ALIEN RESURRECTION's "newborn" is perhaps the most controversial creature ADI has ever embarked upon. Love it, hate--appreciate it, loathe it--we felt it was time to travel back to 1996 to show you the design process, from early concept illustrations to painted maquettes. It's never easy bringing a newborn into the world, especially when it has such a legacy to follow.
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As the 25th Anniversary of ALIEN 3 approaches, we could not ignore our contribution to the film's title character: the Alien itself. Through the miracle of VHS and exclusive photographs, ADI takes...
ALIEN 3 celebrates its 25th anniversary this month, and to celebrate we present this gem from deep within the VHS vault--footage from the prep and rehearsals of the Bishop puppet shoot complete wit...
Chronicled in this video is the evolution of the animatronic head for the title character the 2016 film THE MONSTER. Sculpture, mold, mechanical build, finish and paint--it's all here.
Projects often run concurrently and deadlines overlap so some short fittings or quick bench tests get captured by crew supervisor phones for review. Thanks to ADI's assistant shop supervisor Garth...
The ALIEN 3 script called for more damage to Bishop's head and further loss of torso, ruling out the option of actor Lance Henrikson performing through a hole on set. Solution: build an animatroni...
Following the successful "suit-bash" test for director Bryan Bertino's THE MONSTER (2016), ADI began work piecing the title character's body together on a very tight time schedule.
Not long ago, ADI co-founder Tom Woodruff, Jr. returned to his love of stop-motion animation with a very special guest star--the original King Kong animation armature from 1933. With the blessing ...