Ridleygrams

Alien 

a) Early Alien Ridleygrams

 

 

 

See: Sketch of the refinery

 

 

 

See: Two Robots Chatting

 

Female Nostromo crewmember sitting at the controls 

 

See: Referenced iin Biomechanical Landscape III "Trains" (work 418) (1979) by HR Giger?

 

See: References  "Into the Unknown" cover, Radio Times, 13th -19th September 1975 ?

 

 

 

 

See: Derelict exterior

 

See:  Derelict exterior closeup 

See: Derelict entrance

See:The rear of the Space Jockey

See: The side view of the Space Jockey

 

Sideview sketch for HR Giger 

i. See Alien: Ridleygram of Space jockey and chair seen from the side for Giger (1978) by Ridley Scott references Interior, Nice (1976) by Helmut Newton?

 

 

 

 

See: Closeup of Space Jockey head

 

 

See: Nostromo explorer examining the space jockey

See: Egg silo exterior 

 

 

 

See: Astronaut climbing the side of the egg silo

See: Egg silo entrance

 

 

See: Facehugger Underbelly as seen by Kane

 

 

See: Alien beast running down the Nostromo corridor

b) Later Alien Ridleygrams

 

 

See: Ridleygram of Space Jockey skeleton embedded in the rock

 

 

 

See:Ridleygram of Space Jockey chair without pilot 

 

 

See: Ridleygram featuring the alien beast ejected into space

 

Ridley drawing his Ridleygrams during the time of Alien

Ridley Scott "ridleygramming" at Roget Dicken's house.
Note the Facehugger maquette and images
of Necronom IV and V from Giger's Necronomicon

Ridley Scott "ridleygramming" at Roget Dicken's house.
Note the Facehugger maquette and images
of Necronom IV and V from Giger's Necronomicon

Ridley Scott seated at the table at Roget Dicken's house.
Note the Facehugger maquette and images
of Necronom IV and V from Giger's Necronomicon

Prometheus

See: Ridleygrams of Beluga-head (no exploration for this one yet)

 

See: Origins of the Orrery