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M A R C H / A P R I L 2 0 2 1 | P E R S P E C T I V E 3 7 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 A A. KLINGON BATTLE CRUISER CONCEPT SKETCH FOR STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE. B. DISCOVERY ENTERPRISE DRAWING FOR STAR TREK: DISCOVERY C. ARMORED TRUCK CONCEPT FOR MAD MAX: FURY ROAD. A spend hours and hours going over the behind-the- scenes pictures of how the fi lm came together. One chapter in particular stood out and that was the one that talked about Joe Alves and how he drew and designed the fi lm. John was so excited to tell his parents that somebody got to draw all the things in the movie and that was what he wanted to do. After Jaws came the TV show Space 1999, then Star Wars, Close Encounters, Superman and Alien. It was a new style of fantastic fi lms that featured a new world of special eff ects. Many art books were starting to hit the bookstores as well; The Star Wars Sketch Book, the book of Alien and The Art of Empire Strikes Back were his holy grail of movie books. Names like Joe Johnston, Ralph McQuarrie, Robert McCall, Syd Mead, Giger, Ed Verroux, Greg Jein and Ron Cobb were always topics of conversation. Phoenix did not off er fi lm design in any of the colleges, so John started to teach himself to draw futuristic worlds using the artists mentioned as a guide. Ron Cobb was the one that really made the biggest impact, and John's style was very reminiscent of Cobb's work. In the early '80s, a magazine called Cinefex came out and #13 was the fi rst issue to come out in the bookstores. This was The Return of the Jedi issue and a whole new world opened up. New names were added to the list of art and model heroes such as Bill George, John Dykstra, Gary Gutierez, Mark Stetson, Leslie Huntley, Gene Warren, Bob Short and Grant McCune. What this magazine also featured was where the VFX houses were located. John's next step was to start applying at all of the VFX houses he could fi nd… He made a portfolio and a résumé, and off to California he went. He took them to Boss Films, Fantasy II, Apogee, DreamQuest, Showscan and a bit further north, to ILM. Months went by with no response, so an updated portfolio was made and off to California for another drop-off . After dropping one off at Apogee, he went back in to ask a question and saw the receptionist throwing his stuff in the trash. Embarrassed and getting caught, she explained that they received at least a hundred a week and there were too many for anyone to look at. She did, however, say that if you attach someone's name B C