John Eaves –  Famous Concept Artist

John Eaves – Famous Concept Artist

John Eaves  JohnEaves.wordpress.com SLC Comic Con 2013 Wesley Productions interviewed John Eaves at SLC Comic Con, who is an amazing concept artist who’s work has influenced MUCH of the science fiction world!!! From story boarding, prop making, illustrator, prop designer,model maker, John is an old-school artist who still uses pencils. He’s done major design work for movies liken Top Gun, Spaceballs, Terminator 2, SeaQuest DSV, Star Trek V, Star Trek Generations, Star Trek First Contact (including the design of the Enterprise E), Star Trek Insurrection, Deep Space Nine, Star Trek Enterprise (major contributor for the Enterprise NX-01), Star Trek Nemesis, the 1980’s movie Inner Space, the Star Trek Online game, as well as G.I. Joe Rise of Cobra, Jurassic Park 4, and some of The Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Yes, the list goes on… Tomorrowland, Captain America, Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness, The Green Hornet, Cowboys & Aliens, Oz the Great and Powerful, Evan Almighty, X Men Last Stand, Bones, Sky High, Timeline, Batman Returns, Alien 3, Robocop 2, Die Hard 2… ok… you get the...
Summer Glau Panel SLC Fantasy Con 2014

Summer Glau Panel SLC Fantasy Con 2014

Summer Glau – Actress SLC Fantasy Con 2014 www.FantasyCon.com This Southern gal’s parents sacrificed so much to provide for her ballet training and education.   At 19 it all came to a halt as a small injury turned bad.  A broken toe is no big deal but Summer kept dancing on it, ashamed to tell anyone, and eventually it ended her dreams as a professional ballerina.  Her foot healed and she began doing other non-ballet dances.  She convinced her parents to let her move to LA for the summer.  Eventually, a few months turned into something longer and she landed a tiny appearance on Joss Whedon’s TV show, Angel.   What did she play? You guessed it, a ballerina (Russian). In the video below she says she missed the initial auditions but snuck into the casting call backs and landed the role.  This is where she caught Joss’ eye.  Joss later cast her as River in the delayed hit Firefly. Since then she has starred as main characters and a guest actress in 16+ TV shows most of which have geek theme.  She’s even been in a few movies. Summer also discusses training for fight scenes, her fiancé, and how much of a role model Summer’s mom played in her life. This July 4th weekend SLC held its first Fantasy Con.  There were 100’s of guests and dozens of celebrities. We appreciate Summer Glau taking time away from family to visit our city and spend time with her fans.   Tony Toscano (Tony’s website) MC’d the Q&A panel. Here’s the video of Summer Glau Interview: Here are a few of the...