Hello and welcome to the 204th Fan Art Forum Challenge!
The Concept
For ages artists from all kinds of disciplines have looked for inspiration in everyday objects from their life. That's even and especially true for all the various artists working on Star Trek over the last half century:
Mundane objects like salt shakers, for example, famously got turned into the futuristic medical instruments of Dr. McCoy, while on TNG an egg-shaped pantyhose packaging and a shampoo bottle were cobbled together by artist Dan Curry to form alien probes. Longtime concept illustrator John Eaves tells the story of how a three-legged salsa bowl stand inspired the design of the Cardassian weapons platforms, while makeup artist Michael Westmore remembered an abstract painting of a woman with a spoon on her forehead when he came up with the design for the new Trek aliens. And then there's elements like the barcode scanners in Star Trek (2009) that are added to the set unchanged, in the hopes people would just see them as 23rd century devices.
The Challenge
So this month is all about looking for (and finding) inspiration in your surroundings. At home, at work, maybe even something that's lying next to you on your desk this very moment. Find that weird or interesting or beautiful or unique object in your life and turn it into a Trek prop, ship, set or alien makeup
This might be inspirational to you as well …
The Rules
Have fun!
The Concept
For ages artists from all kinds of disciplines have looked for inspiration in everyday objects from their life. That's even and especially true for all the various artists working on Star Trek over the last half century:
Mundane objects like salt shakers, for example, famously got turned into the futuristic medical instruments of Dr. McCoy, while on TNG an egg-shaped pantyhose packaging and a shampoo bottle were cobbled together by artist Dan Curry to form alien probes. Longtime concept illustrator John Eaves tells the story of how a three-legged salsa bowl stand inspired the design of the Cardassian weapons platforms, while makeup artist Michael Westmore remembered an abstract painting of a woman with a spoon on her forehead when he came up with the design for the new Trek aliens. And then there's elements like the barcode scanners in Star Trek (2009) that are added to the set unchanged, in the hopes people would just see them as 23rd century devices.
The Challenge
So this month is all about looking for (and finding) inspiration in your surroundings. At home, at work, maybe even something that's lying next to you on your desk this very moment. Find that weird or interesting or beautiful or unique object in your life and turn it into a Trek prop, ship, set or alien makeup
This might be inspirational to you as well …
The Rules
- the artwork you submit should be created during the month of the challenge
- only one final image can be submitted (although it may contain multiple views)
- your final entry should be posted in this thread (although dedicated WIP threads are appreciated)
Have fun!
And those silly helmets! Marc Alaimo is brilliant though as Gul Macet. As is Time Winters as Glinn Darro, who's maybe one of the most sympathetic Cardassians we'll ever get to meet.
