Derek Smith
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
May 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
(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
May 5, 2025 at 11:22 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:
November 27, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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
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

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November 16, 2024 at 9:38 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:
November 16, 2024 at 8:49 PM
November 16, 2024 at 8:36 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?
November 16, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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
November 16, 2024 at 8:25 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...
December 1, 2023 at 10:53 PM
(Comics and CG)

I don't know how long it took Wally Wood to draw his interiors, but modeling them is no breeze... (updating some old assets, an excuse to add a bit... oof)

He remains one of my top ten comics artists... even when he leads me to peril ;-)

Must away to prep for TDay.
November 23, 2023 at 2:54 AM
(iykyk)

An MST3K conversation wound down with, 'I'd go with Scarlett, but I'd be thinking about the Baroness'. Talk about mixing your fandoms...

There is some good to being a 50+ fan... you get more of the references ;-) and can sling a few of your own.
November 22, 2023 at 12:41 AM