The Beginning (Star Trek art)
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| Fan Art | |
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| Title: | The Beginning |
| Artist: | Shelley Butler |
| Date(s): | 2007 |
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| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
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The Beginning is an illo by Shelley Butler. When it was posted online in 2022, the artist called it "Legacy."
It was printed in Legacy #1.
Artist's Comments
The title says it all, but I do adore seeing Spock in jeans.No scans, some internet, but unusable for source material. K/S artists would sometimes take pictures off the TV for source material! Me --- I searched the gay porn magazines. These were only helpful a little because I didn't need lots of erect penises. I needed only loving embraces, of which there weren't many in gay porn magazines. And then there was the matter of getting any reproductions for prints. Artists had to take their originals to printer shops and be faced with explaining what the artworks were about.
I used graphite pencil for most of my work and reproducing the subtle gray tones was often very difficult. [1]
This is another example of trying to capture that elusive moment of Spock's expression. Funny thing---Jim's face is very difficult to draw because his features are so soft and not defined like Spock's. But his expressions are more easily shown because he's so sensual and so openly flirtatious. Spock is much easier to draw, but not his softer, more vulnerable expressions which are so rarely seen. [2]
Fan Comments
2007
Young Kirk and Spock in bed together for the very first time, or so I imagine. Kirk looks properly stunned. Perhaps he’s contemplating the way all his dreams have come true, and how very much he loves his first officer. Spock’s looks like his eyes are closed. Has this really happened? Has he found his real home at last? As always, I’m amazed by the texture Shelley gets into her art: smooth sweep of Kirk’s chest, fluffy pillow, Spock’s hair. The faces are done to perfection." Another fan writes: "This is an interesting study...done in the impeccable realistic style we have come to expect from Ms. Butler. But it raises many questions. The pose is very fine, suggestive of post-intimacy. Kirk has his head on a bed pillow; Spock is leaning on his elbow, gazing down at him. What raises the questions are their expressions. Spock’s is somewhere between dreamy and studious. Kirk has lines around his eyes and that familiar crease in the center of his forehead that tell me he is deep in thought. Since Shelley calls this “the beginning,” it really begs to have a story along with it to tell me what both men are thinking. The likenesses are impeccable, their masculinity and strength shows in every line. This lady knows her Kirk and Spock! I just wish I knew what they were thinking… [3]
2022
This is so beyond beautiful. [4]
Thank you so much for sharing your art! It is truly a gift. [5]
2023
OMG this is so perfect - the positioning, the expressions, guhh I love it!! [6]