Alien Artists

H.R. Giger was born on Feb 5, 1940. In 1958 He attended Alpina College, Davos and achieved a Preliminary Certificate in drawing. In 1959 to 1962 he got practical training with architect Venativs Maisen Chur and developer Hans Setter Chur. In 1962 to 1965 he studied at the School of Applied Arts in Zurich and later worked in the department of interior and industrial design. Even with all that he had going on he still managed to produce children's drawings in his spare time.

He was known at this time for his ink drawings. In 1967 he started sculpting. In 1970 he returned to Zurich and began a technique called "wet cell painting." In 1978 20th Century Fox commissioned Giger to do an Alien portfolio of six silkscreen prints. This led to many more offers and eventually an academy award for best achievement in visual effects in 1980. In 1997 his new book "Mystery of San Gottardo" came out. H.R Giger has celebrated his sixtieth birthday and currently has over one million visiting his website.

Mel Rubi paints with great and immense talent and an extremely wonderful attitude. This make him one of the most sought after artists in the field of aliens. His great art is evident on great works such as Star Wars: The Bounty Hunters - Scoundrel's Wages, The Terminator: The Dark Years, Predator: Xenogenesis and most notably Aliens vs. Predator.

At twenty-nine-years-old, Mel Rubi didn't become an overnight success. He, like many other artists, struggled in his early days. He entered the comic book business in 1993. He worked on Morbius: The Living Vampire for Marvel Comics and Shadow Man for Valiant Comics.

After working briefly on the X-men for Marvel Comics, Mel Rubi secured a permanent position down at Dark Horse in 1998. This is what he called home.

Since then, Mel Rube has been creating some of the most sought after drawing in alien fantasy art. today Mel Rubi still expresses himself though his art at Dark Horse Comics.