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The latest episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast is an interview with Wayne Haag, concept artist and visual effects concept art on Alien: Covenant!
Wayne talks about being lied to about his first job in the States, finally meeting Ridley Scott on the set of Alien: Covenant, how much of the film was already designed and more! Obviously there’s no spoilers but Wayne offers a great insight into the production of Alien: Covenant.
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As we know It didn't appear in Prometheus. Maybe in A:C?
Read this:
http://alienexplorations.blogspot.rs/2012/08/rezards-fifield-02-inspired-by-zdzisaw.html
Yes, there are many more surreal artist equally great.
Beksiński is truly one of them. He was such a great
painter and his art is (like Giger's) from another dimension.
The fact that all surreal artist are influenced by mythology, occult,
alchemy, ancient knowledge is another plus to the whole thing.
That's why I prefer surrealism more than symbolism... its like surrealism is
more perfected form of symbolist movement.
I know he is/was very influential but I would like to know what Dane has to say about it (if he answers my question). Dane's artwork looks very grim and ominous. Besides, everyone asks or speaks about H.R. Giger. Boring
But I think Zdzisław's art has already influenced Alien universe.
Its a good question.
My question for Dane: Has Zdzisław Beksiński's work have any influence on you as an artist?
on other forums, blogs, communities etc.
Submit your questions for Alien: Covenant concept artist Dane Hallett.
http://www.alien-covenant.com/topic/42671
OMFG! Hicks, Man... Come on! It's time to spill the beans and tell us everything you know! All of it!!1! All the important stuff.
Can you tell us what his handicap is? ? ? ?
-Windebieste.
Hicks and the old Guv'nor sometimes play golf together.
I'm sure hicks can pull strings and get one podcast with him.
Scott... I have tons of questions for him.
Maybe in next life.
If I remember correctly certain proprs were ordered from pottery
shop for the purposes of the movie.
https://i.imgur.com/cFtRzvz.jpg
Property of 20th Century Fox
This jars, ampules or whatever are pretty different from
black goo ampules... Maybe this one is for that liquid of life
Look at this order listing>
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FV7ULPet.jpg&hash=df9442520bb03e59cfbdc7895fe7f758cffcb4dc
It says ceramic bottle, and what do you do with bottle??
Is the stuff the engineer drank at the start of Prometheus the same stuff that was in the ampules? Was that scene millions of years prior to the modern day scenes ?
if they stumbled on the bio former millions of years ago why had they established the LV 426 colony 35 000 years ago? Or was the the temples already there million of years ago?
This pocast right up there with CDL one.
Thanks
Well, Wayne mentioned that a lot of the design work was already done by the time he came on-board in early November. I think he said he didn't really have to invent stuff from scratch? It was just taking existing concept art or 3D models and then expanding on it or modifying it. Didn't he say that Steven Messing (American artist) had also done a lot of concept art for Covenant before he came on? I know Messing was already doing concept art for Prometheus while Spaiths was still busy with his earlier direct-Alien-prequel drafts. Could have been the same for Prometheus II/Paradise Lost/Covenant.
Obviously the stuff like the juggernaut interior and exteriors were already done in Prometheus and were probably just recycled for Covenant but I think a ton of new stuff would have needed to be conceptualized as well.
It really surprised me how Ridley wasn't so hands-on with the visuals this time around. I wonder how much of the pre-designed elements by the Prometheus artists were hangovers from Prometheus or if he was actively working with them after Prometheus came out?
We'll make sure to ask him after the film comes out!
Some people were comparing this to Ripley8 and the clones in Alien:Res, I feel this is far more sinister and disturbing than any "clone" we saw in A:R. Personally I thought the clones in A:R were a super cheezeball idea when I first saw the movie back in 97/98. We have no idea where Davids getting his biological sample materials from (harvesting Shaw? or possibly captive Engineer?). Hes obviously harvesting biological samples from (what looks like) native Facehuggers (they look a lot more "purebred" than anything weve seen in Aliens). What if THESE Facehuggers create something different? What it they are simply a carrying mechanism for any sort of biological entity?
AHHHHHHHHHH SO MANY AMAZING IDEAS!!!!!!!!!!! lol
But yeah, the small glimpse of the world weve seen could be so much more underneath it all! Were being deliberately left in the dark here! I think there may be quite a few really awesome surprises instore for us all in Alien: Covenant!
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Shame I don't really know much about Moebius. The chap you interviewed said he could pick up a lot on the smaller, more subtle references or nods, but perhaps not a more casual viewer, especially someone who only knows the artist by name.
He mentioned putting one epic visual thing in the film, somewhere, and hopes it makes it into the theatrical cut. I wonder what that was...
Gigers biomechanical design elements in alien defined the whole movie, arguably the whole franchise. The movie would not be nearly as effective without it.
The derelict and its pilot were so mysterious, inexplicable, and eldritch. Unlike anything I've ever seen, its so powerful it still continues to create a sense of dread and wonder even 37 years later.
All that with only a few minutes of screen time.
Or if he shows up as a Alien: Resurrection style "big chap".
But yeah, there's been zero indication so far of any biomechanical stylizing. Would love to be proved wrong but it's probably pointless clutching at straws.
A shame really because that "biomechanical look" is what really defined Alien for me.
pretty sure this is a given.
Love and heartbreak are amazing motivators that help some of us create amazing works of art. Hell, my album I just released wouldnt be in existence if it werent for both of those things!!!
Artists thrive on being able to visit the depths of human emotion that most people rarely ever touch or care to go back to! Its what helps some of the most creative people on the planet create what they do!
I know for a fact that even Mr Scott has delved into some of the darkest human emotions hes experienced in life (including love and loss) to give him the inspiration to create what he has.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aisz-6iIxNw
[emoji848] This an awful saying & not true at all. Heartbreak is way worse than being in love is good, that's why people suicide over it. Love is also shit, because it makes people act insane.
Okay sry sry, back on topic :p
Depends on where Covenant goes with Ridley's whole "who made the Aliens" concept. If the Engineers are indeed imitating the Space Jockeys, if the later films go towards them, perhaps we'll start to see truer Giger-esque locales then.
To be loved forever and to be seen again!
Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
I just don't think the Giger biomechanical look interests Scott anymore, unfortunately.
Its a shame, i'll always wonder what could have been.
gigeresque things in second or third installment!
I'd not heard anything about the accelerant turning the environment into anything Giger-esque though. I'll try and find out.
No argument from me there. But from what we've heard so far, I think that's likely to be the closest we'll get in Covenant.
Well, according to the corporal's sources the "accelerant" does mutate the environment to a certain degree:
Although it doesn't really mention any Gigerlike bio-mechanical influences. Guess we'll just have to wait for the film to come out to know for sure. Though I doubt it.
I understand what you mean, although the pilot chamber in Prometheus has always felt like a cheap Chinese knock-off to me - compared to the original.
Giger is not only bones and grotesque elegance, there is more to it... and I don't speak about sexual aspects of
his art. He was very much interested in ocult, in creationism,... and perverted things. His vision is biomechanical, yes,
but also very organic and natural at the same time!
I was thinking more in terms of environment here since that is what we're currently talking about. I think that's the only remotely Giger-esque environment we'll see. While it isn't true Giger, it tries to look similar in terms of patterns.
My out-of-order and context quote in your quote was in response to "except the obvious" Giger influence.
I would happily accept some kind of tease into a wider landscape.
I just found it. Its near the end. He is talking about how awesome it would be to see a Giger Planet but he backpeddles and says that may ruin the mystery of the alien because it would potentially reveal it's origin, but "Again, there might be an aspect of that in this film, but it's more like reverse engineering and where did that technology come from." So I think he is saying, we will see how the Goo transforms Paradise into this Giger-esque landscape, or maybe just a sample of that? Maybe it will borrow that ending from one of the Prometheus scripts where Shaw stumbles into that underground chamber and it's this lush tropical forest, only this time its an enormous Giger Landscape and then the film just ends. That would be f**kin dopecity. But might not happen. Whatever the case I feel really good about this. I think Im getting overall a Dr. Moreau in the Garden of Eden vibe. Very fantasy-like and then the alien comes in an corrupts alll of that.
The Juggernaut interior in Covenant still looks exactly the same as the one in Prometheus according to those recent leaked pics. No Giger bio-mechanics like in Alien.