EXCLUSIVE: First Look at The Artistry of Dan Curry

Go inside the visual artistry behind your favorite Star Trek shows

BY StarTrek.com Staff

December 1, 2020 5:00 AM PST

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EXCLUSIVE: First Look at The Artistry of Dan Curry

With more than 50 years of history to its name, Star Trek is one of the world’s most treasured popular cultural institutions, and seven-time Emmy award-winner Dan Curry is one of its most enduring talents. His amazing contributions have ranged from directing, title design and concept art to practical on-set effects and weapon design.

Star Trek: The Artistry of Dan Curry reveals the many and varied techniques used to produce some of the most spectacular visual effects used in the various series, while Dan also goes in-depth to divulge the secrets of some of his own personal favorite creations.

This is a book for all Star Trek fans to treasure, and it comes with a limited edition art card signed by Dan Curry! Order your copy here or here.

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A look inside The Artistry of Dan Curry

Storyboarding sequences help keep track of the elements needed, and show the cast and crew the flow of images and what they will look like.

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Experimental designs for the Delta Quadran

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Dan Curry also designed a larger version of the Kazon Ship called the Mother Ship. Chakotay rams it with his Maquis ship in a kamikaze attack in the Voyager pilot, "Caretaker."

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Prop master Alan Sims operated the puppet lying under the chair with his arm thrust up through a hole in the dummy corpse. He got covered with sticky goo as the cotton candy dissolved

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