HR Giger: Deathbirth machine II (342) (1977) by HR Giger references derelict ship detail for Alien (1977) by Chris Foss (which came first indeed?) ?

 

leading from

Alien: derelict ship detail for Alien (1977) by Chris Foss 

and

HR Giger: "Deathbirth Machine II" (work 342) (1977) by HR Giger 

 

a) My assumption is that Chris Foss or Dan O'Bannon could have sent a copy of Foss' drawing of the derelict ship detail to Giger during the preproduction time in 1977, along with what inspired its shapes.

 

 

b) Derelict ship illustration by Chris Foss  ( Source: Charles Lippincott on Facebook)

 

 

 

c) Curved area with shadow and corresponding area from Giger painting

 

 

 

 

 

d) Detail from Foss drawing with pipes and head  with ribbed head dress

 

 

e) Curved area with shadow and corresponding area from Giger painting

 

 

f) A pipe or handle car becomes an arm with a hand

h.i) Area that becomes the leg

 

 

h.ii) Area that becomes the heel of the foot

 

 

i) Comparable area

j) Comparable area

k) Comparable area