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3 4 P E R S P E C T I V E | M A R C H / A P R I L 2 0 2 1 N E W S A D G L I F E T I M E A C H I E V E M E N T AWA R D J O H N E AV E S A D G L I F E T I M E A C H I E V E M E N T AWA R D J O H N E AV E S Illustrators and Matte Artists Craft Winner: John Eaves. A. JOHN EAVES. B. ENTERPRISE CONCEPT FOR STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. C. VULCAN LANDSCAPE ILLUSTRATION FOR STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE. John Eaves was born in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1962 and from a very young age was fascinated with aircraft and science fi ction. From the age of fi ve, he started making model kits with his dad and was drawing pictures of everything in sight. The 10s off ered this young kid a look into the future with TV shows like Lost in Space, Land of the Giants, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel, Star Trek, Jonny Quest and The Munsters. Each show struck his imagination in many ways, and little did he know that these shows were all steppingstones to a future in movies. In the summer of 1, a fi lm came out that would start John's quest to work in the movies. Jaws hit the big screen. It was his fi rst PG-rated movie and was a huge leap from a world of Disney shows into grown-up entertainment. Jaws was in the theaters for a good six months and at least every other week, he would beg to see it again and again. Come Christmas time in 1975, his parents got him the soundtrack to Jaws and a little paperback book called The Making of Jaws. In that book, he would A B C