Alien: Design for the Nostromo Control Bridge (1978) by Ron Cobb references 'Gryphon asleep' for Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland (1865) by John Tenniel?

 leading from

Illustrations for Lewis Carroll's Alice stories by John Tenniel 

and

Alien: Nostromo Control Bridge (1978) by Ron Cobb 

 

 

a) Design for the Nostromo Control Bridge (1978) by Ron Cobb

 

 

 

b) 'Gryphon asleep' for Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland (1865) by John Tenniel  

 

 

 

c)  One above the other

d) The rear leg that becomes a chair

 

 

e) The wing becomes a box shaped piece of gadgetry on the ceiling

 

 

f.i) The top of the head becomes a computer, the shadow side becomes the entrance to sit down on the chair. The shoulder becomes another computer

 

f.ii) Detail from above: The top of the head becomes a computer, the shadow side becomes the entrance to sit down on the chair. 

 

 

 

f.iii) Detail from above: The shoulder that becomes another computer

g) The foreleg claw becomes the top of the back rest of the seat