Nyota Uhura, Star Trek (television series)

(played by actress Nichelle Nichols)

Portrait of Communications Officer Nyota Uhura (played by actress Nichelle Nichols) for the original TV series, Star Trek. Who knows where the USS Enterprise (and franchise) would be without Uhura’s intelligence, fierce wit and sassy one-liners.

One of the first portrait illustrations where I really took into account the background as a means of storytelling (versus keeping the bacground one solid colour). Something I felt my earlier portraits lacked.

See below for wips images and some reference material used:

Nyota Uhura, Star Trek

Jan 2024

Portrait Illustration

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