American illustrator and model maker (born 1962) who has designed starships and props for Star Trek since the late 1980s, most famously the Sovereign-class USS Enterprise-E for First Contact.
John Eaves (born 1962) is an American concept artist. He began on Star Trek as a model maker on Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and later worked on the Enterprise-B for Star Trek Generations.
He joined the Deep Space Nine art department as an illustrator, drawing ships, weapons and props, and at the same time designed for the Next Generation films. For Star Trek: First Contact he designed the Enterprise-E and Zefram Cochrane's warp ship, the Phoenix, and he continued through Insurrection and Nemesis.
Eaves stayed on for Star Trek: Enterprise, contributed to the 2009 film and its sequels, and returned to television as a designer on Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard.