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I've decided to do a series of portraits based on characters from four of the six Star Trek series (excluding The Animated Series and Enterprise). I'm calling this series The Outsiders. The characters are those that represent the strange, foreign, alien, and yet, in their own ways, fully embody humanity.

This series not only affords me the opportunity to draw portraits of some of my favorite Star Trek characters, it also serves as my own personal little tribute to Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett, whose creations have influenced my life so much. May they float in peace.

Portrait number two is Data. When TNG came out, he was sometimes referred to as the "Spock" of the series. However, where Spock had a background of both Vulcans and humans, Data was created, and therefor has no "people" or "homeworld." Aside from Dr. Soong and a couple of messed up predecessors, Data had no family. Also, what made him different from Spock was his constant and overt desire to be human. His inability to become perfectly human, and his continuing struggles and aspirations, were the things that ultimately made him human.

Drawing Data was another first for me. I really adore Brent Spiner. He's one of my favorite actors. Though, I must say, he has an odd-shaped head. Seriously. I kept having to erase and redraw his forehead and jaw because they just didn't look right. In the end, I kept some off-looking lines and they turned out to be pretty accurate. Damn you Brent and your awesome yet misshapen head.

Star Trek and Data are (c) Gene Roddenberry

Description
I've decided to do a series of portraits based on characters from four of the six Star Trek series (excluding The Animated Series and Enterprise). I'm calling this series The Outsiders. The characters are those that represent the strange, foreign, alien, and yet, in their own ways, fully embody humanity.

This series not only affords me the opportunity to draw portraits of some of my favorite Star Trek characters, it also serves as my own personal little tribute to Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett, whose creations have influenced my life so much. May they float in peace.

Portrait number two is Data. When TNG came out, he was sometimes referred to as the "Spock" of the series. However, where Spock had a background of both Vulcans and humans, Data was created, and therefor has no "people" or "homeworld." Aside from Dr. Soong and a couple of messed up predecessors, Data had no family. Also, what made him different from Spock was his constant and overt desire to be human. His inability to become perfectly human, and his continuing struggles and aspirations, were the things that ultimately made him human.

Drawing Data was another first for me. I really adore Brent Spiner. He's one of my favorite actors. Though, I must say, he has an odd-shaped head. Seriously. I kept having to erase and redraw his forehead and jaw because they just didn't look right. In the end, I kept some off-looking lines and they turned out to be pretty accurate. Damn you Brent and your awesome yet misshapen head.

Star Trek and Data are (c) Gene Roddenberry