For the in-universe article on the illustrator for Incredible Tales, please see John Eaves (artist).

John Eaves (born 9 April 1962; age 50) was a production illustrator on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Enterprise. He also worked on six Star Trek movies: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection,Star Trek Nemesis and Star Trek. One of his early jobs was modifying the USS Excelsior model, turning it into the USS Enterprise-B for Star Trek Generations. John Eaves' designs include the USS Enterprise-E, several Son'a ships, the Breen warship, the Scimitar, and the Valdore-type Romulan warbird.

Working with the Official Star Trek Fan Club and their magazines, he produced a number of collectible replicas which included the Captain's yacht Cousteau, the Vulcan lander from Star Trek: First Contact, and a Deep Space 9 station. John also designed "sculptural" three-dimensional starship plates for The Hamilton Collection.

Much of his design work on Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: First Contact was published in Star Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies, which he co-authored.

Later he worked regularly on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Enterprise, designing starships, space stations and more.

"John Eaves' Sketchbook" is a special feature on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine DVDs.

In addition to his work on Trek, Eaves was a model maker on films such as Innerspace (1987, featuring Robert Picardo, Dick Miller, Wendy Schaal, William Schallert, Henry Gibson, Kenneth Tobey, Andrea Martin, music by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Andrew Laszlo), Alien³ (1992), Batman Returns (1992, with Vincent Schiavelli, Anna Katarina, Biff Yeager and Felix Silla), Strange Days (1995, with Michael Jace and cinematography by Matthew F. Leonetti), and, most recently, X-Men: The Last Stand (2006, starring Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, and Kelsey Grammer). He was also storyboard artist on seaQuest DSV, a concept artist on films like Virtuosity (1995, with Louise Fletcher, Danny Goldring and the voice of Frank Welker), Sky High (2005, with music by Michael Giacchino), The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006, with Michael Dorn), and Evan Almighty (2007), and an illustrator on Ghosts of Mars (2001, with Joanna Cassidy), The Majestic (2001, with David Ogden Stiers and Earl Boen), and Flight of the Phoenix (2004). His television credits as concept artist include the series Bones and Raines, the latter of which starred Linda Park.

Eaves' involvement in Star Trek continues in his role as a design consultant for Perpetual Entertainment in developing the online game Star Trek Online. [1] [2] He also recently worked on Star Trek The Exhibition. [3]

External links Edit

• John Eaves at the Internet Movie Database
• John Eaves profile at ModelMayhem.com
• John Eaves Personal Blog