Alien's Daddy Passes Away

[ark_ader]

H.R. Giger who's famous Necronom IV creation got him an Oscar for the artwork and set design for the film Alien, has passed away at 74.

So many Alien arcade games and movies that was inspired by his creations is worth a mention here.

His life story is fascinating, and his work is both frightening and enthralling.  He will be missed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._Giger

[BadMouth]

I wish I'd bought some of his artwork before he died.
Wrong time now.

[Howard_Casto]

Yeah this one hit me a little close to home.  In another life I thought I might become an artist, and his work was particularly inspiring to me.  It's very hard for an artist to be both commercially and expressively successful and somehow he managed to do it with ease. 

All the stuff I used to paint (with the exception of landscapes which is the only "real" art I'm good at) was a bastardized combination of his techno organic stuff and mortal kombat-esque art style.  It was never anything worth writing home about, but doing that kind of "out there" work always made me happy.

[Alistair Keith]

Wow, didn't even know he made Alien. My thoughts are with the family.

He did some amazing visual effects for Alien back in the day.