Hr Giger, the Swiss surrealist artist who designed the Alien Xenomorph, has died at the age of 74.
Giger passed away in hospital on Monday (May 12) after sustaining injuries in a fall, Srf News Online reports.
Born Hans Rudolf Giger in Chur, Switzerland, he studied Architecture and industrial design in Zurich before finding fame in the art world with his book Necronomicon, a compendium of Hp Lovecraft-inspired images.
His work came to the attention of Ridley Scott, who hired him to create the titular creature for his 1979 sci-fi horror Alien.
Speaking about the striking look of his Alien in a 1979 interview with Starlog, Giger said: "In the first design for the alien, he had big black eyes. But somebody said he looked too much like a Hell's Angel; all in black with the black goggles. And then I thought, it would be even more frightening if there are no eyes! We made him blind!
Giger passed away in hospital on Monday (May 12) after sustaining injuries in a fall, Srf News Online reports.
Born Hans Rudolf Giger in Chur, Switzerland, he studied Architecture and industrial design in Zurich before finding fame in the art world with his book Necronomicon, a compendium of Hp Lovecraft-inspired images.
His work came to the attention of Ridley Scott, who hired him to create the titular creature for his 1979 sci-fi horror Alien.
Speaking about the striking look of his Alien in a 1979 interview with Starlog, Giger said: "In the first design for the alien, he had big black eyes. But somebody said he looked too much like a Hell's Angel; all in black with the black goggles. And then I thought, it would be even more frightening if there are no eyes! We made him blind!
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