In 1957, an archaeological mission discovered ruins of a civilization deep below the surface of the Earth. This was a very impressive society dating back to before the Roman Empire with technological wonders that rival the inventions of today and enough gold to make an Aztec King blush. The further they explored into the city, the harder it was to get out and they soon realized that they weren’t alone. They now must find a way out of this forsaken nightmare before they are hunted down and slaughtered one by one. The scene I illustrated shows the moment when the archaeologists first discovered the abandoned city. As they are in awe of the spectacle before them, they notice the fossil of a beast embedded in the stone walls. To create the piece, I used miniatures for the ruins and pasted my actors in front using Adobe Photoshop.
The artist I was inspired by was the surrealist painter and sculptor H.R. Giger. The Swiss artist was famous for his nightmarish world of gothic horrors that merged humanity with the cold lifelessness of machines. His art often contained many human sexuality themes juxtaposed with mechanical tubing and structures. The color schemes of his pieces were always very desaturated with tints, tones, and shades of grays, browns, and dark greens. His most famous work was designing the Xenomorph and sets from the 1979 Ridley Scott horror film Alien. The art from that film was a major inspiration for my poster and it was what originally drew me to the artist in the first place. Something about the horrific design of the Xenomorph and the sets was so captivating that I knew I had to replicate it. You can see it in the desaturated color scheme of my poster and when you realize that the plot is basically just the story from Alien but set on Earth.
The piece that I was influenced by was the album cover for Brain Salad Surgery designed by H.R. Giger in 1973. Dimensions of the piece are 12.4” x 12.4”.
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