"Wernher Von Braun in Mission Control, Houston; Apollo XI" (July, 1969) by Franklin McMahon references Astro-eunuchs (work 71) (1967) by HR Giger?

 

 

Leading from 

Astro-Eunuchs (work 71) (1967) by HR Giger

and

   "Pilot in Cockpit' (work 380) (1978) by HR Giger  

 

 

a) Astro-eunuchs (work 71) (1967) by HR Giger

b) "Wernher Von Braun in Mission Control, Houston; Apollo XI" (July, 1969) by Franklin McMahon? 

 

 

c) The two side by side ,with Astro-Eunuchs on its right side

"Okay, Houston ... we've had a problem here"! 

I first assumed that Giger must have referenced the drawing of Wernher Von Braun as if he were transforming the shapes and forms into his biomechanoids but his illustration was done in 1967 and the drawing of Wernher was of him witnessing the Apollo XI misison in 1969

I suppose that I can't pretend that theVon Braun drawing done a few years earlier and the relabled. 

I can't easily imagine McMahon trying to do his best to make his drawing conform to Giger's Astro-Eunuchs even if I think the Giger might have caught the attention of Kubrick's wife. 

So I'm aware of that problem and if the McMahon came after, I might want to imagine that Giger must have foreseen the drawing of Von Braun by McMahon in a bewildering way. 

But I would have to settle for the idea that Giger's poster imag was being sentt around and McMahon must have seen it, used it in his composition and then later Giger found out and utilised that transformation in his design for the Space Jockey later on.

The question might then be how much does the drawing of Von Braun deviate from what he actually saw in front of him?

 

 

 

d) The upper half of Giger's astronaut witth sheah like backpack form that becomes the top of Wernher's head

 

 e) First of all, it's as if the character that Giger drew with a mask and breathing tube at the front the front of the parted hair on Wernher's head with the strands of hair down the side of the forehead

 

 

f) The shape of the top of the cranium of the character becomes Wernher's forehead beneath the front of the hair  

 

  

 

 

g) A lower arm becomes Wernher's shoulder line on the right,  while the handle bars becomes the ear of the man to Wernher's right

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

h) An arm holding a syringe becomes a collar of the man sitting to the right of Wernher becomes 

 

 

 

i) A leg like form of the end character with an arm holding the syringe becomes Wernher's lower arm

 

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j) The lower back of the sheath like form becomes Wernher's colla

 

 

 

 

 

k) The opening of this sheath like form becomes the upper back of Wernher's head.