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The Star Trek Sketchbook [Paperback]

Herbert F. Solow (Author), Yvonne Fern Solow (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)


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Star Trek Sketchbook May 1, 1997
Devise a look for the future. Construct strange new worlds. Create new life forms. Design their clothes. Do it all in a week. And do it on budget. This was the mission for the creative staff of "Star Trek." For three years just a handful of talented artists created the entire world of "Star Trek."
The "Star Trek Sketchbook" is a unique opportunity to finally see sketches collected from these artists, providing insight into their creative processes. "The Original Series" was fortunate enough to have a handful of designers who overcame the creative constraints of a weekly television series to forge a vision of the future that became literally a cultural icon.
Matt Jefferies created meticulous sketches of every aspect of the "Starship Enterprise" and the worlds she visited. The energetic illustrations of William Theiss depicted some of the most lavish costumes ever worn in this or any other galaxy. Fred Phillips designed makeup that actualized whole new races, with just humans underneath. Wah Chang created props and hardware that are still the basis of futurist design.
For a writer, the sky is the limit. You can create anything, imagine anywhere. The designers on "Star Trek" had to make it real, affordable, and come back and do it all again next week. The "Star Trek Sketchbook" allows you onto the sound stages where it all happened.


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Devise a look for the future. Construct strange new worlds. Create new life forms. Design their clothes. Do it all in a week. And do it on budget. This was the mission for the creative staff of Star Trek. For three years just a handful of talented artists created the entire world of Star Trek.

The Star Trek Sketchbook is a unique opportunity to finally see sketches collected from these artists, providing insight into their creative processes. The Original Series was fortunate enough to have a handful of designers who overcame the creative constraints of a weekly television series to forge a vision of the future that became literally a cultural icon.

Matt Jefferies created meticulous sketches of every aspect of the Starship Enterprise and the worlds she visited. The energetic illustrations of William Theiss depicted some of the most lavish costumes ever worn in this or any other galaxy. Fred Phillips designed makeup that actualized whole new races, with just humans underneath. Wah Chang created props and hardware that are still the basis of futurist design.

For a writer, the sky is the limit. You can create anything, imagine anywhere. The designers on Star Trek had to make it real, affordable, and come back and do it all again next week. The Star Trek Sketchbook allows you onto the sound stages where it all happened.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Star Trek; F edition (May 1, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0671002198
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671002190
  • Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,135,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Colorful behind-the-scenes Trek design history, October 1, 2000
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As a very long-time Trek fan, I'm very pleased and surprised at this book: pleased because it's a solid, colorful, heavily illustrated survey of set, ship, costume, makeup, and prop design for the original Star Trek series. Surprised, because even with the large number of Trek books I've collected, I've actually seen very few of these illustrations before (some of the original Enterprise designs were printed in the early Trek book "The Making of Star Trek" by Stephen E. Whitfield). That a design book on a thirty-five year old TV series presents 'new' illustrations I haven't seen before is a definite plus.

This book is by no means complete--the designs are heavily weighted towards those of the series' third season (during which the scripts were definitely sub-par but the designs and effects were often as strong as ever). Focusing on the works of the four Trek design "pioneers": Matt Jefferies, William Ware Theiss, Fred Phillips, and Wah Min Chang comprehensively covers a wide range of ships (checks out the early Enterprise design that looks like a duck!), sets, makeup, and those oh-so-revealing alien woman costumes (including one design candidly labeled "Space Hooker.")

Lots of color illustrations in extensive detail show the wide range of designing for the future on a 1960s budget. Even the many black-and-white illustrations are made more vibrant by adding a color background...less than authentic, but adds to an attractive design. A lot of interesting background text and images adds to my appreciation of Trek's design (did you know the same man who designed the communicator designed the Pillsbury Doughboy?) A great piece of behind-the-scenes design history of a classic show.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars R.I.P., Matt Jeffries, July 28, 2003
This review is from: The Star Trek Sketchbook (Paperback)
Got to love this man's work -- the book, a collection from the entire staff, not just Mr. Jeffries, but Matt passed away on Friday, July 26, 2003, at age 82.

If you're a fan of the series, of TV production, or just good sketchwork, it's well worth a look. If you're a fan of the original ENTERPRISE and the look and feel of a classic TV show, it's a must-own.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The second best Star Trek book ever written, March 24, 2000
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Herb Solow's 'Star Trek Sketchbook' is the second best Star Trek book ever written! The first being 'Inside Star Trek' by Robert H. Justman and Heb Solow.

Great pictures and sketch's-the pictures of the model of the sets that Matt Jefferies created is worth the price of the book alone!

All in all a very good book.

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Star Trek, Courtesy Matt, Wah Chang, Bill Theiss, Fred Phillips, Matt Jefferies, Leonard Nimoy, The Cage, Academy Award, Casey Brown, Courtesy Butterfield, Truth No Beauty, San Francisco, The Cloud Minders, The Empath, The Man Trap, The Way, Herb Solow, The Deadly Years, Whom Gods Destroy
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