John Eaves - Star Trek concept illustrator, designer and model maker, Part 2

Our Sagacious hosts, Lili Fox Lim and Bryan Kreutz, continue their incredible interview with special guest John Eaves. In this conversation, we hear from Star Trek's longest-running staff member and his great stories working on concept art, illustrations, and model making. John talks in depth about working on Star Trek Projects from 1989 through 2022. We hear how he got his start working on Deep Space Nine as a production illustrator and how he incorporated his love of making models into that role. Bryan and Lili ask interesting questions about what it was like working with JJ Abrams, as well as working for Paramount on so many Star Trek TV Series. We find out his influences when designing iconic props like the Phaser weapons in Star Trek: Enterprise. John also gives Bryan and Lili insight into what it was like working in a production role that has had so many technological improvements over the years.