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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 4 1 He took Ed's advice and reworked everything, took out a lot of drawings, kept the only best and made the presentation very sharp. Within a few days, he received a follow-up letter from Mr. Spielberg's assistant and that letter changed his world. It stated that Steven really enjoyed the work, but it is almost impossible to get a job in Hollywood if you live out of state. With those words, he took a two- week vacation and went back to all the VFX houses and told the tale that he now lived in California. John started at Apogee and when he told Grant that he lived in Los Angeles, he was hired that day. John's fi rst ob there was brushing latex in a giant T-Rex mold, and after that, he started helping out with storyboards and model making. This was the summer of 18 and John's fi rst big movies were Top Gun, Spaceballs and Invaders from Mars. Greg Jein was at Apogee for a short project and John and Greg became quick friends. Greg off ered John a job on Star Trek V and then he moved over onto The Hunt for Red October. In 1992, Richard Lewis, the Production Designer on Seaquest off ered John his fi rst full-time ob as an Illustrator, and from there, a new world of working in the movies began. A gentleman named Phil introduced John to Herman Zimmerman and he was brought on to work on Generations, Deep Space 9 and for the next set of Star Trek fi lms and shows until the end of Enterprise in 2005. The new Star Trek fi lms started in 2007 and from then until now, the Trek world is a regular assignment, as well as working in the Marvel niverse with Russell Bobbitt. John fi nds it hard to believe that all this has happened, and it has been thirty-six years since it all began. A. FORTRESS ILLUSTRATION FOR PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES. B. WATERFRONT CONCEPT RENDERING FOR HARRIET. C. IRON MAN 2 PROP WEAPON. CONCEPT SKETCH. D. SCHOOL BUS CONCEPT SKETCH FOR SKY HIGH. B A C D 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