With December's winning Theme having been decided in the poll, here, we can now turn our attention to thinking about ideas for the first challenge of 2023 (!!). What are your suggestions for January's Theme?
Please feel free to discuss, ask questions and suggest ideas for entries for any of the submitted themes. If we can get a conversation started about the challenge it'll help to get those creative juices flowing.
We've had a shake up in THE NEUTRAL ZONE. An uptick in interest has saved some Themes from the zone, but others have replaced them and are in danger of being eliminated from the vote in the coming months.
The Current List of Themes:
Design Evolution
Show us your design evolution process (possibly just quick sketches) for something Star Trek, be it a ship, alien race or piece of equipment. (We've had something like this once before, but it could be worth revisiting)
Transporter Malfunctions
Duplicates, amalgamations and transmogrifications. Oh my!
The Menagerie
We hear about Berengarian dragons, and Andorian bulls, and Orion wing-slugs, and Terrelian seapods and the like, but didn't get to see them. What do they look like? How big are they? What kind of environment do they live in? Will they eat you?!?
The More Things Change
Time may move at warp speed, but not everything does. Show us how something Trek has changed over the years - landscapes, buildings, ships, people, beliefs.
Blueprints
Arguably the most important manifestation of fan art going back to Franz Joseph and how the popularity of his works proved the ongoing popularity of the canceled series. Taking that as inspiration create your own set of blueprints for anything in Star Trek be it a starship, starbase, technology, bridge layout, etc.
Not Good Enough
Art inspired by unpopular episodes.
I Could Do Better
Don't like the latest redesign of the Enterprise? Fine. Show us what you would have done.
I Like the Old Stuff Better than the New Stuff
Art inspired by Star Trek programmes made in the 20th century.
[THE NEUTRAL ZONE]
Monstrous
As we approach Hallowe'en and (in the Northern hemisphere) the night grow darker, show us those Monstrous things that lie out there that frighten even the bravest space traveller.
Thanksgiving
As North Americans celebrate their Thanksgiving holidays your challenge would be to put a Trek spin on that idea of giving thanks and showing appreciation for the good things in life. E.g. your favourite crew gathering for a special meal or the shuttle that flew you out of trouble in the nick of time getting a well deserved spruce-up.
[THE NEUTRAL ZONE]
The voting thread will go up ~17 December, please post your ideas here before then.
Please feel free to discuss, ask questions and suggest ideas for entries for any of the submitted themes. If we can get a conversation started about the challenge it'll help to get those creative juices flowing.
We've had a shake up in THE NEUTRAL ZONE. An uptick in interest has saved some Themes from the zone, but others have replaced them and are in danger of being eliminated from the vote in the coming months.
The Current List of Themes:
Design Evolution
Show us your design evolution process (possibly just quick sketches) for something Star Trek, be it a ship, alien race or piece of equipment. (We've had something like this once before, but it could be worth revisiting)
Transporter Malfunctions
Duplicates, amalgamations and transmogrifications. Oh my!
The Menagerie
We hear about Berengarian dragons, and Andorian bulls, and Orion wing-slugs, and Terrelian seapods and the like, but didn't get to see them. What do they look like? How big are they? What kind of environment do they live in? Will they eat you?!?
The More Things Change
Time may move at warp speed, but not everything does. Show us how something Trek has changed over the years - landscapes, buildings, ships, people, beliefs.
Blueprints
Arguably the most important manifestation of fan art going back to Franz Joseph and how the popularity of his works proved the ongoing popularity of the canceled series. Taking that as inspiration create your own set of blueprints for anything in Star Trek be it a starship, starbase, technology, bridge layout, etc.
Not Good Enough
Art inspired by unpopular episodes.
I Could Do Better
Don't like the latest redesign of the Enterprise? Fine. Show us what you would have done.
I Like the Old Stuff Better than the New Stuff
Art inspired by Star Trek programmes made in the 20th century.
[THE NEUTRAL ZONE]
Monstrous
As we approach Hallowe'en and (in the Northern hemisphere) the night grow darker, show us those Monstrous things that lie out there that frighten even the bravest space traveller.
Thanksgiving
As North Americans celebrate their Thanksgiving holidays your challenge would be to put a Trek spin on that idea of giving thanks and showing appreciation for the good things in life. E.g. your favourite crew gathering for a special meal or the shuttle that flew you out of trouble in the nick of time getting a well deserved spruce-up.
[THE NEUTRAL ZONE]
The voting thread will go up ~17 December, please post your ideas here before then.
