Second Skin Studio applies monster makeup to actor Michael Smiley for Alien: Earth

Filming Kane's descent into the egg chamber, October 1978.

Ridley Scott's sons Luke and Jake in costume for ALIEN, portraying the crew trekking across the alien planet.

Tough times at Shepperton Studios, 1978.

Giger's biomechanoid and Morrow's (Babou Ceesay) cyborg arm in Alien: Earth.

Giger should have an Alien Earth credit. Really disappointing

Aliens cameo in the Ecco the Dolphin comic, published in the early 90's by Fleetway in the UK.

Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver taking a break during the filming of ALIEN at Shepperton Studios, UK, July 1978. #Alien

Veronica Cartwright and friend. #Alien 1979.

Sigourney Weaver practicing with her Alien-repellent on the grounds of Littleton Park, Shepperton Studios, 1978.

Happy Birthday to the master Hans Ruedi Giger 5 Feb 1940 - 12 May 2014 #hrgiger

According to WGA West, ALIEN co-creator Ron Shusett passed away August 29th, 2024. In addition to crafting ALIEN with Dan O'Bannon, Ron also laboured for over a decade to bring his passion project Total Recall to our screens. Thank you, Ron. Godspeed.

For almost half a year I've been working on the design concept and book layout for the Evolved Edition of the ALIEN RPG. Super excited to finally show some spreads, as it's a design I'm very happy with. And not only am I doing layout work, but I've got some spot art in there as well.

More sketches of the Alien by Carlo Rambaldi.

The Engineer sarcophagi, concept by Steven Messing for Prometheus.

ALIEN EARTH billboard spotted near Los Angeles!

H.R. Giger's mutant Fifield sketch, and the deleted effect. Prometheus.

SOFT LANDING, by Dan O'Bannon. Later adapted into the intro for Heavy Metal (1981).

Ron Cobb's designs for the atmosphere processor and colony in ALIENS

ALIEN cast photo shoot in Nostromo's maintenance deck.

Hello from 2025! The view is spectacular. (Art by Ron Cobb for Alien)

Tough times on H Stage, Shepperton Studios, September 1978.

H.R. Giger's Alien III creature, sketch and maquette.

Continuity photos are always fun! John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver and Veronica Cartwright at work on the Nostromo #Alien

ALIEN ROMULUS save point, inspired by ALIEN ISOLATION, but also has a little ALIEN nod on a post-it: "Quit griping."

Remains of the Hadley colonists, photographed on the set of ALIENS! #Aliens

Bolaji Badejo as the Alien, ready for his close-up #Alien

Dan O'Bannon's initial Alien design #Alien

John Hurt and Veronica Cartwright wake up for their last shift #Alien

Sunday mood

Roger Dicken looking overjoyed with the original chestburster mock up #Alien

Lurking in the airlock! #Alien

Carlo Rambaldi's sketch of the Alien #Alien

Alien's wrap party at Shepperton Studios, Stage H, in 1978. Loving Harry Dean and John Hurt's very 70's outfits #Alien

Magisterial!

Wrapping up the day with a few more Nostromo shots, this time grounded on the planetoid #Alien

A few beauty shots of the Nostromo by the special effects team. A more colourful galaxy than we're used to in #ALIEN

My old, old video of Bolaji practicing the Alien's movement #Alien

Bolaji Badejo's photo shoot as the Alien, 1979. I think he lost a nickel.

Bolaji Badejo rehearsing on set with a beautiful mock up! June 1978 #Alien

Hive set from ALIENS

The Nostromo bridge set built at Shepperton Studios, looking from the outside in.

Let's kick off with one of the best space vehicle designs out there, Nostromo and its cathedral-like refinery.