STAR TREK: THE ART OF JOHN EAVES

This large-format volume showcases the output of a concept artist whose work encompasses Trek films (from The Final Frontier to Beyond) and TV (principally DS9, Enterprise and Discovery).

Spaceship designs (from Zefram Cochrane’s Phoenix to the Discovery and Shenzhou) predominate, along with weapons and other tech.

Highlights include some very cool (and beefily cyberpunk) Borg Queen designs for First Contact.

The interview text details some interesting inspirations. For example, Insurrection’s Son’a ships were based on horseshoes because Eaves’s daughters were rodeo girls.

Best anecdote: Eaves based the look of Khan’s transporter device in Into Darkness on a back-worn vacuum he borrowed from his office cleaner!