John Eaves
John Eaves | |
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Born | April 9, 1962 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Illustrator and model maker |
Known for | Star Trek designs |
Notable work | USS Enterprise-E |
Website | johneaves |
John Eaves (born April 9, 1962) is a designer and illustrator best known for his work on the Star Trek franchise, starting with Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. He served as a production illustrator on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Enterprise and was involved in all four Next Generation movies, specifically being responsible for the design of the Sovereign-class Enterprise-E. He also worked on a variety of films, such as Top Gun, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Valkyrie and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
Biography
The first film Eaves worked on was
Eaves was introduced to
After the work on Generations ended, Eaves returned to his work constructing fibreglass models. When an job became available on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine art department during season four,[2] Zimmerman invited Eaves to join the team.[6] At the time, Eaves was working on a Boeing 747 model for the film Executive Decision.[3] Eaves spent the next twelve years working on one incarnation of Star Trek or another.[6] During this time, his work included the designs of the Phoenix, the Enterprise-E and the Vulcan ship from Star Trek: First Contact.[2] The initial model of the Enterprise-E was constructed by Eaves.[7]
His design work featured in the Deep Space Nine episode "
John has most recently been known to have worked on
As of 2015, he is also a member of the board of advisers for the Hollywood Science Fiction Museum.
References
- ^ Eaves, John (May 11, 2011). "Top Gun, the 25th Anniversary". Eavesdropping. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Eaves, John". Star Trek.com. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ a b c Eaves, John (January 7, 2011). "Guest Blogger: John Eaves Recalls DS9". Star Trek.com. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ Eaves, John (September 29, 2011). "Guest Blog: John Eaves - September, 2011". Star Trek.com. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ a b Eaves, John (September 17, 2010). "Guest Blogger: John Eaves". Star Trek.com. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ a b c Eaves, John (February 21, 2013). "John Eaves Pays Tribute To Mentor Herman Zimmerman". Star Trek.com. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ Magid, Ron (December 1, 1996). "Where No Trek Has Gone Before". American Cinematographer. Retrieved February 23, 2013. (subscription required)
- ^ Eaves, John (March 25, 2009). "The Early NX-01". Eavesdropping. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ Restuccio, Daniel (January 1, 2003). "Engaging Nemesis effects work: Digital Domain used a combination of off-the-shelf and proprietary software for this latest Star Trek incarnation". Post. Archived from the original on October 31, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2013. (subscription required)
- ^ "The Concepts of Star Trek Online". SuricataFX. June 7, 2009. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ Hide, Nick (March 16, 2010). "Myouterspace: William Shatner's social network is as bonkers as you'd hoped". CNET. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ "Star Trek: Renegades". Kickstarter. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ "Drop in at Eaves' New Blog". Trek Today. March 30, 2009. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
External links
- John Eaves at IMDb