Two new Star Trek art prints from Bye Bye Robot

Bye Bye Robot have revealed their latest Star Trek art prints, two new releases, both from new artists to the company, with designed based on TOS and TNG. Continue below to check them out.

First up, from Chris Nielsen, we have In Awe, a dazzling and bright rendering of the refit USS Enterprise in spacedock:

New Bye Bye Robot starship art from Cliff Cramp

Bye Bye Robot have revealed their latest Star Trek art prints, a new series of three paintings by Cliff Cramp. The collection features starships from TNG and TOS: The USS Enterprise-D, in Where No One Has Gone Before. A Borg Cube, in Resistance is Futile. And the USS Enterprise, in Five Year Mission. Continue below to check them out:

Bye Bye Robot art spans the franchise

Bye Bye Robot have revealed their latest range of Star Trek art prints, with seven new pieces from two returning artists offering up something for every classic Star Trek series. Continue below to check them all out.

First up from Mark Brayer we have two new prints, the first here is a continuation of his retro starship series, featuring the Klingon Bird of Prey, specifically the HMS Bounty, which is also the title of the piece, flying over Vulcan.

Bye Bye Robot's Discovery art prints

Bye Bye Robot have revealed a new range of art prints based on Star Trek Discovery. Seven prints are available from three different artists, featuring variously the ships and characters of the series. Continue below to check them out.

Four different designs come from Cliff Cramp, who has previously produced TOS and DS9 artwork for Bye Bye Robot. Three of the new prints feature the ships of the series, and are limited editions to just 40 prints a piece - All the other prints in the new collection are not such limited editions. All of Cramp's pieces are 18 x 24 inches

USS Discovery

New TNG art prints from Bye Bye Robot

To mark the thirtieth anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Bye Bye Robot have added two new prints to their range of Star Trek art. Continue below to check them out.

First up, from Charity Wood, we have Make It So, a beautiful rendition of the USS Enterprise-D, in a panoramic thirty-six by fourteen inch space-scape. This piece is in the same style as Charity's previous prints of the Enterprise 1701, Enterprise NX-01, and Voyager.

Bye Bye Robot's latest art celebrates starships, the Doomsday Machine, and Vic Fontaine!

Bye Bye Robot have revealed their latest range of Star Trek art prints, with a diverse offering from three different artists that pulls from TOS, TNG, DS9, and Enterprise. Continue below to check them out.

First up we have the latest in Mark Brayer's ongoing series of retro style starship art in The Doomsday Machine. As you might expect from that title it focuses on the Planet Killer, and the two Constitution class ships that got caught up in the encounter with that galactic menace. 

Fill your home with isolinear chips and LCARS displays

If you ever wanted your home to feel like a little (landed) starship, there are a plethora of new products this year to give it a little 24th century flavour; with LCARS displays and isolinear chips scattered about.

Most of these come from The Coop, who launched a large collection over the summer. The highlight has to be a fully functional isolinear chip (aka USB stick), which even glows when in use.

Bye Bye Robot celebrates Star Trek's 50th Anniversary

Bye Bye Robot have joined the Star Trek 50th Anniversary celebrations with a new collection of four TOS artworks. Continue below to check them out.

My personal favourite of the bunch is something new for Bye Bye Robot, an interior painting. New artist David Owens has created The Bridge, a 12x24 inch print which, as Bye Bye Robot note in their description, being presented as the room only "allows the viewers’ imaginations to create the story of this piece".

Bye Bye Robot's latest Voyager and TOS art

Bye Bye Robot have revealed their latest Star Trek art releases, with six new prints from four artists including images inspired by Voyager, and two different eras of TOS. Continue below to check them all out.

First up, from Bye Bye Robot co-founder Charity Wood, we have Intrepid Class, a wide format painting of the USS Voyager, which continues a series in the same format which so far also includes the TOS USS Enterprise, and the Enterprise NX-01. Like those previous pieces, this is a 14x36 inch print.

Interview: Mark Brayer, starship artist

Bye Bye Robot recently released five new Star Trek art prints, and have been kind enough to put me in touch with all the artists to explore their work. This time I'm talking to Bye Bye Robot regular Mark Brayer. Mark's piece in the latest releases is based on The Galileo Seven, and continues his series of TOS posters, which have now featured four different ships from the series. Mark talked me through all his designs, and how he makes them (continues after the jump):


You’ve established a really strong series, that seems to simultaneously echo classic sci-fi book covers, and have some sort of technical drawing feel. Could you tell us about how you decided on the look for the series, and your influences?

I appreciate the compliments on my work, I have always loved the great sci-fi and fantasy art of the 70s and 80s, and the artists who created them. As you mentioned, Lou Feck, but also Bob Peak, Ralph McQuarrie, and others. Their work graced the front of TV guides, posters, books, and other media, and was a big influence for me. Today, there is some masterful work being created with computers, but I love the look and feel of hand drawn/painted work.

Mark's 3D model of the Galileo

And how do you go about creating your work? What is your medium, and how do you build up the images?

For my Star Trek posters, I use many different types of media from traditional to digital. When designing a poster idea, I always start with pencil sketches. For this series, the ships were always the center of attention, so I would always try to create a layout that featured the most dynamic view of that particular ship. When I have established a layout I like, I do a more finished drawing with pencil and ink. When the poster design is approved, I can begin by building a basic 3D model in Sketch-Up. This allows me to get an accurate and proportional angle of the ship and not spend all of my time with technical things while I am illustrating. This gives me a guide to work with and then when I begin creating the art of the ship, I can manipulate and add things, and be creative knowing that the basic structure is sound. After the base drawing is done, I render it with a combination of some flat color via photoshop, and then I print it out onto a color tinted piece of paper, and then do most of the rest of the final rendering with colored pencil, pastel, ink and paint. After the coloring is done, I hi-res scan it into the computer and add the final text and color adjustments.

Interview: Kevin Hopkins on Voyager art

Bye Bye Robot have recently released five new Star Trek art posters, featuring subjects from all five of the prime series. Bye Bye Robot's Charity Wood was kind enough to put me in touch with all the artists involved, so we can talk about their new creations.

First up is Kevin Hopkins, who had the honour of producing the first ever Voyager design in Bye Bye Robot's collection, The Long Way Home. Here's what Kevin told me (continues after the jump):

So your first piece with Bye Bye Robot features the USS Voyager, what drew you to this particular subject?

I have been a science fiction fan from the time I first started reading. When Star Trek emerged it quickly became a large part of that interest and I am happy doing anything related to that subject. Voyager is especially interesting in the ship design and through my familiarity with the series.

I tend to consider myself an organic artist, doing my best work with anatomy and living things rather than machines. The organic design of the Voyager ship seemed a good fit even though it is technically a machine. The Voyager ship is really a stand-alone beautiful object and I find its form very appealing and attractive.

Did you know when you decided on Voyager that it would be the first image from that series from Bye Bye Robot?

Yes, I was aware that this was the first artistic rendering of the Voyager ship that Bye Bye Robot had commissioned. I did not know that it was the only image they had from the ‘Voyager’ series. It’s always nice to step into a new area and see what happens there and maybe supply the fans with something they’ve been missing out on.

New Star Trek art from Bye Bye Robot

Bye Bye Robot have revealed five new pieces of art in their Star Trek print collection, one for each of the prime-timeline series. The new poster prints come in a variety of styles, with work from four different artists, a mix of returning Bye Bye Robot regulars, and new talent. Continue below to check out all five new pieces:

Jeff Foster continues his impressionist starship images with two new releases: The stealthy purple USS Defiant in Defiant, and Uncharted Territory, featuring the Enterprise NX-01 in a rainbow of colours:

Also returning is Mark Brayer, who continues his retro starship series, with Galileo Seven, featuring the shuttlecraft flying over the angry natives of Taurus II:

Bye Bye Robot's Next Generation

Last year Bye Bye Robot released six posters by Matt Ferguson, one for each of the TOS movies. Now they are continuing the series with four TNG designs. Each poster is 12x24 inches, and you can pick out your individual favourites, or get a set of all four. I think the Insurrection design is especially stunning:

Bye Bye Robot have also recently released a new TOS print. This art nouveau portrait of the 1701-A is by Alicia Andrew and is available as 13x24 inch print.

Painting starships, with Bye Bye Robot's Charity Wood

Bye Bye Robot recently released their first ever Star Trek: Enterprise print, and the artist, Bye Bye Robot's co-founder, Charity Wood, was kind enough to tell me all about it, and share a look behind the scenes:

Before you tell me about your latest piece, could you tell me a bit about you as an artist, and Bye Bye Robot. How did you came to create the world of Star Trek art the robot brings us?

I'd be happy to. I'm one of those people who picked up pencils and paint-brushes as (little more than) a toddler and then never put them down again. I've been making art as long as I can remember, so when it came time to choose school and career, art was the obvious choice. I've also been a sci-fi fan as long as I can remember, and as soon as Star Trek: The Next Generation hit the small screen, I was hooked. Fast forward to some years later, after working in several art fields and absorbing as much Star Trek as I possibly could, I realized that I wanted to have Star Trek art on my walls but couldn't find what I was looking for. The natural thing for me to do seemed to be...create Star Trek art for myself. So, that's what I did. My first Star Trek painting was the painting named "NCC-1701" and I just kept going from there. After I began receiving complements from friends I started to think that maybe others would enjoy these paintings too, and kaboom! Bye Bye, Robot was born! It took a bit of time, working through the legal side of things with CBS, but finally we made it and launched the shop. We ramped up our artwork offerings slowly so we could grow organically with the business, and now we work with almost a dozen artists, and are adding new art prints on a regular basis. Our next step, on the horizon, will be to branch out and begin incorporating more genres and licenses to our gallery.

Your latest piece features the NX-01, and is Bye Bye Robot's first Enterprise-inspired design. How did you go about bringing this one to life? Were there any particular challenges, or things you enjoyed, about depicting the first starship Enterprise?

Since painting "NCC-1701" and "Boldly Go" it's always been my intention to continue my ship series adding many more well known Star Trek ships to the roster. The Enterprise NX-01 was always on the list, but when we saw that Scott Bakula was going to be attending the Austin Comic Con last month (which happened to be right in our neck of the woods) I got giddily inspired and began focusing on that one, in particular. I pretty much worked on it non-stop till it was finished, and got it done just in time to bring its prints with us to that convention. Yay!

You ask about the challenges and enjoyment of painting my first Enterpise focused piece. The answer to both sides of that coin is the same...detail. Huge amounts of detail! I never realized how detailed that ship was compared to the "later" versions of her. The NX-01 has so many tiny parts and hull plates. There are so many seams and outlines that I needed to keep clear. Oh...that's another thing...my style. I'll give you the short version. I begin my paintings on a black canvas, so the outlines that you see are unlike "typical" outlines that are put on lastly over top of an image. My "outlines" are actually unpainted areas that have to remain totally unpainted during the entire process, so that the black canvas shows through. You can think of it as a kind of reverse painting. So, knowing that, painting something with a lot of detail...and a lot of lines...takes quite a bit longer than not. The detail in the NX-01 was both challenging and zen-like. I found that when I wasn't cursing my hand for making a near miss of a stroke, I was fully absorbed in the work and completely unaware of my surroundings. I found that balance of emotions quite enjoyable. In fact, the overall experience of concentrating on that amount of detail has influenced my next choice of subjects. I will be tackling intricate detain again in the near future.

Charity also sent me a couple of behind the scenes photos, showing how her NX-01 came together. So here's how that "reverse painting" works. Doesn't the ship look nice in black!

Continue after the jump for more from Charity, discussing some of her other pieces, and plans for the future:

Bye Bye Robot's latest starship prints

Bye Bye Robot have launched two new Star Trek prints, both celebrations of starships.

Mark Brayer's new Klingon Battlecruiser poster comes in the same retro style as his previous SS Botany Bay and USS Enterprise posters. This time a convoy of Klingon ships are fighting through an asteroid field:

Charity Wood meanwhile, returns with a new wide-format starship print, featuring the Enterprise NX-01, in Bye Bye Robot's first Enterprise design:

Bye Bye Robot's latest Trek-art

Bye Bye Robot have recently added three new pieces to their collection of Star Trek art poster prints. A new artist to Bye Bye Robot, Cliff Cramp, has two images available: A Good Day to Die, a lovely dramatic TOS space battle. And Deep Space Nine (you can probably guess the subject of that one). He has a gallery full of other Star Trek art on his Facebook page, so who knows, maybe these are the first of many:

Speaking of recurring artists, Tracie Ching has a second piece available from Bye Bye Robot; a 20th anniversary DS9 ensemble, a perfect partner to her 25th anniversary TNG print:

Matt Ferguson's TOS posters join the Bye Bye Robot collection

A little while ago, artist Matt Ferguson made a series of brilliant posters for the TOS movies, to accompany a series of retrospective reviews of the films on Crome Yellow. If you like those designs you should be pleased to hear Bye Bye Robot have now adopted them into their Star Trek range, offering all six as poster prints.

As I said when I first posted about these in May, I would jump on that beautiful Undiscovered Country poster given the chance. Alas even with them being offered as prints it still remains out of my grasp, as Bye Bye Robot only ship within the US!

For more Matt Ferguson Star Trek art, keep visiting Crome Yellow, as he's now extending the series into the TNG movies.

Latest Star Trek art

Bye Bye Robot have released two new posters in their range of Star Trek art. Their third piece from Drew Johnson, is his first TOS-era image, and his first not to feature a starship: Landing Party depicts the TOS crew beaming down to a planet, using a paint splatter effect as the transporter beams:

Meanwhile, Jeff Foster continues his impressionist style series with Bye Bye Robot's first depiction of Deep Space 9, in a piece called Terok Nor:

Bye Bye Robot aren't the only ones making Trek art, QMx's latest Star Trek creation is a poster print as well. Coming later in the year will be Ode to Spot, a piece by Jonathan England, featuring Data and Spot, sitting in Sherlock Holmes' chair:

The Enterprise zooms into Bye Bye Robot's latest poster

Bye Bye Robot has revealed its latest Star Trek poster, this time featuring the TOS USS Enterprise. This is the second retro starship design from Mark Breyer, and it sounds like the next in an ongoing series from what Bye Bye Robot's Charity Wood told StarTrek.com:

His roster of ships is shaping up into a formidable armada. With this current U.S.S. Enterprise, his last S.S. Botany Bay, and the ships I know he’s working on for his future prints, there will be enough spacefaring might to begin an intergalactic hall of fame.

StarTrek.com also suggest Breyer drew inspiration from "mid-to-late-1900s book-cover art". Although from the world of Star Trek cover art it seems surprisingly similar to Lou Feck's cover for Star Trek 6, James Blish's 1972 anthology of episode novelizations. The planetscape perhaps has more in common with Jerry Vanderstelt's more recent, but retro styled, cover of Constellations. It is very much in the aesthetic of Breyer's previous Botany Bay poster too:

Bye Bye Robot's new Khan propaganda poster

The latest Star Trek poster from Bye Bye Robot is now available; following on from their Botany Bay design they now bring us a propaganda poster for Khan's new world order. Steve Thomas' print looks like this:

Anyone else seeing a whole new landmass connecting Africa and India? I wonder if that's part of Khan's devious plans to unite the world...

The new Khan print is available from Bye Bye Robot to customers in the US now. There's also some good news for those of us not in America, as ThinkGeek are now offering Jeff Foster's impressionist designs from Bye Bye Robot's collection - And they ship all over the world.