“Secret of Farpoint Station” – John Teska
Coming soon: The 2010 Ships of the Line Calendar! Let the countdown begin!
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Yea, it’s the friendly jellyfish aliens!! I really like those guys! That’s a beautiful beauty shot of ‘em. The glowing effect looks awesome!! Where is this image from; it doesn’t have the calendar markings on it.
It’s going into my files for the wallpaper rotation.
The joke in the art department was that their names were Joy & Gratitude.
I can still see Deanna’s (lovely name) beaming, shiny face as she feels the above mentioned emotions…gee, I didn’t know she was vibing on their names!
Dang! That pretty well blew my chance of making a “great joy and gratitude” joke!
Drex-LERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!
> Where is this image from; it doesn’t have the calendar markings on it.
It was in the 2007 SotL calendar. Beautiful view.
Wow! That’s a blast from the past! I always loved the giant space-faring aliens like these guys and the Crystalline Entity. You think that these are related to the hyperspace jellyfish aliens that tried to have sex with the Excalibur in Crusade?
(Only screenshots I could find here: http://code7r.net/CTheWellOfForever.htm Scroll down for pics. Too lazy and sick to take my own. B^) )
Has anybody written a novel yet in which the Space Jellyfish are revealed to be the ancient adversaries of the Great Crystaline Entity? Perhaps the Space Amoeba from “The Immunity Syndrome” is a baby Space Jellyfish? All dots must eventually end up connected in the Trek expanded universe!
Check the Titan novel “Orion’s Hounds” by Christopher L. Bennett. You’ll love what he came up with (or at least I did).
Seconding the Orion’s Hounds recommendation!
A wonderful recreation of a TNG scene from (shudder) 22 years ago. Almost a quarter century. Man, that is a sobering thought.
I vividly remember watching the premiere in college. We had a houseful of friends and classmates, all thrilled to see Trek on TV again. I liked the space jellyfish and it’s too bad we never saw them again.
Great angle on the Ent-D here. She looked particularly sleek in those low angle 3/4 shots. I’ve been sold on picking up the 2010 SOTL calendar for some time, and this image is just one more reason to do so.
I still think of TNG as “the new show”!
Wow, TNG remastered!
Oh Paul, if only that were true! *whistful sigh*
And 22 years ago! Thanks, Buckaroohawk, now I feel old! I can still remember the excitement and build up of reading in the papers about ‘the new show’
Hey Guys.
Great pic and as always I am getting more and more excited for the 2010 edition with every passing day!
One thing. And I have opined about this on other sites before…
Do the ships always have to be blurred to give the impression of movement or speed? Why cant we just have nice crisp shots of the ships? We know they are fast….
But still, not a deal breaker… I have every single one since they started coming out and will continue to get them (since my wife knows that I will file for divorce if I dont get this for my wedding anniversary gift every September!) lol
Hi Ryan! They aren’t always blurred. Pinky bet!
I for one like the blurred ship. It really sells the image as a model shot from the show (you know, edited in 480i on video tape and all).
Plus, those space jellies rock. Doug, do you know if the guts are modeled in, or just texture maps?
…and thank you for loving them!
Nice work! But for some crazy reason, I keep thinking of South Park where Jimbo goes, “It’s coming right for us!”
Wow, GREAT subject for an image!
Great picture! I wish that we’d seen them again on screen.
Christopher Bennett, who stops by here on occasion, wrote a book in the Titan series, “Orion’s Hounds” that featured the the jellies. Great story that gave some interesting insights into them!
Hey Doug, not to diminish these awesome pics leading up to the 2010 SOTL but when are we going to see a big beautiful version of your cover for Open Secrets ?
Also, John Teska Rocks! I love these Space Jellies!
Amazing image, i thnk it captures the feeling of TNG perfectly. And this is one awesome model of the good old Ent D! I´d love to get my hands on that one (you would see me doing close ups all the time haha).
Hey Doug, thanks for putting up all these beautiful images. I’ve only ever seen 1 complete calender of these so theres a lot of stuff here thats new to me
Not quite related but, I like how you make your images link to the larger versions.
Could you let John Eaves in on the secret? He said he’d like to do that on his blog too – if he know how
Ah yes, this beauty shot that graced the SoTL 2007…thanks for this on both counts Doug!
That looks great!
Gorgeous pic- always loved it when the aliens on Trek are truly alien.
So nicely done, John T is not only a fantastic artist but a gem of a person 2.
Actually, scratch that, what I meant to say was :
Hey Doug, not to diminish these awesome pics leading up to the 2010 SOTL but when are we going to see a big beautiful version of your cover for Vanguard: Precipice?
Hi Foravalon! I should check in with Margaret about that! Thanks for reminding me!
When looking at the image I could hear the swelling strings of the soundtrack for that scene. It was a beautiful piece of music that really made the emotions soar.
I appreciate the Orion’s Hounds recommendations, folks. And I like this image. I was always fascinated by the star-jellies (as I called them in the book), so I couldn’t resist the chance to revisit them. And yeah, I had Dennis McCarthy’s music from the “Farpoint” finale running through my head at times, inspiring the tone of some of the book’s scenes.
It was that long ago…
The D looks real good. It also looks nice and thin like it should from season 1.
These are the best graphics I have seen on my 1400×900 res laptop … Thanks!
Gep, I’ll ask John, but I suspect they are a few layers with texture maps.