CS 798 Project : Emulating the Style of H R Giger

In this project we study and emulate the artwork of H. R. Giger with software. We hope to extend and emulate his style by creating programs which generate textures, bump-maps and objects which are similar to those in his artwork. The artwork of H. R. Giger consists of biomechanical landscapes filled industrial panels, circuit boards, fleshy tubes and organic monstrosities. Giger’s work can be summarized as depictions of biomechanical nightmares. Cold machinery is juxtaposed against the softer forms of the body, flesh and bone. Giger’s aesthetic maps well to video games and industrial music and could be used to decorate video games or music videos (we hope to use the results for the latter). Thus we propose to make programs that given certain parameters generate different bump-maps and scenes which are similar to Giger’s work. Our motivation is derived from our appreciation of his work combined with our hope that we can use these results for producing visualizations.