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tekknonerd.bsky.social
TekknoNerd - The Stellar Cartographer
@tekknonerd.bsky.social
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Blender3d artist, designing and modelling Star Trek bridges, sets, and locations; including maps and opening videos for Star Trek RPG player games, and other services.

Commissions available!

https://tekknonerd.carrd.co/
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I saw Predator Badlands last night, and I really quite enjoyed it. It's the film that 15 year old me (obsessed with Yautjas and their culture as depicted in the comics and books) would have loved to see. It has the messiest title card drop I've ever seen in a film though, which I had to mock 😂
A tongue-in-cheek mockup of the titledrop for Predator Badlands. The titular Predator can be seen in the lower half of the screen, looking out over an alien vista that makes up the rest of the image. Imposed over the top is the Predator Badlands logo, surrounded by text which reads: TOP: "20th Century Fox Presents, a property owned by 20th Century Fox" BOTTOM: "Directed by Dan Trachtenberg, and based on the film PREDATOR, released in 1987, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Alan "Dutch" Schaefer, the leader of an elite paramilitary rescue team on a mission to save hostages in a Central American rainforest, who encounters a deadly Predator (Kevin Peter Hall), " Additional text can be seen hinted at under the film's letterbox format, suggesting the essay continues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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An image of Bean - a little Goblin with big shiny eyes drawn in a chibi-style - sitting in a pot of red soup. A sign written on a piece of torn cardboard sits next to the pot saying "Bean Soup - 1 penny"
October 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
tekknonerd.bsky.social
Sorry (not sorry)
A memeification of the original image posted by Jazzi, where a Sims-esque negative interaction icon has been placed above the female character's head.
October 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
tekknonerd.bsky.social
This was a nice surprise for this evening! I've had a play through and although it's a little rough in places (sound effects and dialogue notable wrong or absent), it's a fairly enjoyable demo that takes you through Caretaker as a tutorial. I can see myself enjoying this a lot when it's released!
An image taken from an email, informing the recipient that the game Star Trek Voyager: Across the Unknown has a playable demo available. There is an image at the bottom of the starship Voyager, flying past a sun.
October 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
tekknonerd.bsky.social
My evil plans for Deck Zero version 2 are proceeding apace. As soon as I learn what the hell I'm doing that is. Still, this is a good start! #blender #unreal #startrek
October 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
tekknonerd.bsky.social
On its birthday, share one image from your favorite TNG episode. (hard to pick just one...)
A still image from the Star Trek The Next Generation episode "Family". In the image, Picard (Patrick Stewart) is covered in mod and crying in front of a leafy green backdrop. A still image from the Star Trek The Next Generation episode "Parallels". The image focuses on a grainy and static-filled viewscreen image of a possible Captain Riker. He has an overgrown beard, unkempt hair, and a manic look in his eyes. The bridge seen behind him is out of focus, but clearly in disarray. A still from the Star Trek The Next Generation episode "Starship Mine"; in which Commander Data (Brent Spiner) is looking down slightly while delivering some "small talk" to Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) and William Riker (Jonathan Frakes). Beverly is looking at William with a bemused expression, while William is in the midst of trying to hold in laughter. The three are standing in a beige room, with a large circular window over Data's left shoulder. There are green plants under the window.
September 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
tekknonerd.bsky.social
Um, excuse me?
September 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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September 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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August 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Would more like this be what you need? With the location values on the two texture coordinate nodes being used to move the two gradients independently?
August 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Quick and dirty example (which doesn't replicate your full set-up, but should show what I mean):
August 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
tekknonerd.bsky.social
Is this some kind of Treasure Planet remake?
August 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
tekknonerd.bsky.social
Is everyone sleeping on the fact that apparently our boy Harry made Admiral? #startrek #starfleetacademy
July 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
tekknonerd.bsky.social
Here are the books, if anyone is interested; including:

"Temporal Mechanics 101" - by @drerinmac.bsky.social
"The Edge of Midnight" - @eomproject.bsky.social
and "Matter / Anti-Matter Reactors For Dummies (A Reference for the Rest of Us!)"

I had a lot of fun making these!
A collection of fictional book covers and spines inspired by the Star Trek Universe. Including (from left to right, by row) Row 1: >The Starfleet Technical Manual - Olympic-class Starships, volume 1 > History of the Borg: From First Contact to The Fall of The Collective - By Katheryn Janeway (with forewords by Seven of Nine and Admiral JL Picard) > Temporal Mechanics 101 by Dr Erin MacDonald > The United Federation of Planets - Ethics and Directives by Admiral JL Picard > The Full Works of William Shakespeare (in the Original Klingon) Row 2: San Franciso 2161 - by Aubrey B Marincola The Edge of Midnight - A Narrative of the Federation Klingon Cold War (2256-2293) Tiny, Little, Lifeforms by Lt.Cmd. Data (title by Reginald Barclay): A scientific paper examining retrogenic analysis of photosynthetic and carbonisation characteristics as observed through phase-pulsed biometric cellular decay measurement algorithms and caustic atmospheric emissive property scanning The Pallid Son - by Tracey Torme Holograms I Have Known - by Reginald Barclay Row 3 The Writing of Surak of Vulcan Starfleet Technical Manual TM:379260/2 Jackill's Star Fleet Reference Manual: Ships of the Fleet - Volume 3, written and illustrated by Eric Kristiansen Mr.Scott's Guide to the Enterprise - written and illustrated by Shane Johnson The Long Dark Tunnel by Tracy Torme Row 4: Life At Warp Ten: The Life Changing Account of Being Lost in the Delta Quadrant, Breaching the Warp 10 Threshold, Mutating into a Lizard, and the Seven Year Voyage Home - by Tom Paris Time Travel - Issues in Practicality - By Admiral James T Kirk Matter / Anti-Matter Reactors For Dummies (A Reference for the Rest of Us!) - By Geordi LaForge and Lt. Cdr Argyle (with foreword by Dr Leah Brahms, chief designer of the Mark VII Warp Core) Photons Be Free - The Choose Your Own Adventure Novel Based on the Award-Winning Holoprogram - Written, Adapted, and with Foreword by The Doctor Dixon Hill's The Long Goodbye by Tracy Torme
July 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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"Commander, may I see you in my Ready Room..."

Finished commission for @tekanan.bsky.social's #StarTrek RP ship, the U.S.S. Solkar. This is the Captain's Ready Room just off the Bridge. Filled with mementos, ship models from prior commands, and a large collection of books and technical manuals.
A 3d rendered image from Blender3d of the Captain's Desk and chair in a white-walled Ready Room. The decor is Star Trek themed. A computer display is laid out in front of the chair, with a cup in the foreground. To the right are a number of golden starship models inset into the wall on wooden shelves. On the left is the rest of the desk, including a small stand-alone computer terminal, and in the background is a white-coloured couch, and some wall art. A door is positioned behind the chair on the right, and on the left is a wall-lamp. A 3d rendered image from Blender3d of the Captain's Desk and chair in a white-walled Ready Room. The decor is Star Trek themed. To the left are a number of golden starship models inset into the wall on wooden shelves. On the right is an inset bookcase, filled with different books. In the center of the image are three chairs positioned in front of the Captain's wooden desk, and a large door with a sign saying "01 Main Bridge". There is a large fern-like potted plant on the right-hand side of the door. A 3d rendered image from Blender3d of the Captain's Desk and chair in a white-walled Ready Room. The decor is Star Trek themed. To the left are a number of golden starship models inset into the wall on wooden shelves. On the right is an inset bookcase, filled with different books. In the center of the image are three chairs positioned in front of the Captain's wooden desk, and a large door with a sign saying "01 Main Bridge". There is a large fern-like potted plant on the right-hand side of the door. An Isometric cutaway view of the Captain's Ready Room. The perspective is zoomed out and as viewed from a 45 degree angle above the ground. The wall surrounding the room is missing for a large section of the bottom length to allow a view inside.
July 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
tekknonerd.bsky.social
Been playing with the modular corridors some more and so far it's been working well, each section snapping together nicely. It gives me some great versatility in putting scenes together. #StarTrek #StarTrekOnline #Blender3d
A 3d render of a Star Trek hallway from the 2410 era and as depicted in Star Trek Online. A doorway is visible on the right-hand side of the image, with a label on the door marked "Turbolift -1". A 3d render of a Star Trek hallway from the 2410 era and as depicted in Star Trek Online. A door is shown on the left-hand side, flanked by two pots with an array of flowers in them. The door has a label on it marked "Conference" A 3d render of a Star Trek hallway from the 2410 era and as depicted in Star Trek Online. A large brown door is visible on the right of the screen. A 3d render of a Star Trek hallway from the 2410 era and as depicted in Star Trek Online. Computer consoles are visible on both sides of the corridor. The one on the right is active, while the left-hand one is not.
July 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
tekknonerd.bsky.social
I've been working on an update to my modular hallways from the era as depicted in #StarTrekOnline (around 2410). I made some adjustments to the overall scale, since I don't have to account for the player camera, but otherwise I've tried to stay as close to what is depicted in the game as possible.
A 3d render of a Star Trek hallway from the 2410 era and as depicted in Star Trek Online. A series of chairs are inset on the right-hand wall, and a door is visible at the far end of the corridor. A 3d render of a Star Trek hallway from the 2410 era and as depicted in Star Trek Online. The hallway opens into an open junction at the far end. A 3d render of a Star Trek hallway from the 2410 era and as depicted in Star Trek Online. An open junction is visible at the end of the hall on the right-hand-side of the image, and in the center-left is a door, inset into the corridor. A 3d render of a Star Trek hallway from the 2410 era and as depicted in Star Trek Online. Two Starfleet officers walk down the corridor in conversation with each other away from the camera.
July 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
tekknonerd.bsky.social
I enjoy the 'blocking out' of a scene stage a lot. Gives me an opportunity to be a little bit silly. For example, guess what the window in this ready room will eventually look out into? #startrek #blender3d #wip #commision
A screenshot of the Blender 3d program, showing a work-in-progress scene, with simple textures and placeholder objects. A window cutout can be seen in the centre-left of the view with the Portal 2 Space Orb textured onto it. Some simple and featureless figures are placed around the scene to provide scale.
June 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
tekknonerd.bsky.social
Something something Computer give me manual control
Jonathan Frakes as Will Riker in Star Trek: Insurrection. He is standing in front of standing column and firmly gripping the joystick sat atop it. Smoke surrounds him.
June 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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June 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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I've been playing with the Ray Portal shader on #Blender3d, and well, what else was I supposed to do but project the outside into a holodeck? #StarTrek
June 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
tekknonerd.bsky.social
Absolutely exhausting weekend, and now I can barely move, but what a blast! Now...back our regularly scheduled content! #UKGE #StarTrek
An image of a crowded convention hall, with a number of stalls and people which can be more clearly seen in the foreground, with the image stretching off into a mass of people and other stalls until no details can be picked out. The ceiling / top of the image is covered with a number of girders and steel beams with span the top half of the image.
June 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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"This doesn't look like Risa..." #startrek #drwho #ukge
May 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Times are tough, have an Enterprise....well, have some of their bridges, at least...
May 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Recently completed #Blender3d commission of a #StarTrek bar aboard a Federation Starship. You may have seen the plates and the Main Fridge from earlier posts; well, here's where they came from! If you're interested in commissioning something like this, you can contact me at tekknonerd.carrd.co
A CG render of a bar set in the Star Trek universe. There are two tables along both edges surrounded by chairs, and a central table laden with food. At the far left of the image is a kitchen/bar area with a standing cooking unit. Along the right-hand side of the image are a series of inset benches, under a series of curved windows. A CG render from the perspective of one of the side tables in a Star Trek bar. There is a vase of flowers in the extreme foreground. In the middle distance are a series of bar stools which align against a wooden topped bar. On the left of the picture a buffet table can be seen. In the distance from that, a door leading out into a corridor, flanked by a picture of an eclipse on an alien world. One of the walls near to the doorway into/out of the bar area from the previous images. On the wall is a picture of a nebula in blues and purples. The doors are semi-glass with wooden insets, giving a sort of Western Saloon vibe. There is additional wood paneling along the lower half of the walls, and along the ceiling join. A large alien plant in a pot is positioned in the corner of the room. A view from the bar in the previous scenes, along the buffet table and looking out into space, where a golden hued nebular can be seen.
May 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM