Technically she’s a commodore, the lowest of the flag ranks 😉

and finally a special bonus T'lyn from @foodcu-be.bsky.social, I love how they have updated the look of the crew and have continued to do illustrations of them, I hope to see many many more (maybe a comic one day) 7/7

The final updates done, just before the Book launches was to update the look to match how we see the cast at the end of Season 5 of Lower Decks (although we kept the fake grey in Boimlers hair (he thinks it makes him look more distinguished) 6/7

Inspiration for the relfection of the ship was very clearly a nod to TMP, and Lower Decks had already done this before 5/7

Once that was done, we moved onto the rest of the gang, It should be noted we were working on this pre-Lower Decks S4, so it was before the Beard and before T'lyn, but i absolutly adored how @foodcu-be.bsky.social updated the look for the lower deckers all grown up. 4/7

Initially we worked on the 'Carpet Angels' image (which came from a joke at STLV, you had to be there) @foodcu-be.bsky.social came to me with these initial sketches showing potential uniforms and composition, we both felt the S1 look was better 3/7

So the Idea of Brad Boimler being Hood's final captain came about quite early for me, but I did not want to draw too much attention to that in WHETB, but given the chance to tell lighter stories i thought this would be a good intro to the Book, and there was only 1 person to ask to illustrate it 2/7

So a HUGE thank you to @ncc-60205.bsky.social for the cover, I will be back next week to do another artist highlight, in the meantime be sure to give them a follow and maybe consider a comission because I promise you will not be dissapointed! 6/6

And even a included a 'little' easter egg, the spine cover of the book hides the Borg Cube 5/6

The attention to detail is sublime, and every ship has the correct name and registry listed! 4/6

Right away @ncc-60205.bsky.social started to deliver some amazing ships, and the attention to detail! not only adding Galaxy style Nacelles for the Ibn Sina, but also removing the windows from the Pylons (because who would want to stay in those rooms? 3/6

When I approached @ncc-60205.bsky.social I shared these images to give an idea of what I was looking for, I wanted to evoke that feeling of a naval spotters guide 2/6