Back With More Stuff – Tomorrow!

You know how they say it never rains in southern California? Well it really doesn’t (it’s the desert!), and when it does, mud slides, roofs leak, and my Internet goes down (it was the phone line). 5 days to fix it. I’ve switched my service. That’s how I vote.  Look for part 4 of  Jorg’s LA Away Mission tomorrow morning. This weekend I’ll post on Saturday and Sunday to make up a little bit.

I keep digging through my files, and stuff keeps uncovering itself! What good does it do in a box? By the way, for the Crimestoppers out there we are firing up a new Dick Tracy case, introducing Diet Smith’s  Space Coupe. You’ll be amused as Gould weaves it into a trademark\bizarre Tracy crime story. – Doug

Jörg’s LA Away Mission – Part 4 – Delayed Due To Weather!

I bet you didn’t know we had any weather here!  That lil’ bit of rain we had this week has caused my Internet to croak.

Sorry folks!

-Doug

Moby\NBS

From the “Enterprise episode “The Crossing”, a gigantic spacefaring cross between Moby Dick and a  Manta Ray.

The joke with this one is that all my files are labelled “NBS”. That would be for the producers request for something “Never Before Seen”. I had to laugh right up front because I knew that that’s really not what they wanted. Anything too different ran the risk of ”confusing the audience”.  Since they asked, I’d start out at the far end of the weirdness scale.

In the script, Enterprise is described as “caught” by a very alien looking spacecraft. I  visualized the Enterprise being attacked by an insect. I had once watched a spider jump on it’s prey and devour it, so that’s what I was thinking. (Below) Pretty NBS.

Killer Robots

It’s an extremely busy week for me work-wise, including some travel, so I will be scarce. At some point over the next few days I’ll be receiving a collection of sketches by Richard Livingston, our amazing illustrator. Richard designed many ships for us on BSG, so it should prove to be a fascinating article .

Head on a swivel! – Doug

Calling Dick Tracy! 80

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Is Doug Drexler Dead?

This is actually a thread on the Trek BBS.

I have to admit that was sort of a strange feeling to read that. On the other hand it gave me some insight to what Mark Twain felt when he said that ” The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated!”

We are starting up “Caprica”. Starting a new show rolling is a whole other animal. My focus is there. I’ll be around on the weekend. In the meantime I am still alive, I just happen to be at the crest of a scary new adventure.

Best!

Doug

North Hollywood, Ca

Return To The Moon

Go Humans! Go!

One Note Samba

An impromptu Jam between two jazz greats, Gerry Mulligan and Antonio Carlos Jobim. It’s 1950, it’s Mulligan’s NYC apartment, it’s real, it’s raw, it’s a treaure. Watch as they noodle Jobim’s classic “One Note Samba”. Bless YouTube!

Altair Class – Space Trials

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My art department generated test of the Altair class starship. This sequence was generated as one of several designs being considered for the Enterprise J. It’s a design concept which originated with Mike, and that I developed during the Voyager search.

Backstory – http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/

Special thanks to Matt Wright for nudging me to make the drex files video clip capable!  Note – it may take a moment for the clip to show up, so give it a second!

How Is Virtuality Different Than Star Trek’s Holodeck?

Interesting talk with Ronald D Moore about Virtuality -

http://io9.com/5287364/how-is-virtuality-different-than-star-treks-holodeck?skyline=true&s=x

“Virtuality” First Look!

 The studio has sent out screeners of  Ron Moore’s “Virtuality” for the press to look at, and Gary just sent me the first review . With a little luck, this could go to series, and we could back in space. One of the coolest things in Virtuality is the spaceship “Phaeton”. It’s the closest thing to futuristic NASA we’ve ever seen on TV, and the look of space travel will once again be redefined by “The Hutzel”.  In a future entry, Mike Okuda will explain how the Phaeton’s interstellar drive works, which is more grounded in reality than the current crop. It ain’t your typical outer space show, I can tell you that.

 http://www.thefutoncritic.com/rant.aspx?id=20090605_virtuality

Promote Individuality

Theodore Geisel

 

When asked, “why do you draw that way?” Geisel replied, “It’s the only way I can draw.”