Whilst researching Alien I also looked into who did the concept art work as it was mentioned several times as being the driving force behind the project.
The main bulk of concept work was done by H.R Giger, a swiss surealist painter.
As you can tell from these images, they are extremely phallic and invasive. The Alien itself is sexless (until Aliens where there is a mention of a mother alien) but Giger interpreted fears into drawings. Rape for women has always been a fear, but for men when Aid's was still a largely unknown and uncontrollable condition at the time of Alien (1979)'s creation, there was undoubted fear among men about contracting the condition.
Giger adapted his work to this fear, he was quoted saying that his work came from real life
“Some people would say my paintings show a future world and maybe they do, but I paint from reality.”
L I N K - - https://www.buzzfeed.com/danieldalton/original-alien-concept-art-h-r-giger?utm_term=.cyxyRN7w41#.iqNBkZxDL0
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