[ID] A digital painting referencing Vermeer’s Girl With A Pearl earring, which has replaced the subject with Uhura from Strange New Worlds, and the green earrings Uhura is known for wearing in Star Trek TOS. A watermark in the corner reads M.H [End ID]
Sketchbook page 03.
[Image ID:] The background is a screenshot of the newspaper page from Star Trek Discovery which reads “Emperor Georgou Dies Horrible PainFul Death. Spock from Into Darkness is in the top right corner, as is Kirk in the bottom left. Kirk is draw in lilac colours. A bust of Uhura is in the center of the page. She’s wearing a red shirt and grinning, and has short curly hair. On the right hand side is another drawing of Uhura, in the foreground. She’s wearing a dark purple jacket with a high collar, which is unzipped at the top to reval a dark blue shirt. [End Image ID]
[ID] digital fanart shows a bust of Nyota Uhura on a green background. Her hair is up and she's wearing a red handband, which matches her red and yellow uniform. [End ID]
[Image ID:] A digital illustration which shows the interior of the starship enterprise. From left to right, Hikaru Sulu, Spock, Nyota Uhura and Christine Chapel are sitting in the cargo bay and looking out of a large oval window, out of which you can see a large green planet with a smaller, blue moon. There are stars in the background. At the edge of the room are various plants. Sulu is pointing something out and Spock is turned away from the viewer, while Uhura and Christine laugh. Everyone is out of uniform- Sulu is wearing jeans, and an unbuttoned pale green shirt with colourful yellow, blue, purple and red leaf motifs, and Spock is wearing a blue shirt and white trousers. Uhura is wearing a yellow dress and green boots. Chapel is wearing a pink jumpsuit and peach socks with yellow spots. She also has a red sash. Spock also has navy blue socks which are decorated with miniature planets. [End Image ID]
[Image ID:] The characters Janice Rand and Nyota Uhura from star Trek are standing on the Original Series’ bridge. Uhura is leaning over the railing to kiss Rand on the cheek, and a yellow collar pokes out of the top of her shirt. The image is covered by a soft pink filter and a vignette. A signature in the corner reads marlinspirkhall. [End Image ID]
[Image ID:] A digital pencil illustration of Spock and Uhura from Star Trek kissing in front of a colourful city skyline. the lights behind them are all out of focus. Uhura is wearing golden sun earrings, and the one which the viewer can see is swinging, mid-movement. Spock is wearing a purple shirt and has long dark hair which is blowing in the wind. The watermark in the corner reads “@marlinspirkhall” in white writing. [End image ID.]
“I’ve found the ambassador, Mr Scott. You can turn the gravity back on now.”
[Image ID:] A digital illustration of Nyota Uhura and T’Pring from Star Trek. They’re standing inside a dark turbolift shaft. T’Pring is standing on a platform and leaning forwards with her eyes closed as she wears a dark blue dress. She’s also wearing a cape which is billowing upwards slightly. Nyota is dressed in her red short-sleeved uniform, with silver sleeves. She floating on the edge of the plarform and holding onto T’Pring’s shoulder with one arm as she leans in to kiss her. T’Pring has her eyes closed. The wall behind them reads “Level 07″. [End Image ID]
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Continuing the theme of “Captain Uhura”. Slight uniform redesign- the belts with the sideways delta belt buckle take inspiration from Kirk’s infamous green wraparound shirt. Chapel’s outfit is loosely based on the Star Trek: Discovery uniforms, and she’s probably Chief Medical Officer at this point.
Bonus fact: A month ago, my uncle took one look at this and went “are you a trekkie?”
[Image ID] An illustration of Uhura and Chapel in their quarters, having a conversation. Uhura is sitting on a green computer terminal, and Chapel is standing beside her, leaning with one hand on a green, see-through cube table. There’s a portrait on the wall beside them, and a potted plant sitting on a shelf. The floor is made up of alternating checkered grey and beige slabs. There are large windows in the background, and many potted plants dotted around the room. A painting on the far wall shows abstract blue art of cells under a microscope. A signature in the bottom right of the image reads “marlinspirkhall”. [End Image ID]
[Image ID] A close-up on the portrait on the wall. It’s a multi-coloured image of a woman, composed of a number of cubes. She’s smoking a cigarette and there is a plant on the shelf in front of her. The plant pot is green with a blue stripe. [End Image ID]
This is a response to the prompt “Spuhura Bridgerton AU.” I’ve never consumed the show or the books, so obviously I was the perfect candidate for tackling that prompt /lh. As far as I can tell, Bridgerton is mostly about Vibes™️ rather than plot, so I hope this is suitable for the person who sent in the prompt. Their robes aren’t period-accurate, but they’re probably in a holodeck anyway.
[Image ID: Fanart of the characters Uhura and Spock from Star Trek: The Original Series kissing in front of a window. Uhura has her hair tied up, and Spock has curly hair. They’re both wearing robes- Nyota’s are blue, and she’s wearing what looks like a denim jacket with puffy sleeves. She’s holding Spock’s arm and he has his hands on her waist. He’s wearing green robes with yellow/gold detailing. The floor is made up of diagonal checkers, which are yellow and black against a beige background. Outside the window is a field of yellow and pink flowers, and there are pine trees in the distance. The sky is a pale, overcast blue, and there are three flower pots in view. A watermark in the corner reads “marlinspirkhall”. [End Image ID]
“Nyota travels home, though her destination is unexpected.”
This was partially inspired by @strawberrypatty and others in the Spuhura discord, who told me that Uhura served under Spock when he was Captain. Here, I took the story prompt of “Captain Uhura”, and switched their positions. (She’s playing his lyre in the third image, and I was initially going to draw him in the final slide, though I think the implication that she travelled with him to the Kelvinverse timeline is clear here). The deltas in the final image also pay homage to the Star Trek: Discovery uniforms.
“I’ll be back, though it takes forever
Forever is just a day
Forever is just another journey
Tomorrow, a stop along the way.”
- Wilbur Hatch, Gene L. Coon
[Image ID: Drawings of Nyota Uhura. The first image shows the view from a space shuttle as it departs Nairobi Spaceport (based on an image of Nairobi airport), as the sun sets. Text in the top corner of the frame reads “I’ll be back”. The second image shows Uhura from The Original Series sitting at her desk on the bridge of The Enterprise. She has her hand raised to her ear as she listens to her earpiece, and is facing towards the viewer. Text running across the bottom of the screen reads “Though it takes forever.” The third image shows Nyota with her eyes closed, playing a Vulcan Harp in a room with a green background. She is wearing a similar uniform to the previous slide, except she has three stripes on her sleeves, implying she’s a Captain now, and the collar of her shirt is golden. In the fourth image, the Enterprise flies through space with a rainbow warp trail behind it. Text at the top reads “Forever is just another journey.” The fifth image shows Uhura from Star Trek: 2009 standing in front of a white background, looking up and smiling. Her hair is being blown forwards onto her face by the wind. Text reads “Tomorrow”. In the sixth and final image, elder Uhura from The Original Series steps off the shuttle, and greets her. Her grey hair is being blown backwards, and her hand is raised in the Vulcan ta’al. She is wearing a two-toned uniform which is dark red on the left, and bright red on the right. The collar is black on the left and splits into red on the right, covered in little grey Starfleet deltas. [End Image ID]
Digital Sketchbook for June 2021, all pages together.
[image ID:] A collection of Spock drawings, from The Original Series, drawn on a white background. The portrait on the left is overlaid by pink, lines similar to an EKG graph go across the screen, in purple, pink and light blue. Text reads “Sketchbook 01 (Marlin) 2021″. There’s a yellow sun in the top right corner, and gradient yellow on the right of the page. At the top are two close ups of spock’s eyes. On the left he looks stressed and on the right he is blushing and surrounded by blue sparkles. In the bottom right there’s a partial portrait of him with no pupils. [End Image ID]
[Image ID:] A series of drawings of Sulu from the Kelvinverse movies. These are based on images of John Cho. At the top of the page there are three portraits of him from the torso-up. On the left, he faces to the right, and is wearing a beard, and a green shirt. In the middle, he has a bowl cut and Vulcan ears, and pointed eyebrows. He’s wearing an unbuttoned dark orange shirt. On the right, he’s wearing blue, and facing inwards. In the foreground is an image of Kirk lying in a hospital bed, asleep, as Sulu sleeps in a chair beside him, also sleeping. The watermark reads (caps lock) MARLIN ‘21. [End Image ID.]
[Image ID:] The background is a screenshot of the newspaper page from Star Trek Discovery which reads “Emperor Georgou Dies Horrible PainFul Death. Spock from Into Darkness is in the top right corner, as is Kirk in the bottom left. Kirk is draw in lilac colours. A bust of Uhura is in the center of the page. She’s wearing a red shirt and grinning, and has short curly hair. On the right hand side is another drawing of Uhura, in the foreground. She’s wearing a dark purple jacket with a high collar, which is unzipped at the top to reval a dark blue shirt. [End Image ID]
[Image ID: An image of Michael Burnham from Star Trek Discovery. This is based on an image of Sonequa Martin-Green. She’s wearing green Vulcan Robes with a dark blue shirt underneath it. The background is dark and she’s surrounded by yellow sparkles, implying that she’s in a transporter. A signature in the top left corner reads Marlin 2021. End Image ID]
More art practise.
[Image ID]: A digital painting of Nyota Uhura from Star Trek. She’s sitting at her console but is turned to face the viewer, and her head is turned to the left. The wall in the background is lit by blue purple and pink lighting. The watermark reads M. H. [End Image ID]
Lighting practise/ Vulcan AU/ Lesbian Spuhura
Fun fact: in the Mirrorverse, Uhura stabbed Short Abraham Lincoln, as he deserved.
