Derek Smith
@vfxart.bsky.social
Traditional illustrator and digital artist. Ex-LFL/LAL Clone Wars when it mattered. Unapologetic fan of the best SF of the last century in book, illustration, film, and comics (EC, not Carrot Top). OK- two centuries for Frankenstein, my favorite novel.
Oh little drone ship...
Spacedock Drone/Shuttle Drone TNG. Working through the mesh is done, now UV and soon a paint job.
#startrek #starfleet #nextgeneration #deepspacenine
Spacedock Drone/Shuttle Drone TNG. Working through the mesh is done, now UV and soon a paint job.
#startrek #starfleet #nextgeneration #deepspacenine
May 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Oh little drone ship...
Spacedock Drone/Shuttle Drone TNG. Working through the mesh is done, now UV and soon a paint job.
#startrek #starfleet #nextgeneration #deepspacenine
Spacedock Drone/Shuttle Drone TNG. Working through the mesh is done, now UV and soon a paint job.
#startrek #starfleet #nextgeneration #deepspacenine
(Trek Modeling)
Latest nights/weekends while job hunting (damn...). Switched over to this Tug, as a Merchantman break and recharge. For the MM, I now have the parts to convert for the Sheliak colony ship.
DS9's Atlas Tug, as built by Judy Elkins for S6E1.
#startrek #starfleet #deepspacenine
Latest nights/weekends while job hunting (damn...). Switched over to this Tug, as a Merchantman break and recharge. For the MM, I now have the parts to convert for the Sheliak colony ship.
DS9's Atlas Tug, as built by Judy Elkins for S6E1.
#startrek #starfleet #deepspacenine
May 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
(Trek Modeling)
Latest nights/weekends while job hunting (damn...). Switched over to this Tug, as a Merchantman break and recharge. For the MM, I now have the parts to convert for the Sheliak colony ship.
DS9's Atlas Tug, as built by Judy Elkins for S6E1.
#startrek #starfleet #deepspacenine
Latest nights/weekends while job hunting (damn...). Switched over to this Tug, as a Merchantman break and recharge. For the MM, I now have the parts to convert for the Sheliak colony ship.
DS9's Atlas Tug, as built by Judy Elkins for S6E1.
#startrek #starfleet #deepspacenine
(Star Trek at 60)
#startrek #boldlygo #leonardnimoy #llap Though many use the Sept 8 airdate as the official 'birthdate' of the show, the production began years earlier. Today is the 60th anniversary of Day 1 shooting on The Menagerie. You know what to do. ;-) Bob Justman's schedule:
#startrek #boldlygo #leonardnimoy #llap Though many use the Sept 8 airdate as the official 'birthdate' of the show, the production began years earlier. Today is the 60th anniversary of Day 1 shooting on The Menagerie. You know what to do. ;-) Bob Justman's schedule:
November 27, 2024 at 9:02 PM
(Star Trek at 60)
#startrek #boldlygo #leonardnimoy #llap Though many use the Sept 8 airdate as the official 'birthdate' of the show, the production began years earlier. Today is the 60th anniversary of Day 1 shooting on The Menagerie. You know what to do. ;-) Bob Justman's schedule:
#startrek #boldlygo #leonardnimoy #llap Though many use the Sept 8 airdate as the official 'birthdate' of the show, the production began years earlier. Today is the 60th anniversary of Day 1 shooting on The Menagerie. You know what to do. ;-) Bob Justman's schedule:
38 years young... it was an interesting choice on Nimoy's part, inspired by Biophilia, to push for the theme and subject of extinction consequences, and also to recognize Nicholas Meyer's writing style. No photon torpedoes, no villains, with a little punk rock indeed. #startrek #theonewiththewhales
November 27, 2024 at 4:23 AM
38 years young... it was an interesting choice on Nimoy's part, inspired by Biophilia, to push for the theme and subject of extinction consequences, and also to recognize Nicholas Meyer's writing style. No photon torpedoes, no villains, with a little punk rock indeed. #startrek #theonewiththewhales
November 23, 2024 at 7:41 PM
In anticipation of tomorrow's anniversary... in my head the Minions would be the best cosplay group, and of course their 'props' always work.
#starwars #holidayspecial #lifeday #minions #despicableme
(Do not share or reproduce)
#starwars #holidayspecial #lifeday #minions #despicableme
(Do not share or reproduce)
November 16, 2024 at 9:38 PM
In anticipation of tomorrow's anniversary... in my head the Minions would be the best cosplay group, and of course their 'props' always work.
#starwars #holidayspecial #lifeday #minions #despicableme
(Do not share or reproduce)
#starwars #holidayspecial #lifeday #minions #despicableme
(Do not share or reproduce)
As I move on to what should be the last iteration of this ship, v5!, it occurs to me that my admiration for it is rooted in it being the ship that brought Spock back to the family...
Still job hunting, it's brutal, but thankfully this sort of work is part of that.
#startrek
Year-old UE images:
Still job hunting, it's brutal, but thankfully this sort of work is part of that.
#startrek
Year-old UE images:
November 16, 2024 at 8:49 PM
As I move on to what should be the last iteration of this ship, v5!, it occurs to me that my admiration for it is rooted in it being the ship that brought Spock back to the family...
Still job hunting, it's brutal, but thankfully this sort of work is part of that.
#startrek
Year-old UE images:
Still job hunting, it's brutal, but thankfully this sort of work is part of that.
#startrek
Year-old UE images:
#startrek
Name your favorites from Star Trek:
Uniform: Monster Maroon
Spock: Nimoy
Couple: Quark and Grilka
Character: Scotty
Ship: Refit
Villain: Khan
Series: TOS
Captain: Kirk
Movie: The Wrath of Khan
Theme: DS9
Guest: Mark Lenard
A difficult list to fill out. That speaks to Trek's long history.
Name your favorites from Star Trek:
Uniform: Monster Maroon
Spock: Nimoy
Couple: Quark and Grilka
Character: Scotty
Ship: Refit
Villain: Khan
Series: TOS
Captain: Kirk
Movie: The Wrath of Khan
Theme: DS9
Guest: Mark Lenard
A difficult list to fill out. That speaks to Trek's long history.
November 16, 2024 at 8:41 PM
#startrek
Name your favorites from Star Trek:
Uniform: Monster Maroon
Spock: Nimoy
Couple: Quark and Grilka
Character: Scotty
Ship: Refit
Villain: Khan
Series: TOS
Captain: Kirk
Movie: The Wrath of Khan
Theme: DS9
Guest: Mark Lenard
A difficult list to fill out. That speaks to Trek's long history.
Name your favorites from Star Trek:
Uniform: Monster Maroon
Spock: Nimoy
Couple: Quark and Grilka
Character: Scotty
Ship: Refit
Villain: Khan
Series: TOS
Captain: Kirk
Movie: The Wrath of Khan
Theme: DS9
Guest: Mark Lenard
A difficult list to fill out. That speaks to Trek's long history.
#mst3k #turkeyday #mst3kturkeyday
It started so simply, really... a little time put into a dedicated search for the original, then finding a range of them were out there and... well... yeah...
Turkey Day is coming, this year with special guests hosting favorite experiments. Join us, won't you?
It started so simply, really... a little time put into a dedicated search for the original, then finding a range of them were out there and... well... yeah...
Turkey Day is coming, this year with special guests hosting favorite experiments. Join us, won't you?
November 16, 2024 at 8:34 PM
#mst3k #turkeyday #mst3kturkeyday
It started so simply, really... a little time put into a dedicated search for the original, then finding a range of them were out there and... well... yeah...
Turkey Day is coming, this year with special guests hosting favorite experiments. Join us, won't you?
It started so simply, really... a little time put into a dedicated search for the original, then finding a range of them were out there and... well... yeah...
Turkey Day is coming, this year with special guests hosting favorite experiments. Join us, won't you?
RRSG - Livingston's Ride.
I strive for high-fidelity to original miniatures. This Ready Room Stargazer, seen in Picard's 'office', was a blast as it gave me a reason to shore up some gaps in my anime kits ;-) And yes, I was able to get THREE of the gashopon :-)
#startrek #sttng #picard
I strive for high-fidelity to original miniatures. This Ready Room Stargazer, seen in Picard's 'office', was a blast as it gave me a reason to shore up some gaps in my anime kits ;-) And yes, I was able to get THREE of the gashopon :-)
#startrek #sttng #picard
November 16, 2024 at 8:25 PM
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We need to be screaming about the energy usage of AI engines from our whole heart. Testing it out, making weird art “just to see”, heck even using “AI search engine results” are a MASSIVE energy drain.
I'm sorry, you're telling me the people who stole all the art in the world to make computer software that can't do basic arithmetic would tell a lie?
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futurism.com/the-byte/ai-...
AI Datacenters More Than 600 Percent Worse for Environment Than Tech Companies Claimed
Tech companies have been obfuscating the emissions of their AI data centers by using dodgy energy certificates in their calculations.
futurism.com
September 22, 2024 at 1:48 PM
We need to be screaming about the energy usage of AI engines from our whole heart. Testing it out, making weird art “just to see”, heck even using “AI search engine results” are a MASSIVE energy drain.
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Hard SAME.
August 6, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Hard SAME.
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This wouldn't have happened if Trump had been where he's supposed to be: prison. Just saying.
July 14, 2024 at 8:19 AM
This wouldn't have happened if Trump had been where he's supposed to be: prison. Just saying.
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If you don’t think a Kamala Harris 2024 presidential candidacy will result in an unrelenting barrage of hostile sexist mainstream media coverage, you’ve never seen the words “but” “her” and “emails” used in the same sentence.
July 11, 2024 at 2:23 PM
If you don’t think a Kamala Harris 2024 presidential candidacy will result in an unrelenting barrage of hostile sexist mainstream media coverage, you’ve never seen the words “but” “her” and “emails” used in the same sentence.
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RFK Jr has never for been as lucid as his dad or his uncle and that includes the moments when they had bullets in their brains.
April 5, 2024 at 11:36 PM
RFK Jr has never for been as lucid as his dad or his uncle and that includes the moments when they had bullets in their brains.
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The AI cult redux:
1. Nvidia makes graphics cards (GPUs) that are essentially very fast numerical supercomputers.
2. Bitcoin/blockchain happened. To "earn" BtC you have to crunch lots of numbers as fast as possible.
3. People bought so many GPU cards that there was a global shortage ...
/1
1. Nvidia makes graphics cards (GPUs) that are essentially very fast numerical supercomputers.
2. Bitcoin/blockchain happened. To "earn" BtC you have to crunch lots of numbers as fast as possible.
3. People bought so many GPU cards that there was a global shortage ...
/1
March 30, 2024 at 5:41 PM
The AI cult redux:
1. Nvidia makes graphics cards (GPUs) that are essentially very fast numerical supercomputers.
2. Bitcoin/blockchain happened. To "earn" BtC you have to crunch lots of numbers as fast as possible.
3. People bought so many GPU cards that there was a global shortage ...
/1
1. Nvidia makes graphics cards (GPUs) that are essentially very fast numerical supercomputers.
2. Bitcoin/blockchain happened. To "earn" BtC you have to crunch lots of numbers as fast as possible.
3. People bought so many GPU cards that there was a global shortage ...
/1
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We only have 5 full days left till our fundraiser ends and we haven't even hit the 50% mark yet. Please help keep us afloat. We want to do MORE not less. More short fiction reviews! More con reporting! More Locus Awards! More Recommended Reading Lists! http://igg.me/at/loc...
March 31, 2024 at 10:00 PM
We only have 5 full days left till our fundraiser ends and we haven't even hit the 50% mark yet. Please help keep us afloat. We want to do MORE not less. More short fiction reviews! More con reporting! More Locus Awards! More Recommended Reading Lists! http://igg.me/at/loc...
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Trump beats Haley in SC? What a shame. I was really hoping a different Republican piece of shit who is every bit as bad as Trump would be the GOP nominee instead of Trump.
February 25, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Trump beats Haley in SC? What a shame. I was really hoping a different Republican piece of shit who is every bit as bad as Trump would be the GOP nominee instead of Trump.
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One of the best aspects of conventions over the last 20 years has been the serious ramp up of science programming to accompany the fiction. Virtual Trek Con is no exception. Tonight's quiz was a blast. @mafnoor.bsky.social, @weatherkatie.bsky.social, and Dr Segal dropped da knowledge and laughs.
February 18, 2024 at 7:26 AM
One of the best aspects of conventions over the last 20 years has been the serious ramp up of science programming to accompany the fiction. Virtual Trek Con is no exception. Tonight's quiz was a blast. @mafnoor.bsky.social, @weatherkatie.bsky.social, and Dr Segal dropped da knowledge and laughs.
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Watching Google shutter things that actually worked, like Google Play Music, and now Google Podcasts, to turn them into YouTube Music is like someone coming into your kitchen who takes away your blender and kettle then lets you know you'll now only be able to boil water or blend things in your car.
January 3, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Watching Google shutter things that actually worked, like Google Play Music, and now Google Podcasts, to turn them into YouTube Music is like someone coming into your kitchen who takes away your blender and kettle then lets you know you'll now only be able to boil water or blend things in your car.
For the holidays and birthdays, I 'paint' (Photoshop color over a drawing) cards for The Wife. The theme largely revolves around The Minions; seen by me as hyper-intelligent 5 year olds... with a budget.
This is from last year. Terry's universe, mainly Discworld, has featured in a few...
This is from last year. Terry's universe, mainly Discworld, has featured in a few...
December 1, 2023 at 10:53 PM
For the holidays and birthdays, I 'paint' (Photoshop color over a drawing) cards for The Wife. The theme largely revolves around The Minions; seen by me as hyper-intelligent 5 year olds... with a budget.
This is from last year. Terry's universe, mainly Discworld, has featured in a few...
This is from last year. Terry's universe, mainly Discworld, has featured in a few...
Gotta get leaner; fuck the people who do the work.
Unity Software with a ‘company reset’ walks away from film VFX and the Wētā Deal.
Our best wishes to all the team members of the Unity Wētā Tools' division following its closure. UPDATE: Statement from WētāFX
www.fxguide.com
November 29, 2023 at 3:00 AM
Gotta get leaner; fuck the people who do the work.