Firebird's Sketch of the Week Series

[Sgt_G]

Drawing 724 thru 726 / 2026 Artwork 22 thru 24: Production design sketches for EVA-Trek's season three premiere, which is now online (see below)! We've got: an Isolation Ward set design; Laura Reyes, a Maquis and ally of Asuka's father; and Pearson, another Maquis.

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I don't understand why the two chairs and a couch. I would get rid of the chairs and put cabinets and/or medical equipment there. Also, no lavatory??

I pinged Google, which took me to a web page with this image of a modern-day private recovery room (link only, can't embed): https://health-spaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/238.jpg

Up to you, of course, but if it's not too late in production, I would consider revising the floor plan above.

 

[Firebird]

I don't understand why the two chairs and a couch. I would get rid of the chairs and put cabinets and/or medical equipment there. Also, no lavatory??

I pinged Google, which took me to a web page with this image of a modern-day private recovery room (link only, can't embed): https://health-spaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/238.jpg

Up to you, of course, but if it's not too late in production, I would consider revising the floor plan above.

The chairs are there for the requirements of the scenes written for the set. To note - this is a psych ward use, not an infection protective space. I would've added in a restroom, or shown a door to one, if this was going to be more than a single-use location. The episode has already premiered, so I'm gonna let it ride as-is, but I appreciate the input!

 

[Firebird]

Drawing 729 & 730 / 2026 Artwork 27 and 28: Rough concept sketches for the Castorian species and Thul, a Xantharian, from this week's new EVA-Trek episode, "Dirty Window."

Drawing 731 / 2026 Artwork 29: Another EVA-Trek flashback to Misato's assignment to space station Deep Space Nine in 2369, where she met and quickly befriended Jadzia Dax.

Drawing 732 / 2026 Artwork 30: USS Nerv's Chief Engineer, Lt. Commander Ryoji Kaji, tries on the new design of Starfleet's dress uniform, seen in the latter days of Deep Space Nine.

EVA-Trek: Season Three - Episode 3x03 - "Dirty Window"

Stardate 51102.3: Following two straight months of fighting on the front lines in the Dominion War, Nerv is assigned to check in on a long-quiet duck-blind outpost.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/80366681

This week's episode is based on an unmade story pitch for The Animated Series by Jerry Sohl, who penned my favorite TOS episode, "The Corbomite Maneuver." It was a fun story to adapt for EVA-Trek, and I think it came out pretty well!

 

[Atolm]

Most excellent thread! Very sweet to see your work progress throughout the thread.

 

[Firebird]

Drawing 733 / 2026 Artwork 31: Morn, everyone's favorite barfly, from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Drawing 734 / 2026 Artwork 32: Gila'tika, a Jem'Hadar Alpha, soon to appear in EVA-Trek's third season.

EVA-Trek: Season Three - Episode 3x04 - "Hell and Back"

Stardate 51228.3: While the ship prepares for a critical and dangerous battle, Shinji distracts himself with a new letter from his mother about updates back home on Earth.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/80370576

 

[Santaman]

I actually met "Morn" or Mark Allen Shepherd, really nice guy, he made a few friendsand I sing along with him, the song was Mooooorn to be wild, he also told all kinds of funny little behind the scenes anecdotes.
In any case you did a great job as usual.

 

[Sgt_G]

I never trusted Morn. Like my brother always told me, watch out for the quiet ones.

 

[Firebird]

Drawing 735 / 2026 Artwork 33: My Lower Decks-themed sign for yesterday's No Kings III protest.

Drawing 736 / 2026 Artwork 34: Lt. Commander Shigeru Aoba and Lt. Commander Makoto Hyuga of the USS Nerv, from season three of EVA-Trek.

EVA-Trek: Season Three - Episode 3x05 - "Nothing Else Matters"

Stardate 51247.5: Shinji and Asuka deal with a disaster of their own making while Nerv is docked at Deep Space Nine. Meanwhile, Misato resorts to desperate measures in order to prepare for a close friend’s wedding.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/80420476

This was a delight of an episode to put together, all based on a line from Lower Decks about how Mariner somehow broke Worf's mek'leth and got it fixed without him ever knowing, against the backdrop of Worf and Dax's impending wedding. I think it's the first outright comedy episode with low stakes I've pulled off in the course of the series, and I'm intensely proud of the final result.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Love your No Kings sign!

 

[Firebird]

Love your No Kings sign!

Thanks! I only wish I'd gone to the protest spot in Studio City like I did the previous couple times. I got to say hi to Mike McMahan in passing last time, and I saw that the Okudas were there yesterday.

 

[Santaman]

Indeed a good sign.

 

[Firebird]

Drawing 737 / 2026 Artwork 35: Captain Morgan Bateson of the USS Bozeman, from this week's episode of EVA-Trek.

Drawing 738 / 2026 Artwork 36: Admiral Donald Richards, Rei's godfather, and nemesis of Captain Bateson, also appearing in this week's EVA-Trek.

Drawing 739 / 2026 Artwork 37: April brings my yearlong Star Trek illustration series into the Voyager era with the USS Voyager herself!

Drawing 740 / 2026 Artwork 38: "Please state the nature of the medical emergency." The Doctor, Voyager's Emergency Medical Hologram.

EVA-Trek: Season Three - Episode 3x06 - "The God That Failed":

Stardate 51391.6: Nerv participates in a critical wargame exercise, partially administered by a special person from Rei’s past.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/81976396

This week's episode is a retelling of a childhood favorite comedy of mine, Down Periscope (1996). It presented a fun challenge to rework the story from a different point of view and tie it into my characters' overall story arcs.

 

[Santaman]

Nice!

 

[Firebird]

Drawing 741 / 2026 Artwork 39: Lt. Commander Leonard Testarossa, Admiral Serraise's ADC at Starbase G-6, from EVA-Trek's third season.

Drawing 742 / 2026 Artwork 40: Aloysius Mulaney, Federation Scientist, from this week's episode of EVA-Trek. Mulaney is a character I wrote with Colin Farrell in mind.

Drawing 743 / 2026 Artwork 41: Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Federation starship Voyager.

Drawing 744 / 2026 Artwork 42: Ensign Harry Kim and Lt. Tom Paris of the USS Voyager.

EVA-Trek: Season Three - Episode 3x07 - "The Frayed Ends of Sanity":

Stardate 51535.7: While responding to an emergency distress call, Misato is forced to take the ship back to Starbase G-6 for an unusual psychological experiment that will test the entire crew.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/81985971

This episode is actually based on an unproduced story by David Ambrose, "Deadlock," from the never-made Star Trek: Phase II series. When I read the original script, there was an element touching on video and image manipulation that felt very relevant in our current age of AI and misinformation. I think I did this one justice.