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Kyle @ussburritotruck.bsky.social · 11h

#trektober Day Sixteen: Warp Core

I didn't want to just draw a warp core, and was struggling to think of way to approach the prompt that was interesting to me. Was already well past the past the "deadline" when this came to me.

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Digital drawing of Zefram Cochrane as depicted in 'Star Trek First Contact', wearing a welding mask.

Kyle @ussburritotruck.bsky.social · 2d

#trektober Day Fifteen: Era Swap

I guess it's less a swap than a time travel situation, but I didn't want to just draw one character wearing the uniform from a different era, and didn't have time to do something a bit more complex, so this is what we've got.

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A digital drawing of Mariner, Boimler, and Kirk. Boimler is grabbing Mariner by the shirt and proclaiming, "Mariner, we can't be on Kirk's Enterprise wearing our red uniforms."

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Kyle @ussburritotruck.bsky.social · 3d

#trektober Day Fourteen: Ghost Ship

Thought this was a funny gag. If the Enterprise can deploy an inflatable decoy of itself, like it does in 'The Practical Joker', you can't tell me there isn't a possibility it might be able to drape a giant sheet over itself.

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A digital drawing of the Enterprise wearing a giant sheet with a face cut out of it as a ghost costume.

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KINDAFREE | IRI @denofsin.bsky.social · 3d

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Kyle @ussburritotruck.bsky.social · 4d

#trektober Day Thirteen: Single Episode Character

I think the character Ch'Rega, from 'Prophecy' is a lot of fun, and even among Klingons, she has a very distinct look; the hair stylists back stage were trying some stuff out, and I think it worked.

#trektober2025 #startrek #fanart #klingon

A colour digital illustration of the Klingon woman Ch'Rega who appeared in the VOY episode 'Prophecy'.

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Kyle @ussburritotruck.bsky.social · 5d

#trektober Day Twelve: Synthehol

I'm not sure Morn would actually drink synthehol as opposed to the real stuff, but for the purposes of this drawing, let's assume he's having the Lurian version of a dry January.

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A digital drawing of Morn from 'Deep Space Nine' holding a martini glass while seated at a small bar table

Kyle @ussburritotruck.bsky.social · 6d

#trektober Day Eleven: Frenemies

Catching up! Had to do Spock and McCoy for this one. And I decided to just bang it out quickly to see just how much time it would take me. Not super happy with the linework but it is what it is.

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Digital drawing of Spock and McCoy. McCoy is pointing and yelling at Spock; Spock has an eyebrow arched in response.

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Kyle @ussburritotruck.bsky.social · 6d

Realized I forgot to draw Benny's glasses, and had to fix it.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 6d

i believe i said "fuck" on a comic con stage for the first time today.

the full quote:

"Fuck 'A.i.'"

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Kyle @ussburritotruck.bsky.social · 6d

#trektober Day Ten: Promenade

Well late on this one. Took me a minute to think of what I wanted to do with the prompt, and then I didn't want to actually put in the necessary time to do the drawing.

#trektober2025 #fanart #startrek #deepspacenine

A digital drawing of Benny Russell in grey tone imagining Nog and Jake hanging out on the Promenade of Deep Space Nine in colour.

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 8d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 8d

sitting on my hand for 5 minutes so it feels like someone else is posting for me

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 10d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 8d

Well, good for DC

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DC Comics won’t support generative AI: ‘not now, not ever’

“People have an instinctive reaction to what feels authentic.”

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Kyle @ussburritotruck.bsky.social · 9d

#trektober Day Nine: Animals

'The Voyage Home' was a big part of my childhood. I used to watch it all the time, and it is probably as responsible for me being a Trekkie today as TNG, which began airing when I was seven.

#trektober2025 #fanart #startrek #therebewhaleshere

A digital drawing of the humpback whale Gracie and Spock swimming together

Kyle @ussburritotruck.bsky.social · 10d

#trektober Day Eight: Underrated Character

It is criminal that Ardra was only used for one episode. What a fun character.

Unfortunately didn't have any time to do more than the basic line art for this one, though I would have loved to do a proper illustration.

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A basic digital drawing of the character Ardra from the TNG episode 'Devil's Due' sitting in the Enterprise D's captain's chair.

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Kyle @ussburritotruck.bsky.social · 11d

#trektober Day Seven: Fanfic Style Alternate Universe

I really struggled with the prompt for this one, so I decided to go meta.

#trektober2025 #fanart #startrek

Simple black and white digital drawing of Data and Geordi from TNG.
Text reads:
"Geordi, what is a..."fanfic style alternate universe?"
"... I'm not sure that combination of words exists in the Federation Database, Data."

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Mathraptor @mathraptor.bsky.social · 11d

"LET HIM SPEAK!"

9" x 12" ink and watercolor on watercolor paper.

Somewhere, in the Deep reaches of space, an assembly has gathered on a space station. During a heated discussion on the design and capabilities of mecha, Isamu Kurogane (Lance) stands tall and dares to speak the truth. "Every Gundam is worse than Voltron because his hands are lion mouths!!!" he declares without shame. His bravado has impressed the Red Comet, Char Aznable, while confusing and insulting Amuro Ray. The delaration is heard to mixed reactions by many other mecha pilots (not by Shinji Ikari, he is doing his best to ignore him).

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 12d

And, importantly, it was for *artists*.

Investing in creatives having sustainable lives creates better art, which benefits society in a multitude of ways (including financially).

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 12d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Kyle @ussburritotruck.bsky.social · 12d

#trektober Day Six: Holodeck Costume

Moopsy!

I originally had a much more complicated idea, but procrastination meant I wouldn't have enough time to get even close to done. Maybe I'll be able to crowbar it into a future prompt.

#trektober2025 #fanart #startrek #lowerdecks #moopsy

A bone drinking monster wearing a deerstalker cap sitting beside a pipe in the holodeck.

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Kyle @ussburritotruck.bsky.social · 12d

#Trektober Day 5 (only a little bit over the wire this time): Worlds Collide

I was a bit at a loss about what to do for this prompt until I remembered the TMNT/Trek toys that Playmates put out in 1994.

#trektober2025 #fanart #startrek #tmnt #ninjaturtles

Black and white digital drawing of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Starfleet officers standing in front of the Vasquez Rocks

An advert for the Ninja Turtles/Star Trek crossover toys produced by Playmates in 1994.

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Kyle @ussburritotruck.bsky.social · 13d

#trektober Day Four (please pay no attention to the time at which this was posted, still counts if I haven't gone to sleep yet): Caves!

Here's Mariner wearing the weird two tone jumpsuit from 'What Are Little Girls Made Of?'

#trektober2025 #fanart #startrek #lowerdecks

Becket Mariner standing in some caves, dressed in the green and blue jumpsuit seen in the TOS episode 'What Are Little Girls Made Of?' and wielding the phallic looking rock that Kirk used to defend himself in that episode.

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Eladio Bobadilla @eladiobobadilla.com · 15d

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Kyle @ussburritotruck.bsky.social · 15d

#Trektober2025 Day 3: Orb Experience. Quark with the Orb of Wisdom. And though his encounter with the Prophets was a little different, giving him a vision of the Prophet wearing Sisko's likeness taking Zek's greed, like Aang taking Firelord Ozai's bending.

#Trektober #Fanart #StarTrek

A digital drawing of DS9's Quark opening the case of the orb of wisdom. He has a vision of a Prophet looking like commander Sisko taking away Grand Negus' Zek's greed.

Kyle @ussburritotruck.bsky.social · 16d

Day 2: Another #Trektober prompt, another rushed drawing!

For "Uniform" I thought the idea of Riker in a Starfleet skant style uniform would be very amusing. Starfleet human resources would have an entire department devoted to him.

#Trektober2025 #fanart #StarTrek

A digital drawing of TNG's commander Riker performing the infamous "Riker lean" while wearing a Starfleet skant style uniform.

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