Alien costume design?

[w***@yahoo.com]

Here's a photo of a Giger painting on an unofficial website dedicated
to his work with a big gallery of his paintings that I never expected
to see.

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It seems to be an earlier painting of the Alien costume. I almost can't
believe that Giger did this, but if he did, it might have been a design
for a costume for a female performer to wear, but the person seems to
have amassed a few of his works that I haven't seen before in this
collection


Dom

[Tracy]

It doesnt *feel* like a Giger painting! Something tells me its not one
o fhis. I could be totally wrong, but it just doesnt look like one of
his - not even a draft!

Will need to research that one!

[w***@yahoo.com]

well, thanks, I have now e-mailed the website owner to see if he can
clarify this issue.

It looks out of sync with the other Alien paintings but there are one
or two other Giger paintings that the it generally reminds me of, and
the artist does seem to show quite some understanding of Giger's work.
The hand and foot look very Giger to me but the rest of it look a bit
strange and undecided, and the painter managed to get Jean Delville
reference into the "tale".

The painter is familiar with the creature's evolution starting from the
Necronomicon painting as well, and if it is someone's fan art, there is
something interesting there still.

Dom

[w***@yahoo.com]

well, the strangeness and the undecideness could for me be a result of
the fact it seems a little too strange, low resolution and blurred to
decide what is what.

[Tracy]

Post by w***@yahoo.com
well, thanks, I have now e-mailed the website owner to see if he can
clarify this issue.
It looks out of sync with the other Alien paintings but there are one
or two other Giger paintings that the it generally reminds me of, and
the artist does seem to show quite some understanding of Giger's work.
The hand and foot look very Giger to me but the rest of it look a bit
strange and undecided, and the painter managed to get Jean Delville
reference into the "tale".
The painter is familiar with the creature's evolution starting from the
Necronomicon painting as well, and if it is someone's fan art, there is
something interesting there still.
Dom

Hi Dom, yeah keep me posted!! It would be interesting to see if it is
an actual Giger image.
If it's fan art it is well done. If it's Giger himself, then it must
have been his frame of mind at the time, because it simply doesnt look
like a Giger, even in draft form. And I dont think its a draft (its
too *finished*, if you get what I mean?).
I am no expert on Giger but observing his art from early days up to
present, the style looks different.
I am sure I am wrong, but ya never know!

Tracy

[w***@yahoo.com]

it was found on the unofficial website of an official collector,
although removed now, and I have found that site of the collector who
had some interesting things on his site
(http://partisans.spurious.biz/~marco3000/)
and this person somewhere has links back to the site where I found the
image

and the will appear in a future catalogue
(http://www.gigerworkcatalog.com)

I suppose the painting style (and not composition style) of what I can
see reminds me of his H.P.Lovecraft painting (no401)
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So now everything I am saying comes through because I have bought into
the fact it's a real Giger. This Alien painting reminds of a photo of a
woman in fetish garb with a horse tail sticking out from her behind.
The questions I have about the creature now might be about the
structure of the shoulders and what does the face look like, and if it
is hiding its bosoms with its left hand.


Dom

[Tracy]

Post by w***@yahoo.com
it was found on the unofficial website of an official collector,
although removed now, and I have found that site of the collector who
had some interesting things on his site
(http://partisans.spurious.biz/~marco3000/)
and this person somewhere has links back to the site where I found the
image
and the will appear in a future catalogue
(http://www.gigerworkcatalog.com)
I suppose the painting style (and not composition style) of what I can
see reminds me of his H.P.Lovecraft painting (no401)
(http://michalovski.free.fr/scan/401.jpg)

I cant see the similiarities, myself!

Post by w***@yahoo.com
So now everything I am saying comes through because I have bought into
the fact it's a real Giger. This Alien painting reminds of a photo of a
woman in fetish garb with a horse tail sticking out from her behind.
The questions I have about the creature now might be about the
structure of the shoulders and what does the face look like, and if it
is hiding its bosoms with its left hand.

But, Dom, you didnt buy into it originally - you werent too sure -
check out specific wording of your original post on this!! :P

All the best,
Tracy

[w***@yahoo.com]

well, I suppose I am seeing the similarities and I suppose I can't
expect everyone or anyone else to see what connection I am making

well, the way it is when I saying "I have bought into the fact it's a
Giger", when I wrote that, in that present moment, I had bought into
the fact that it was a Giger


Dom

[w***@yahoo.com]

In the painting The Spell 2, (Loading Image...)
which involves three women around a sacrificial table, the woman
creature on the left has limbs sticking out of the back of her head,
and I think that this creature has the left arm that has the high
"shoulder" extending from a limb that extends from the back of it's
head in a similar manner.

This might explain why the hand that we see out stretched seems to
extend from this arm in bent way, because it is really not connected to
it, and finally he decided that the left hand would be positioned on
it's stomach. The outstretched hand, I think , it where it would be had
the arm been connected to the shoulder in a way more related to the
human form.

So that is my theory for the moment !!!

Dom

[John Redman]

AAMOI does anyone know how much Giger originals go for?