Editing Cardassian (section)

==Design==
The design of the Cardassians was undertaken by ''The Next Generation''{{'}}s costume designer Bob Blackman and makeup designer [[Michael Westmore]].{{sfn|Nemecek|1995|p=152}} They sought to give the species a "snakelike" appearance.{{sfn|Nemecek|1995|p=153}} Cardassians have grayish-white skin, ridges on either side of the neck, and a spoon-shaped structure on the forehead. Westmore was inspired by an [[abstract art|abstract painting]] he had seen in a [[Ventura Boulevard]] store of a wide-shouldered woman with what looked like a spoon on her forehead.{{sfn|Nemecek|1995|p=153}}

[[File:DS9station.jpg|thumb|The space station [[Deep Space Nine (space station)|Deep Space Nine]] was designed as an example of Cardassian architecture]]
[[Rick Sternbach]] designed the Cardassian spaceship in "The Wounded". He initially proposed a pod-shaped vessel, before replacing it with a design resembling a [[scorpion]], then one based on the [[ankh]] symbol.{{sfn|Nemecek|1995|p=153}} Sternbach later noted that "The ''Galor'' class started with an Egyptian ankh, given how [the Cardassians] were like the Pharaohs to the Bajoran slaves, but you don't really see the basic shape unless you look straight down on the vessel. The little disruptor pyramids were a bit more obvious, as were the 'temple' type structures on the ship's backbone, and the sandy yellow shades."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forgottentrek.com/interview-with-rick-sternbach/|access-date=August 15, 2021|date=July 25, 2007|title=Interview with Rick Sternbach|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802203552/https://forgottentrek.com/interview-with-rick-sternbach/|archive-date=August 2, 2020}}</ref>
Ed Miarecki and Tom Hudson built the model used in "The Wounded" from Sternbach's design.{{sfn|Nemecek|1995|p=153}} In the episode, Cardassian weapons fired a pink discharge, changed to amber in later episodes.{{sfn|Nemecek|1995|p=153}}

Production designer [[Herman F. Zimmerman|Herman Zimmerman]] worked on the Cardassian architecture depicted on the shows.<ref name=":0">{{harvnb|Erdmann|Block|2000|p=56}}</ref> His concept had some [[Art Deco]] influence, and was based on geometric patterns.<ref name=":0" /> Some motifs were ellipses, angles rather than straight lines, and groups of three.<ref name=":0" />