The Original “Alien” Concept Art Is Terrifying

1. Legendary artist H.R. Giger died last week, aged 74.

2. He captured imaginations and haunted dreams with his bio-mechanical visions, drawn from his own nightmares.

3. A prolific artist for over five decades, he’s perhaps best known for his work on sci-fi classic, Alien.

4. Ridley Scott: “Giger’s designs were an especially unique experience for the audience. The world had simply never seen anything like that before.”

5. “His work contributed significantly to the success of the film.”

6. H.R Giger: “Some people would say my paintings show a future world and maybe they do, but I paint from reality.”

9. “And I love to work with bones—they are elemental and function and, after all, are part of human beings.”

10. “Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic…”

11. “With the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don’t really think it is.”

12. “There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.”

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18. H.R. Giger: “Dutch customs once thought my pictures were photos.”

19. “Where on earth did they think I could have photographed my subjects? In Hell, perhaps?”