Aliens: Early Alien Queen with backwards knee joints and only two arms, with the puppeteer's legs in the upper part of the queen's legs. by Stan Winston

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Aliens: Creation of the Alien Queen according to the concept drawings

 

 

 

 

a) Alien Queen by Stan Winston (http://www.icollector.com/Alien-Queen-concept-artwork-from-Aliens_i8632884)  

1. icollector: Alien Queen concept artwork from Aliens. (TCF, 1986) Original concept rendering for the snarling Alien Queen in mid-stride and accomplished in pencil on a leaf of 13 x 20 ½ in. artist’s illustration board. Exhibits light smudging. (http://www.icollector.com/Alien-Queen-concept-artwork-from-Aliens_i8632884 (2009))

 

 

b) References Dali's The Painters Eye, The Inspector #6 and cover of Crash by Chris Foss?

 

 

b.i) References “The Painter’s Eye” (1941) by Salvador Dali?

 

 

b.ii) References cover for The Inspector #6 (October 1975)?

 

 

b.iii) Referenced in cover for "Crash" by Chris Foss (1975)?