Discovery is returning for the final time - celebrate with a thread of art, props, VFX, costumes and more! (Previous image by Lee Fitzgerald). Here's some early concept art by John Dickenson, who worked on the season 1 Klingon designs; a concept for the bridge by Bartol Rendulic, and a close look at the engine chamber similar to the one in the TOS engine room.

Cool schematic (by Doug Drexler) of the warp reactors originally designed for the aborted 70s Trek TV show (Phase II) which was upgraded to The Motion Picture. (Read on for how they evolved!) The reactors (possibly inspired by real fusion reactors) can be seen here in concept art by Mike Minor, who was in the art department headed by Joe Jennings.

Cry havoc! It's the Undiscovered Country poster thread. First up: a concept by John Alvin. The legendary Drew Struzan tried his hand at a poster idea.

Lovely LCARS... a relaxing thread!

I give you... Star Trek: The Backrooms. Enjoy the liminal eerieness. Don't get lost...

(NEW AND UPDATED) A 🧵 in which the original 6-foot studio model of the Enterprise-D is built, tweet by tweet!

1: A preliminary study model is created, showing the areas still to be refined.





2: A second study model is prepared, with artboard ribs to provide the contours for clay.

A thread of Star Trek icons - the ships (and station!) that have been our homes, guardians and vehicles of escapism for over a half a century now! What year did you join the Trek ranks?

1966 (or '64!): a painting of the original NCC-1701 by its designer, Matt Jefferies. 1979: The glorious Enterprise refit (designed by Andrew Probert & Jefferies).

Hey, you. Feeling a little tense? Take a long, restful stroll down a thread of starship corridors.

Star Trek as album covers: a thread

In honour of DS9's 30th Anniversary, here's a thread of art and design. Dive in! First, a beautiful drawing of the station by the designer, Rick Sternbach. A closer look at the studio model itself

A thread in which the original 6-foot studio model of the Enterprise-D is built, tweet by tweet!

First pic: Bill Concannom and Ease Owyeung study the deck plans... Sean Casey and Ease Owyeung pull off the silicon rubber mold from a translucent casting of the main dish.

How to drive Spock's NCC-1701 Refit Console.

(I once tried to build this in my attic using cardboard boxes and spray paint for cars).

Read on for extra geekiness.



Using graphic designer Lee Cole's 'Enterprise Flight Manual', you can assume your duties most effectively.

The top section shows temperature, surface tension, tensile strength & density on the leftmost side.

"All the world’s a bridge, and all the men and women merely Starfleet officers."

Journey with me through a thread of 50+ years of starship bridge design art! We'll start with Pato Guzman's initial proposal for the TOS Enterprise. Mike Minor's concept for the aborted 1970s TV series Trek, which was adapted for the first movie. Featuring the Captain's Sofa.

The title animations used on the Trek movie trailers are actually kinda cool. I've cut together a little video of them all (hey, I'm a Trekkie, we do this sort of thing). Any faves? In picture form!