Saviik Costume 05

At one point, I had planned to put together an illustrated booklet on the use of costuming in Star Trek. I wanted to talk about how the outfits subtly aided in world creation -- communicating attitudes about culture, gender and the integration (or lack thereof) of the military into civilian culture.

I got the drawings done and have some partial research notes, but never got around to actually writing the text. Feel free to use these drawings for your own treatise if you so choose!

Here is Saviik in a Vulcan priestess from STIII.

I decided to use the Robin Curtis version because I'd seen her at a convention and had been struck by how really pretty and charming she was in real life. Also, I loved drawing all those curls...