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Description I had yet another weird dream. In it I saw this reall oddball of a xeno' stuck in a lab somewhere, it's face pressed against a huge glass window looking in at some human military types as they talked amongst themselves.

The tank was filled with weird blue liquid and ambient lights. In the dream you could see the (dare I say, CUTE?) barbles it had on it's chin. (Daawwwwww... ^.^) And it only had four fingers instead of the classic six. And two extra odd little tube things on it's back.

It was such a striking image, I just had to draw it. Four hours of inking, twenty minutes of photoshop to add the color (I was lazy), and this is what I ended up with.

Xenomorphs ©20th Century Fox Film Corperation*,
Nacronom © Giger*,
"Todd", and artwork ©2003 Tina Leyk, All rights reserved.

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-Giger owns the rights to the Necronom paintings that the design for the Alien was loosely based on.

20th Century Fox Film Corperation owns, without restriction, all legal rights to the Alien franchise, and anyone who wants to license anything related has to go through them. Dark Horse Comics has licensed limited publishing rights (i.e. comics, books) from Fox. Other companies have licensed the rights to toys, games, etc. But permission to do any of that comes from Fox.

Whatever rights Giger himself has to the Alien are those which he has by way of contract from Fox. IIRC he is allowed to create and sell certain types of Alien related artwork outside of the normal channels without recourse to 20th Century Fox. However, he does not own the copyrights to the franchise.
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Comments: 315

munkay [2004-02-10 20:53:25 +0000 UTC]

wow...simply wow...+anything that deals with coolness.

dang!

only 4 hours for that cool pic. I was never a good alien drawing dude thingy...

i tried...but failed.

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FenixOvO [2004-02-10 09:18:55 +0000 UTC]

Great job! One thing I noticed though... What happened to the circle things that run along a xeno's head? Never mind, I'm sounding like a fanatic here... But ti looks better without them. Just making a simple point, I absolutely love this piece.

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Von-Richthofen [2004-02-04 06:22:51 +0000 UTC]

DAMN!, I like your take on the alien creatures very cool comic, I hope you dream with a cool Predator soon so you can give your take on that character... keep up the good work

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robot-god [2004-01-31 19:17:10 +0000 UTC]

Ultimate badass! I borrowed an aliens comics from the library and the pictures in that aren't as good as this.

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daevax [2004-01-30 10:26:20 +0000 UTC]

Awesome. Love these guys. And yes, his....'chin hairs' are cute.

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e-giggle [2004-01-29 23:01:23 +0000 UTC]

F**king fantastic! Or as my friend said, "F**king fantastic!"

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chucksgal [2004-01-29 20:03:04 +0000 UTC]

And I thought I was the only one who was so addicted to the *Alien* series so as to know what the species were called!!! Guess not.... awesome job!!!

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UberSoldatSamus [2004-01-28 06:03:52 +0000 UTC]

I'm biased in favor of Aliens type stuff, but that doesn't change the fact that this work is just plain aweseem. n_n

Speaking of the 'tube-thingies', if my memory serves me correctly, they're the aliens method of scent perception. Which is important not only for tracking prey, but for precieving the complex chemical sent communication the queen/hive uses. Hope I'm not being redundant or something. :\

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Forks-n-Spoons [2004-01-27 05:57:44 +0000 UTC]

hm, wierd dream. Watching too many sci-fi movies, perhaps? I love the drawing though. Xenomorphs are probably the most elaborate alien species to be invented.
You did so much detail with that picture, were you looking at other pictures to help you draw it?

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LadyLexington [2004-01-26 15:53:27 +0000 UTC]

looks awesome!

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LandonJ [2004-01-26 05:50:14 +0000 UTC]

wow..... that is INTENSE...

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trillionagesprout [2004-01-26 02:58:54 +0000 UTC]

I never knew those thingies were called Xenomorphs. Heh, you learn something new every day.

I wanna go watch those Alien movies now, heh.

+Fav

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Legato895 [2004-01-26 02:40:43 +0000 UTC]

and it would look cooler without those chin tentacles

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Legato895 [2004-01-26 02:37:28 +0000 UTC]

so... 4 hours of inking? where did it go?

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Demonrat In reply to ??? [2004-01-26 00:49:07 +0000 UTC]

Very very nice!!!!! I love Alien Saga!!!!

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SeigneurRuei [2004-01-25 20:48:16 +0000 UTC]

I know my comment isn't much in the ocean of comment this pic got,but i still feel the need to say that this is one of the best rendition of Xenomorph i ever seen,official materials included.

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patentdragon [2004-01-24 22:41:45 +0000 UTC]

A first-rate Xeno, depicted with such awesome detail. Time...

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hazhatter [2004-01-23 18:50:20 +0000 UTC]

Thats awesome... i love it, cept for the little things on its chin lol but its still incredible
great work

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uhfhue [2004-01-23 09:47:24 +0000 UTC]

OMFG!!!!!!!
this is SOOOOOOO tight
we got HR geiger jr right here.

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legallyinsane13 [2004-01-22 22:50:50 +0000 UTC]

wow, that looks amazing. I wish I had such l33t 4r+is+i< +4l3nts. hehe... yeh i'm sad...

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OmriKoresh [2004-01-22 15:39:13 +0000 UTC]

the bottom is really wierd and the character is suppose to be in the middle

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Toxikan [2004-01-22 14:04:30 +0000 UTC]

one word = amazing!

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Acid666 [2004-01-22 08:04:38 +0000 UTC]

dude, im a BIG fan of this, keep it up... u should make a wallpaper or something yea that would rock...

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syko-phreak [2004-01-22 05:15:07 +0000 UTC]

I love this!!! So fucking cool.. I have always wanted to see an alien in a glass thingymabobber

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darkjoka119 In reply to ??? [2004-01-21 17:36:47 +0000 UTC]

Hey, this is just way cool!!! I like it a lot!

One question, how do you like REALLY coyright a art piece before submitting it (Don't want my character designs taken). Cus, I noticed your work is copyrighted. I I want to be down with the copyright crew, so Please reply. Thanx i advance.

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Raidzuo [2004-01-21 06:03:09 +0000 UTC]

Every nightmare I can ever remember, this has been in it.

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snakejac [2004-01-20 20:36:21 +0000 UTC]

awesome!! i like it.

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jdjam001 [2004-01-20 18:14:46 +0000 UTC]

!Shit Hot!

I'm sure after 136 comments (137 now ^_^) u hav heard all the detailed wots good. Hell i luv the whole god damn thing tho.

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nevarica [2004-01-20 16:48:55 +0000 UTC]

Sorry i meant xeno
*runs away*

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nevarica [2004-01-20 16:46:05 +0000 UTC]

*droolz*
I love that movie alien oh lol their gonna play it on channel 2 ( mbc 2 )

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hucast [2004-01-20 15:21:44 +0000 UTC]

why arnt all your xenos Devprints. I can imagine this in my bathroom

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nypd [2004-01-20 11:15:25 +0000 UTC]

ps

pooor xeno

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nypd [2004-01-20 11:14:41 +0000 UTC]

0_0

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Ephon [2004-01-20 07:57:25 +0000 UTC]

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machine-guts [2004-01-20 06:34:28 +0000 UTC]

Wooozles, I finally got a chance to comment on this. (I'm getting so behind on deviations!)

Anyhow I think this is one of the most beautiful xenos I've seen of yours, Jaxx! The lighting is absolutely splendid, and the lineart of course is amazing! A definite for sure. ^___^

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TheGlome [2004-01-20 04:38:21 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! I love it. How in the hell did you draw that xeno so perfectly? *jealous*

*Two Thumbs Up*

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echodreamer [2004-01-20 02:47:55 +0000 UTC]

wow that's amazing work AMAZING. You inked that? I would have no idea where to begin! lol Nice work!

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Ailidh [2004-01-20 02:46:49 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me of Aliens. That movie scared the shit out of me.

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foxfirestorm [2004-01-20 02:38:02 +0000 UTC]

That is a neat image.
I also like Xenomorphs..at the same time..scared the heck of em'.
Very nicely done. ^^
*wishes she could draw Xenomorphs*

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mrpunchy [2004-01-20 02:35:23 +0000 UTC]

This is VERY nice. No really. Well, there should be a way to render the idea that it's in a jar of liquid, maybe by using photoshop's liquify tool. But this is super stuff here.

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SpikeSpiegelHottLove [2004-01-20 02:27:07 +0000 UTC]

goodness gee golly thats fucking amazing!

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RageVortex [2004-01-20 02:27:05 +0000 UTC]

Very niceley done ... nice inking

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perfekt-defekt [2004-01-20 02:02:24 +0000 UTC]

oh shit, awesome detail! I love the structure of Gieger's aliens.

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Angelust [2004-01-20 01:59:30 +0000 UTC]

Giger loves ya, genius!

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quickagpenguin [2004-01-20 01:47:39 +0000 UTC]

wooot aliens!!

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ghost-of-freedom [2004-01-20 01:44:41 +0000 UTC]

fantastic man. to be completely honest, it doesnt quite feel that he is in a glass tank with...weird blue liquid. maybe if u made the image, not qutie as sharp, and more bubbles coming from the xeno etc. it would help. but still...fantastic picture like i said before, keep it up.

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aysel [2004-01-20 01:38:16 +0000 UTC]

If I had dreams like yours... I don't think I would sleep much.

Great job with this. The shading and inking is wonderful.

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killer-64 [2004-01-20 01:33:27 +0000 UTC]

ooo love it great work!!

the skill is amazing!

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xenoFelidae [2004-01-20 01:33:00 +0000 UTC]

Very pretty xeno.... I wish I had my own little xeno in a glass tank.

Xeno

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Tawkin [2004-01-20 01:15:29 +0000 UTC]

Aliens are delicious.

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