Lee Cole had established the look of the controls during Phase II, so when I started helping out with the backlit panels, I followed her stylistic lead. I did marker sketches of the corridors and transporter room and airbrush art of Main Engineering. My title was a senior illustrator under Mike Minor (and ultimately Joe), so I was there to draw whatever was needed to show how sets and props and such could look prior to building. Long story short, Joe invited me to come in when TMP was announced, I attended the press conference on stage, and was on the production that afternoon. I did get to meet with Mike Minor (illustrator) and John Cartwright (lead set designer), and left my info and SF and space art samples. One of those studios was Paramount, where the Phase II production had been moving along, though slowly, and Production Designer Joe Jennings was a straight shooter with me in saying that he didn't have anything for me at the time. Rick Sternbach tells us how he got the job as senior illustrator on 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture', his first of many jobs on Star Trek: 'In October 1977 I visited a number of studios during a trip out from Connecticut. This article identifies the logos depicted in the book in the TOS movies and later appearances on Star Trek. Many of the pictograms appeared as stickers in the Star Trek: The Motion Picture Peel-Off Graphics Book. Rick Sternbach and Lee Cole were tasked with the design of this futuristic iconography. History of the Pictograms Canon Appearances Conclusionįor 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture', a number of logos or pictograms were designed for 23rd century Earth and the Starship Enterprise.

Pictograms from the Star Trek: The Motion Picture Peel-Off Graphics Bookīy Jörg Hillebrand, Bernd Schneider and Brad Wilder

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