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Alien Day: A Look Back at 40 years of Alien

April 24, 2019 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

20th Century Fox has launched the 40th Anniversary of this film dubbed the Alien Day.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: alien, aliens, H.R. Giger, Ridley Scott

Competition: Alien – The Official Movie Novelization

May 18, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 13 Comments

Last week the world was saddened to hear about the death of H.R. Giger. The Swiss painter, set designer and sculptor was a visionary responsible for a genre. To many people H.R. Giger might be best known as the man who designed the Xenomorph alien in Alien. This week Geek Native is giving you a […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: aliens, competitions, H.R. Giger, xenomorph

Giger designed Bambi alien

January 10, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

What if one of our friendly Xenomorphs landed in Bambi’s forest and the resulting next generation of alien had that Bambi alien look. What if all that happened in gilt bronze and in limited numbers? The result might be much like this actual Bambu Alien made by Giger and currently up for auction at Waddingtons.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: alien, H.R. Giger, models

HR Giger’s Tarot of the Underworld

December 23, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

This deck of Tarot cards was selected by HR Giger himself. The great artist selected previously published work to act as each of the Major Arcana. The deck was published by Taschen Books in 2000 and is not hard to get hold of. You can pick up a copy from Amazon at a reasonable price. […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: H.R. Giger, tarot

The xenomorph mouse

November 19, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The xenomorphs from the Aliens series always take on characteristics of their host species. That’s not what happened to this computer mouse; it didn’t meet a face-hugger.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: aliens, casemod, H.R. Giger

The alien guitar

April 29, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Gearing up for Prometheus? This alien guitar might capture your attention. Gig Goldstein spent days carving this H.R. Giger inspired work. “A detailed carving job can take between 40 to 50 hours to complete, the most difficult stage is in the design of the subject. I try to strive for a flow to the overall […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: alien, H.R. Giger, Prometheus

Alien art in London

April 6, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Drawing inspiration from Alien and encouraged by the Prometheus movie that’s on its way artists have treated Great Eastern Street in London with some impressive alien visuals. In a blog post the art company, End of the Line, explain the painting is done in the Samurai Painting style, one that puts the focus on movement […]

Filed Under: Art, Geek Stuff Tagged With: alien, H.R. Giger, Prometheus, Ridley Scott

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