Matthew Paul Cushman

Matthew "Matt" Paul Cushman is a graphic illustrator and the younger brother of Christopher James Cushman, both known for their Star Trek cutaway posters they created for SciPubTech. 
Cushman's first cutaway poster was of the for his technical illustration thesis in college. This first draft is considered the Franz Joseph interpretation. A subsequent third draft was made into a poster in released by SciPubTech. Cushman had been working on an even larger – eleven feet, the same length as the original eleven-foot Enterprise filming model, just refurbished by the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum for Star Treks 50th anniversary – and fourth draft, slated for a release by the museum to commemorate the anniversary, but as of late 2020, the release has yet to come to fruition in any form or format. 
Cushman also provided the ship and accessory A-4 sized technical blueprint art, included with three Playmates Toys releases. 
Cushman produced a cutaway-centerfold – coined "technifolds" for the calendar series – of the for the Star Trek: Ships of the Line (2020) calendar, with additional contributions from Ali Ries, Karl Tate, Doug Drexler, Mike Okuda and brother Christopher. A number of by Cushman signed copies of the calendar were sold upon its release. He did follow-ups in similar vein for the subsequent outings of the calendar series, which concerned in consecutive order,
*2021: Romulan Bird-of-Prey. 
*2022: Galileo II Class F shuttlecraft 
*2023: 
*2024: refit- 
Cushman had previously already created a cutaway poster of the original Thomas Kellogg predecessor design of the Class F shuttlecraft in 2018, at the behest of ILM model maker Bill George for showcasing on the latter's , but which has otherwise not been released commercially. Contrary to the SciPubTech posters of the 1990s, Matt Cushman created the calendar technifolds on his own, without the input of his brother.
Besides his work on Star Trek related merchandise, Cushman also (co-)created cutaway posters for the Star Wars franchise, such as those for the X-Wing and TIE Fighter (1997), the Wing Commander Tiger Claw, Speed Racer Mach 5, and NASA/USAF Project Orion.
File:USS Enterprise cutaway poster.jpg| ()
File:Enterprise NCC-1701-E cutaway poster.jpg| ()
File:Phoenix cut-away.jpg|Phoenix (1996)
File:Playmates Toys Romulan Bird-of-Prey technical blueprint.jpg|Romulan Bird-of-Prey technical blueprint (Playmates Toys, )
File: Playmates Toys D'k tahg technical blueprint.jpg|D'k tahg technical blueprint (Playmates Toys, 1997)
File:Playmates Toys medical tricorder technical blueprint.jpg|Medical tricorder technical blueprint (Playmates Toys, 1997)
File:Klingon Bird of Prey cutaway poster.jpg|Klingon Bird-of-Prey ()
File:2020 SOTL centerfold.jpg| ( )
File:2021 SOTL Centerfold.jpg|Romulan Bird-of-Prey ( )
==Bibliography==
* Star Trek calendars – Co-Illustrator
** 2019 – Star Trek: Ships of the Line (2020), Technifold (with Ali Ries, Karl Tate and Doug Drexler)
** 2020 – Star Trek: Ships of the Line (2021), Technifold (with Gary Kerr)
** 2021 – Star Trek: Ships of the Line (2022), Technifold
** 2022 – Star Trek: Ships of the Line (2023), Technifold (airbrushes only, art by brother Christopher)
*"Drawing the Enterprise", , December 2020 – (Co-)Author/Illustrator (with Gary Kerr)
== External links ==
* – official site
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Category:Star Trek publication artists
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Category:Star Trek calendar artists