![]() ![]() Giger’s other notable work includes a design for the Batmobile intended for use in the film Batman Forever (though the design was later scrapped) designs used in the films Poltergeist II, Species, Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis, and Prometheus and designs used for album covers by metal bands including Celtic Frost and Carcass, and punk artists including Danzig. Lovecraft, director Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. Giger was inspired by figures including fantasy-horror author H.P. His signature style was the cold melding of human and mechanical anatomy, often depicted in monochrome, with there being a certain irony in the juxtaposition of the two elements that was not lost on him. ![]() Giger’s pieces are known for the nightmarish dreamscapes they depict, and were largely inspired by night terrors he endured due to a sleep disorder. Giger spent the early part of his career doing small ink drawings, before progressing to oil paintings and sculptures. However, Giger’s work was eventually used, and has strongly influenced many science fiction and horror artists since. The alien was based on the one featured in his 1976 painting Necronom IV, and its look upset 20 th Century Fox so much that they initially turned down the design, feeling it might be too disturbing to audiences. He is best known in the mainstream for having designed the horrific titular creature of the 1979 film Alien, as well as its sequels. Known worldwide by fans of alternative and surreal art and having something of a cult following, Giger was known for his unsettling and unique style of biomechanical science fiction designs. 12, 2014 from injuries suffered when he fell down the stairs in his home. Giger, was a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor, and set designer. Hans Rudolf “Ruedi” Giger, born Februand better known as H.R. ![]()
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