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I'm not really into making Fan Art, but today's ALIEN Day (April 26th, chosen after the name of the moon LV-426 from ALIENS)! So I couldn't lose the opportunity to homage the artists behind this franchise, that started with a genre-defining horror sci-fi movie, ALIEN (1979, directed by Ridley Scott). This is the Alien Queen, first seen in ALIENS (1986, directed by James Cameron). The original design is James Cameron's, inspired by H.R. Giger's own original designs for the first Alien movie.

The moon LV-426 appears in the first two movies, however is only referred as such since the second, and is also known as Acheron (named after the underworld's river of woe from Hellenic cosmology). The Alien queen has a complex design which mixes the original alien's own biomechanical design with that of some arthropods. She has a huge ovipositor that can detach from her body. The Aliens from the franchise are commonly called xenomorphs although this is rather a generic name for "strange organism". In the comics and other media spawned by the movie franchise, they're also referred by the "scientific names" of Linguafoeda acheronsis ("foul mouth of Acheron") and Internescivus raptus ("Murderous thief"). Other Alien Queens also appear in other ALIEN media, including 2004's Alien vs. Predator (AVP) directed by Paul W.S. Anderson.

I particularly enjoyed working on this illustration, as the franchise has been a major influence for me since early childhood. And also, I can't wait to see ALIEN: COVENANT! I believe you people might be as expectant as I am.

I'm an independent artist! If you liked this art, feel free to FOLLOW & SUPPORT my work on other social networks!
Behance | tumblr | instagram | facebook

Description
I'm not really into making Fan Art, but today's ALIEN Day (April 26th, chosen after the name of the moon LV-426 from ALIENS)! So I couldn't lose the opportunity to homage the artists behind this franchise, that started with a genre-defining horror sci-fi movie, ALIEN (1979, directed by Ridley Scott). This is the Alien Queen, first seen in ALIENS (1986, directed by James Cameron). The original design is James Cameron's, inspired by H.R. Giger's own original designs for the first Alien movie.

The moon LV-426 appears in the first two movies, however is only referred as such since the second, and is also known as Acheron (named after the underworld's river of woe from Hellenic cosmology). The Alien queen has a complex design which mixes the original alien's own biomechanical design with that of some arthropods. She has a huge ovipositor that can detach from her body. The Aliens from the franchise are commonly called xenomorphs although this is rather a generic name for "strange organism". In the comics and other media spawned by the movie franchise, they're also referred by the "scientific names" of Linguafoeda acheronsis ("foul mouth of Acheron") and Internescivus raptus ("Murderous thief"). Other Alien Queens also appear in other ALIEN media, including 2004's Alien vs. Predator (AVP) directed by Paul W.S. Anderson.

I particularly enjoyed working on this illustration, as the franchise has been a major influence for me since early childhood. And also, I can't wait to see ALIEN: COVENANT! I believe you people might be as expectant as I am.

I'm an independent artist! If you liked this art, feel free to FOLLOW & SUPPORT my work on other social networks!
Behance | tumblr | instagram | facebook