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Well, I'm going to start by saying a *big* thank you to for his patience with me during this commission. He's been really patient with me through a really busy period at work, and has given me the space to put the effort into his piece.

And effort it has been!

As I've never really watch Star Trek, getting commissioned with this idea required initially, a lot of research. I had a base idea for the image, but no reference pictures. I find it much harder to just envision and draw without references of some kind, so trying to find Janeway's shuttle, and then wreck it up in my head was a big ask without references. Then once I'd gotten the shuttle and Janeway sorted, I spent *hours* trying to think of a good composition.

I'm glad the image got there in the end, but there's a lot of 'firsts' in this one for me. I've been using my boyfriend's tablet to draw bits and pieces for this one, and help with the colouring/shading. Plus, I've decided to go for a much more realistic style, which as I'm not used to that yet, took far longer than I anticipated. I've also decided to try a glazed eye instead of a spiral one.

I hope x-from-x likes his piece, though I'm curious to see what the community thinks of the new style. Do you prefer it to the simpler, more cartoonised style before? Thicker lines and shading, or this more realistic style? Does this style dip into the uncanny valley? lol.

I'd love to hear what you all think!

PS. I'm most proud of my tricorder

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Leaves: [link] by stephieg24
Base Plants: adapted from [link] by sandbar

Description
Well, I'm going to start by saying a *big* thank you to for his patience with me during this commission. He's been really patient with me through a really busy period at work, and has given me the space to put the effort into his piece.

And effort it has been!

As I've never really watch Star Trek, getting commissioned with this idea required initially, a lot of research. I had a base idea for the image, but no reference pictures. I find it much harder to just envision and draw without references of some kind, so trying to find Janeway's shuttle, and then wreck it up in my head was a big ask without references. Then once I'd gotten the shuttle and Janeway sorted, I spent *hours* trying to think of a good composition.

I'm glad the image got there in the end, but there's a lot of 'firsts' in this one for me. I've been using my boyfriend's tablet to draw bits and pieces for this one, and help with the colouring/shading. Plus, I've decided to go for a much more realistic style, which as I'm not used to that yet, took far longer than I anticipated. I've also decided to try a glazed eye instead of a spiral one.

I hope x-from-x likes his piece, though I'm curious to see what the community thinks of the new style. Do you prefer it to the simpler, more cartoonised style before? Thicker lines and shading, or this more realistic style? Does this style dip into the uncanny valley? lol.

I'd love to hear what you all think!

PS. I'm most proud of my tricorder

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Leaves: [link] by stephieg24
Base Plants: adapted from [link] by sandbar