Independence Day: Early illustration for the biomechanoid suit by Patrick Tatopoulos for "Independence Day" (1996)

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Aliens: Designing the side view of the Alien Queen based on Giger's Biomechanic Landscape II (work 417) (1979)?


 
 
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Biomechanic Landscape II (work 417) (1979)


a)  Looking for the Alien Queen's Side Profile
 
Once the book "The Winston Effect: The Art and History of Stan Winston Studio" came out into the shops in 2006, I near enough had confirmation that HR Giger's painting Alien Monster IV was the starting point for Jim Cameron's Alien Queen design, when I saw how the hands were borrowed from that painting,
 
However I could not easily work out where he was getting the details of the design of the side of the head along with the neck and upper  body. 
 
In January 2016 it started to reveal itself to me that the design was picked out of the details of Giger's painting Biomechanic Landscape II (work 417) (1979). 
 
Perhaps even parts of the larger arms were inspired by some of the crescent shaped tendril like structures. 
 
This painting is shown in Giger's book Biomechanics II that was published in 1985 when Aliens went into production.

Biomechanic Landscape II (1979) with areas highlighted to show which parts I think were borrowed for the Alien Queen



b)  Pareidolia?
 
Although to look at it, one could easily state that identifying signs of the beast here would be like "pareidolia" but still there are an interesting flow of shapes for an inventive mind such as Jim Cameron's or Stan Winston's. 
 
One is counting on their own "pareidolia" to be working full throttle for inventive purposes and ones own ability to track where it was coming from within the context of Giger's artwork.
 
 
Side view sketch of the Alien Queen by James Cameron



Upper body of the alien queen

Upper body of the Alien Queen
concept art by by James Cameron



Ribbing from the Biomechanical Landscape and the neck ribbing from the Alien Queen


Full scale Alien Queen puppet


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Aliens: Alien Queen drawn by Jim Cameron references Voight-Kampff machine sketch for Blade Runner by Syd Mead and Giger's ZDF (comparable areas between the three together)

 


 

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a) Alien Queen for Aliens by Jim Cameron

 


 

b) Voight-Kampff machine sketch for Blade Runner by Syd Mead


c)  "ZDF" (work 433) (1980) by HR Giger


 
 

 

d) The three side by side with the Voight-Kampff machine drawing reversed

 

 

e) Top left areas of ZDF and the Voight Kampff machine and the head of the alien queen



 c) Bottom right areas of ZDF and the Voight Kampff machine and the lower abdomen of the alien queen


 

d) The hand from ZDF that becomes the dial on the lower corner of the Voight-Kampff machine and so the tendon that connecting the Alien Queen's equivalent of stomach area to the the leg


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Blade Runner: Drawing of Voight-Kampff machine by Syd Mead

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a) See: References early Alien storyboard showing Kane making coffee (1978) by Ridley Scott?

 
 


 

 
 
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Aliens: Alien Queen drawn by Jim Cameron references Voight-Kampff machine sketch by Syd Mead for Blade Runner and Giger's ZDF?


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b) See:  Blade Runner: Voight-Kampff machine drawing by Syd Mead referenced "ZDF" (work 433) (1980) by HR Giger?

 
 

 

c) See: Aliens: Alien queen for Aliens by Jim Cameron references Voight-Kampff machine drawing for Blade Runner by Syd Mead?


 
 
 

 

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Blade Runner: Voight-Kampff machine drawing by Syd Mead references "ZDF" (work 433) (1980) by HR Giger?

 

 

 
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a) Blade Runner: Voight-Kampff machine drawing by Syd Mead

 



b)  "ZDF" work 433 (1980) by HR Giger

 
 
 
 
c) One above the other

 
 
 
 
 
d) Comparable areas
 
 

 
 
e) The ribbing and limb here become the ribbing of the bellows
 

 
 
 
 
f) Comparable areas

The skull face becomes the upper white part of  this device and the shoulder becomes the dial below


 
 
 
 
g) Comparable areas

The shadowy area above the top rib becomes the shadow running through the centre of this part of the machien imagine.


 
 
 
 
h) Comparable areas

The shadowy area between the fingers and thumb becomes the dark area on the dial


 



i) Comparable areas

The area with the mouth spewing water becomes the lower corner of the flap covering the bellows

 
 
 
 
j) Comparable areas

Area with the sword handle becomes the position of this sensor


 


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Aliens: Alien queen for Aliens by Jim Cameron references Voight-Kampff machine drawing for Blade Runner by Syd Mead?



 

a) Alien queen for Aliens by by Jim Cameron


b) References Voight-Kampff machine drawing for Blade Runner by Syd Mead?

There would be the understanding here that Syd Mead's drawing appears to reference HR Giger's painting ZDF done in 1980.

So with that understanding Jim Cameron's creative mind might started working out how it related to ZDF and then tried to tie some of those relationships in with what he was getting from Giger's painting for his Alien Queen.

Forgive me but I don't have names for most parts of the machine



c) One above the other with the Voight Kampff drawing reverse.




d) Part of the machine and the queen's mini arms


 

 

e) Part of the machine and the Queen's torso

 

 

f) Part of the machine and the back of the Alien queen

 

 

g) Part of the machine and the back of the Alien queen and the indentation in the side of the alien queen's crest


 

 

h) One can imagine here that the lower corner of the flap covering the bellows becoming the elbow of the arm


 

i) Part of the machine and the queen's face. 

Perhaps the bellows help inspire aspects of the neck




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