Waffenak Posted May 13, 2014 Rest in peace maestro: http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Alien_creator_H.R._Giger_is_dead.html?cid=38569780 http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/kino/Bericht-HR-Giger-ist-tot-/story/10859595 0 Share this post Link to post
dew Posted May 13, 2014 This makes me sad. Let us honour him with a minute of silence and facerape by monstrous biomechanical alien penises. 0 Share this post Link to post
FreddBoy Posted May 13, 2014 A damn shame, another unique talent gone... 0 Share this post Link to post
Technician Posted May 13, 2014 Sad news. He was definitely a unique man. 0 Share this post Link to post
geo Posted May 13, 2014 I only hope it was something as cool as his art that took his life. 0 Share this post Link to post
jute Posted May 13, 2014 RIP. So many of the things I love owe so much to his work: science fiction, horror, heavy metal, DOOM. 0 Share this post Link to post
flubbernugget Posted May 13, 2014 Definitely struck me by surprise. I haven't known him for very long which kinda led me to assume he was much younger than he truly was. Rest in piece. 0 Share this post Link to post
Clonehunter Posted May 13, 2014 Damn, too bad. He had some great artwork, as penis oriented as it was. 0 Share this post Link to post
Patrol1985 Posted May 13, 2014 May he rest in peace. His art may have been controversial but it was undoubtedly unique. 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted May 13, 2014 geo said:I only hope it was something as cool as his art that took his life. Pretty much the opposite. He apparently fell down the stairs in his house and died later in hospital. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27390345 0 Share this post Link to post
NiTROACTiVE Posted May 13, 2014 I just learned about this, and it's sad to hear that he passed. He was a great artist and his surrealism in his work is amazing. I remember his work in the Alien series, and I saw his work in the video games Darkseed and Darkseed II. My condolences go to his friends and family, and I'll miss him too. 0 Share this post Link to post
Aliotroph? Posted May 13, 2014 Well, this sucks. The world needs more art like his: the kind of surreal, sex-infused body horror that makes most people uncomfortable. 0 Share this post Link to post
Caffeine Freak Posted May 13, 2014 R.I.P. Giger. You were an influence for me. 0 Share this post Link to post
40oz Posted May 14, 2014 Any wads come to mind with prominent hr giger artwork in it as textures? I can think of a few wads that have one hr giger texture here and there. 0 Share this post Link to post
Memfis Posted May 14, 2014 ^ The obvious one: http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?file=levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/adessa.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
jute Posted May 14, 2014 Giger textures would work really well in Doom 64. 0 Share this post Link to post
berd Posted May 14, 2014 Well, this sucks. :( If only we could place his brain in a grotesque half-flesh half-machine body... 0 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted May 14, 2014 ultama121 said:If only we could place his brain in a grotesque half-flesh half-machine body... Well, we could. It wouldn't do anything useful and would most certainly count as illegal desecration of his corpse, but we could. 0 Share this post Link to post
Koko Ricky Posted May 14, 2014 jute said:RIP. So many of the things I love owe so much to his work: science fiction, horror, heavy metal, DOOM. You summed it up perfectly! 0 Share this post Link to post