William Shatner creates portrait of Spock composed of Trekkie selfies

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Portrait of Nimoy is made up of thousands of fans making Vulcan salute
Star Trek co-star William Shatner appealed for the selfies for moving tribute
Nimoy - famed for playing Spock - passed away earlier this year aged 83

Published: 06:43 EST, 11 August 2015 | Updated: 12:03 EST, 11 August 2015

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William Shatner has created the ultimate tribute to his former Star Trek co-star Leonard Nimoy - a portrait of Spock composed entirely of Trekkie selfies.

The incredible picture is made up of thousands of fans giving the Vulcan 'live long and prosper' salute in a moving homage to Nimoy who passed away aged 83 in February of this year.

Shatner, who played Captain Kirk in the original sci fi series, appealed for the selfies on Twitter earlier this month without letting on what the pictures were for.

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William Shatner has created the ultimate tribute to his former Star Trek co-star Leonard Nimoy - a portrait of Spock composed entirely of Trekkie selfies

Shatner and Nimoy starred opposite another in the hit sci fi franchise Star Trek which began in the 1960s

Within days he had more than 6,000 entries from dedicated Trekkies posing in Spock's famous greeting which have now been compiled into a giant mosaic.

He later thanked fans and tweeted: 'Why did I ask for all those selfies? For... a tribute to Leonard. Thank you!'

Shatner has even submitted the tribute portrait to the Guinness Book of Records for consideration.

Leonard Nimoy as Star Trek's Commander Spock

Thousands of fans have now recreated his famous Vulcan salute 'Live long and proser'

One of the fan who submitted her - Star Trek uniform clad - selfie for the cause on Instagram

Courtney Cantrell also submitted her live long and prosper picture in tribute to Nimoy who died earlier this year

Leonard Nimoy's son Adam joined the call for fans to submit their selfies for the portrait

Star Trek is renowned for its dedicated following of fans - known as Trekkies.

Nimoy appeared in the popular series, which first aired in the 1960s, as the pointy-eared half-human, half-Vulcan Spock.

From the original pilot in 1964, he went onto play the beloved character for years, right up until the recent film Star Trek Into Darkness.

He also featured in many other films and TV shows, such as Mission Impossible, Rawhide, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers but could never quite escape his Star Trek role.

His 1975 autobiography, I Am Not Spock, was criticized by some fans as it appeared to reject the character but he always maintained he had a lot of love for Spock.

Fans pay tribute to Leonard Nimoy on the Walk of Fame

The incredible picture is made up of thousands of fans giving the Vulcan 'live long and prosper' salute in a moving homage to Nimoy who passed away aged 83 in February of this year

Nimoy appeared in the popular series, which first aired in the 1960s, as the pointy-eared half-human, half-Vulcan Spock

Nimoy starred in the series from the pilot in 1964 to the recent film Star Trek Into Darkness.

William Shatner tweeted his thanks and the final portrait picture after thousands submitted entries

Nimoy's later book, I Am Spock, attempted to address the misconceptions.

The character of Spock has had a significant cultural impact won Nimoy three Emmy Award nominations.

He has even had an asteroid posthumously named after him on June 2, this year in his honour.

And while he may have struggled to break away from the character, Nimoy was always keen to engage with his fans so it's likely he would have approved of the fitting tribute.