Trek season 2 costume design sketches. Captain Misato Katsuragi, USS Nerv Commanding Officer. This includes my concept for a Dominion War-era version of the "Picardigan" uniform jacket. I envision it inverting the materials from the original - grey suede for the yoke, red suede for the divisional color strips on the sleeves, and black leather for the rest of the jacket.
MgYh0MB.jpeg
 
LOL! It looks like he's bowling with a football.

I really like the one of Lt. J.G. Midori Kitakami.
 
Last edited:
Well... what a year we had this week, Lemon. The US election went sideways real quick and suddenly it's very hard to find hope in the world. So, a bit of art therapy was in order...

Drawing 578 / 2024 Artwork 111: "This is gonna be Klingon as hell!" Lt. J.G. Brad Boimler of the USS Cerritos (and his mustache) nerds out on Klingon culture from the most recent Lower Decks episode.
lWiNn51.jpeg

Drawing 579 / 2024 Artwork 112: Nemu Nemui, Rentarou's 31st girlfriend from 100 Kanojo, a narcoleptic cobbler.
tTpFYOR.jpeg

Drawing 580 / 2024 Artwork 113: EVA-Trek season 2 cast photo - Captain Misato Katsuragi, commanding officer, USS Nerv.
q3uP8OC.jpeg

Elsewhere on the Studio Firebird lot, progression on EVA-Trek has stalled somewhat. Yours truly is having a bit of a struggle trying to write hopeful sci-fi/adventure television episodes with (gestures wildly) everything going on in the world...

On the bright side, I'm about halfway through writing the script outline for episode six of season 2. The aim is still to have season 2 premiere in 2025... it's just a question of when in 2025. I'm just trying to take things at a healthy pace and not try to overwhelm myself - I don't think I could ever handle production on 13 episodes simultaneously like I did during the back half of season 1 last year.
Cool pictures - erm, I have a question: Does Captain Katsuragi have a penguin, too? ^^
 
Cool pictures - erm, I have a question: Does Captain Katsuragi have a penguin, too? ^^
Oh, she does indeed, and he even takes "command" of the USS Nerv at one point during season one of EVA-Trek in a critical negotiation:

Drawing 318 / 2022 Artwork 181: Captain Pen-Pen assumes command... this may or may not have generated an idea for a future EVA-Trek episode...
Rn40umw.jpg
 
Drawing 586 / 2024 Drawing 119: EVA-Trek season 2 set design concept art - Nerv's new classroom. This view looks in the direction of the main viewer and the dais where the teacher's desk is. Some of the wall details and greebles were inspired by some of @Rekkert's recent renders in his thread in the Art Forum.
j9CXX8g.jpeg

Drawing 587 / 2024 Artwork 120: Kaname Chidori from Full Metal Panic, who will be joining the recurring cast of EVA-Trek in season 2.
0DiBRdx.jpeg
 
Oh, yes, the classroom set looks great! Nice, calming colour scheme.
And once again, amazing eyes - and hair - in Kaname Chidori.
 
This week's illustrations brings a Ranma 1/2 double shot. Not sure why, but I was just in that Rumiko Takahashi sorta mood.

Drawing 588 / 2024 Artwork 121: Nabiki Tendo of the Tendo Dojo.
CEzIcQV.jpeg

Drawing 589 / 2024 Artwork 122: Shampoo of the Chinese Amazon tribe.
4LWD9Zb.jpeg

Over in the EVA-Trek writers room, I'm about to finish the draft for episode 10 of season 2! After looking at the production schedule and my current pacing of finishing a 54-page first draft script every week (!), I finally decided to write a Season Two Promo Trailer and set a "premiere date" of this March!


Looking forward to unleashing these next sixteen episodes each week in a few months!
YK0p0eX.jpeg
 
Drawing 592 / 2024 Artwork 125: Goodbye, USS Cerritos. Goodbye, Lower Decks.
q821ZTK.jpeg

Drawing 593 / 2024 Artwork 126: A quick, happy, little Santa sketch.
A0GxpUZ.jpeg

Drawing 594 / 2024 Artwork 127: Princess Ayeka from Tenchi Muyo.
3pqlXNN.jpeg

Drawing 595 / 2024 Artwork 128: SCIENCE BESTIES! Trying to correct the lack of T'Lyn fanart from my portfolio.
twMAjvj.jpeg
 
Aw, goodbye Lower Decks :( - Fan art like this will keep it alive, though. Love the hug and Science Besties :adore:
What are you using to colour? Pencil/pastel crayons? (I've been meaning to get my pencil crayons out for a while now)
 
Aw, goodbye Lower Decks :( - Fan art like this will keep it alive, though. Love the hug and Science Besties :adore:
What are you using to colour? Pencil/pastel crayons? (I've been meaning to get my pencil crayons out for a while now)
I mainly use copic markers, but the Science Besties piece uses Prismacolor pencils...

Which reminded me why I switched to markers in the first place. Coloring with pencils takes sooooo much longer!
 
If you are not already a member then please register an account and join in the discussion!

Sign up / Register


Back
Top