January 2020 art contest submission for TrekBBS

TrekBBS is a message board where Star Trek fans all over the world and share ideas, art, and debate over details...not just on Star Trek, but science fiction in general as well as other topics such as sports and politics.

One "board" they have is for Fan ART, and they run monthly contests, which I have previously entered.

In January , the previous winner accepted my proposal of "Crisis on Infinite Enterprises", a play on the DC Comics special series, Crisis on Infinite Earths, which was recently adapted by what I call DC TV, or others, the Arrowverse.

My entry is "Chris's on Infinite Enterprises".... where my dream casting/storyline for a Star Trek (reboot) number 4, which seems like it won't be made. A real idea which was floated around would be to have George Kirk, father of Captain James T Kirk, and featured at the beginning of the 2009reboot movie, travel through time, and meet his son. Well, I thought it'd be awesome to bring in 2 other Chris's, who have worked with Hemsworth on the Marvel movies (while Pine has done DC movies -- so far).   So in addition to George (who would be from the "original" timeline), I could imagine Chris Pratt as David Marcus Kirk (or just David Marcus, form Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan)… and then have Chris Evans as Leonard Kirk (named after Dr. McCoy) as a great grandson of James T Kirk in a future variation.

This was a hastily made design (but thought over , for many weeks)… I would LOVE if these 4 Chris's would do a bootleg fan film trailer over it, and drive the Internet crazy.

So what do YOU think?

April 2017 Trekbbs Art challenge

Usually every month, the message board Trekbbs has a monthly art contest, and has a poll to determine that month's winner. The poll is usually post within the first 5 days of the following month. The winner then determines that next month's contest.

But now, nearly 3 weeks in, the moderator who posts that poll, Ptrope, has been missing in action, with no poll.

So I have taken it upon myself to create April's contest -- What happened to Ptrope?

The following is my admittedly weak sauce entry. If I improve on it, check back here for an edited post. Or come up with something better (it wouldn't be that hard)

November 2016 art contest submission for TrekBBS

So I'm entering the TrekBBS art contest again.

Similar to May's TrekBBS art contest, this one's focus is one creating a Star Trek Christmas Card.

The idea was based on a thought (perhaps a cartoon) I had from about 30 years ago or so.

The graphic shows the Outside and the Inside of the card.

So if you're on TrekBBS, please consider voting for me.

Coming soon - a link to the vote.

May 2016 art contest submission for TrekBBS

Trekbbs has a monthly art contest. For May 2016, the theme is flags...especially ones that were NOT seen in Star Trek at all.

My entry is for May 2016 is Mudd's Planet.... (the episode where interstellar con man Harry Mudd had a planet of androids)

I wanted it animated, because without 20th century budget and technological restraints, flags should be able to change color

And with Harry Mudd, his stuff would  be gawdy...and of course about him !

May 2015 TrekBBS Contest Entry

This is my submission to TrekBBS's monthly art contest. The theme for May 2015 is elections. Please feel free to add in the comments if you think the red circle/line is good, or should be kept off.
Chicago voters will appreciate the first picture.

There's still time for YOU to submit an entry!

(The first 2 are sized to be published on the message board (which has a lot of text)...the second are the original sizes).

Star Trek Enterprise inspires Redskins name solution = Pinkskins

The Washington Redskins professional American football team has recently had a strong protest over the use of its name, which has been used as racist & derogatory term for decades. 
Redskins owner Dan Synder, among others, "say they believe that it refers positively to Native Americans, invoking qualities of strength and courage," according to Wikipedia. 
Many other people do not.  Here's an ad which will appear during the NBA playoffs in several cities, led by the Yocha Dehe tribe. ChangeTheMascot.org is a website that is also spearheading these efforts.

This controversy just happens to coincide with the monthly art contest that TrekBBS (a Star Trek fan message board) was holding: New and/or improved.

So I took that opportunity to "improve" the Washington Redskins with a new name. It's one that was used frequently in Star Trek: Enterprise's episodes with the Andorians (blue skinned aliens with antennae, who have been around since the first show aired on TV nearly 50 years ago). It's Commander Shran's nickname for humans: Pinkskins. It's an "affectionate" name, that is surely as respectful as  claims "Redskins" is.

When the contest officially begins voting, I 'll add the link here.

Star Trek has been at the forefront of inspiring us to make changes so we can have a better future. Here's one more thing we ought to add to that list. 

Go #Pinkskins!

February 2014 TrekBBS Art contest submisison

The Star Trek message board TrekBBS.com has a monthly art contest. This month's theme was basically getting a second chance at previous entries.   You can find it here--> February 2014 Challenge: 2nd Chance 

If you have signed up, please consider for me. My kids weren't cute enough last time!

Voting should start about March 2 or so, and last until about March 4 or 5.

January 2014 TrekBBS Art Submisison

This is my submission to TrekBBS's monthly art contest.  The Janaury theme is "the Future of Star Trek". 

So know would this be considered child abuse (i.e. setting them up for mocking by anti-Trekkies)?

Edit: Here's my final(?) submission:

My entry for TrekBBS

This is a test, showing my entry for TrekBBS's June 2011 art challenge.