Interesting article on the conception of the "Space jockey"

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Interesting short article shedding a little light on the original design of the creature, expecting to get the shit flamed out of me if it's a repost:

Edit: Theres a couple of other pages there so here is the root of them:

http://alienexplorations.blogspot.com/2009/02/paintings-that-inspired-space-jockey.html