RIP H. R. Giger

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RIP H. R. Giger

#1 Post by silverscreenselect » Tue May 13, 2014 7:57 am

Swiss artist best known for designing the creature in Alien, along with set design work on other motion pictures such as Species. He won a special effects Oscar for Alien. His artwork tended towards the highly bizarre:

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Re: RIP H. R. Giger

#2 Post by rayxtwo » Tue May 13, 2014 12:21 pm

Did he do the album cover for ELP's Brain Salad Surgery?? The one on the right looks similar.

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#3 Post by Estonut » Tue May 13, 2014 6:24 pm

rayxtwo wrote:Did he do the album cover for ELP's Brain Salad Surgery?? The one on the right looks similar.
Yes, that's his work, too.
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Re: RIP H. R. Giger

#5 Post by Estonut » Wed May 14, 2014 7:08 pm

He also designed a Batmobile that was not used by Batman Forever director Joel Schumacher:
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