Anthro Alien (1979) AU Project

This is so interesting to me! :)

Hi thank you, and yes!! I love talking about animals so I’ll gladly explain!

Kane:

I chose to make Kane a rabbit because I grew up knowing his actor, John Hurt, as the voice for Hazel in the Watership Down, so I couldn’t help but see him as a rabbit. I chose to make him a belgian hare because belgian hares are an expensive breed that originates from the UK that have a resemblance to Hazel and match his role as being an executive officer, the second in command. Kane is written to be explorative as well, getting really excited about being able to explore the planet, he’s written as an overachiever in that sense; similar to how rabbits are in real life.

Lambert:

I chose to make her a deer mouse due to her mousey appearance, wide-set eyes, her small frame, as well as her reluctance and fear throughout the movie. One of the funniest things I read, that is a great example of how fearful she is written to be, is learning that Lambert was originally just going to die of fright, but it was never filmed. This is a thing that mice are known to do when under extreme stress.

Dallas:

To be honest I didn’t put much thought into why I chose a groundhog. To me he honestly just gave off groundhog vibes, due to his scruffy and bulky appearance within the original Alien film. I think it fits with his lone-sharkish tendencies, though, so I stuck with it.

Parker:

I chose to make Parker an american badger because of their size, strength and the fact theyre a tougher burrowing species. He's a brave character so I wanted him to be a brave animal. I also thought it matched with Brett since they work together as the most blue collar of the workers. I had both of them be mustelids because it would be another point to explain why they are super close friends.

Brett:

I chose to make Brett a sable mainly because I think he's weasly, but he's not cute enough, or small enough to be a weasle. Sables are kinda scraggly-like he is in the movie. Him being apart of the mustelid family helps to give more connection as to why he would be friends with Parker, who is an american badger.

Ash:

I chose to make Ash a guinea pig because they are a common lab animal and it fits with his occupation as the medic.

I wanted him to be something a laboratory would likely construct. Due to him being an android, he doesn't have the same qualities as an actual guinea pig, typically known for being social, docile, and gentle creatures. Not to mention, the noises that he makes as he begins to break down sound similar to guinea pig squeaks and squeals.

Because guinea pigs cannot make their own vitamin c they need citruses to survive, so as a rule to hint at how Ash is actually a synthetic, I’ve made sure that there’s no citruses or drinks like orange juice shown on the ship. This would only be a clue to people who know guinea pigs, but i think it’s funny.

Ripley:

Apologies for not uploading a lot about the next scenes of the movie, I've been busy working on making all their fullbody profiles and I want to get those done before I proceed with any of the next scenes.

I want to upload them altogether so you all can see them together so that's why I've been a bit quiet on posting art. I am finished the majority of them though! I just have to color Brett and then create Ash, and then I'll be finished! If you want to see their fullbody profiles I have uploaded them all to my Toyhouse and I will be uploading them all to my website (keep in mind my website isn't fully finished)!

Since I havent shown them yet :) here's a closeup of Parker and Ripley

Since it's canon that Ripley is a mother; I like to think the song Ripley sings to herself is the same song she used to soothe her daughter as a baby.

The kitchen table had to be cleaned. Someone had to clean the table after Kanes death......Do you think Dallas had to wrap Kanes body?

I'm currently working on making my own website on Neocities, if anyone has any suggestions on what I should put on there feel free to tell me. I kind of want to make it similar to a Toyhouse world, but more themed around it being apart of the nostromo's console.

Also no I am not good at coding html, I'm mostly learning as I go haha.

tfw your only navigator has diagnosed hyperactivity written into the companies bio remarks

I really liked the subtle shifting of his eyes in this scene so i wanted to depict that in an animation.

I spent a ridiculous amount of time working on this because I insisted on recreating the backgrounds. apologies for not posting in order, ill make sure to in the future! I already got the wakeup scene, the breakfast scene and Dallas’s mother scene done. I’ll make sure to post those at some point.

i really liked the atmosphere of the original scene so i wanted to make sure i captured it well with the colors, hopefully i did.

also yes Lamberts navigation console area was recreated by me (it was such a pain but so fun haha). I like the idea of being able to make my own notes and doodles as hidden easter eggs to give more character.

I redrew the two photos lambert has but i thought itd be funny to put mouse ears and tails on them, and replace the writing in the small notebook with a little doodle of Lambert and Kane. I like to think Lambert doodled them while working.

The note on the main screen is labeled “STREAM SODABITS” mainly just to shout out my friends twitch channel + the main people ive been sharing this work to. If you remember the creator Dietstab/Soproxi, they were the ones that ran the channel before taking it down and they were a big inspiration growing up. They go by Majora_Mortis and use they/them pronouns now, feel free to check them out!

Prey animals over millenia, now losing their more innate behaviors, replacing them with manlike urges, victims of capitalism find themselves caught with something that thinks and acts so innately primative and insect like (the xenomorph), like an ancient ancestor staring back at them. Ripley using her instincts (jack russels were bred to run through tunnels) using everything she was born with to escape the alien

"All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed."

This is the FAQ. If any more questions come up, I will make sure to update

Q: Are you doing the full thing?

A: Yes! the entire movie! nothing of the original will be kept in it besides merely the audio.

Q: Where will you be releasing the Alien Anthro Adaptation?

A: I’ll be posting it to Youtube, Vimeo, and Internet Archive. If I have to have it taken off of Youtube I’ll make sure to look into uploading it on other platforms!

Q: Is this legal?

A: It’s in a gray area, I’m not fully free from punishment if they decide to go after it, its not fully legal and I could likely get a DMCA takedown, but i want to make it clear that this is a fan project that i dont get money from. When it comes to fan films and fan adaptations, Disney is pretty lax on enforcing their rights to takedown fan work, usually seeing it as promotion. There are some small exceptions, yes but in all honesty, I would be surprised if they really chose to take it down, but they have the right to do so if they want. I encourage anyone interested in this project to watch the movie!

Q: Why did you start this?

A: I think its fun to challenge myself, also I want to inspire more people to be fans of the original Alien movie. Also I like the idea of making an animatic movie for young teenagers to watch and enjoy. As a kid I wouldve loved to have something like this. I love fan interpretations of things especially when theyre animated. as a kid I always loved the animations Enquaynay made of the Portal 2 cutscenes if they were all people and I loved animatics like Becky Prim; so Ive made it my goal to make this for the few kids in the world that always wanted to watch an entire animated adaptation of those kinds of things. I’m not good at animation, but I love illustrating so I’m working within my limits. Hopefully people enjoy my work enough to stick around and watch the entire thing when it comes out, though its alright if you dont.

Q: When will the entire thing come out?

A: I’m trying not to make promises I can’t keep but I’m going to be optimistic and guesstimate that it’ll take me around about 1-2 years if I stay on top of it. I think the only reason it has taken this long to make the end of this scene is because I wasnt fully sure how to draw all of the characters consistently and I still am not fully able to just yet, but I will definitley get better overtime and hopefully you will see that; A good example would probably be Parker, Brett and Dallas. I'm still figuring out Dallas, but Brett got a major improvement since I last drew them.

I want their faces to come through in the characters and I think I did a good job making him look the way I wanted him to. Dallas, im still getting the hang of but I think that by the end of this I will have him down alright.

Q: Is there going to be any censorship of the more brutal scenes? (e.g. the chest burster, the parker & lambert scene, the ash scene)

A: No not really besides just the fact its going to be drawn. When I was growing up, one of my favorite movies to watch was Watership Down because it helped me to understand/come to terms with the brutality of the world but in a way that is hopeful

“All the world will be your enemy…and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you. digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.” -Watership Down

I want this animatic to have a similar feeling to it, I’m not going to make it any more brutal than it is in the movie already, but I wont hold back adapting it to illustrations. I love the art style of watership down so i’ll definitley pay homage in some way. Kane is already kind of a homage to Watership Down already so it makes sense I'd lean into it. If youre at all unnerved by the thought of seeing drawings of anthro characters being put into violent situations, respectfully i dont think you should watch my adaptation. Alien is a scifi horror movie, expect an adaptation to be unnerving.

Q: Will Jonesy be changed to be anthro or will they become a different kind of class like an insect?

I am currently working on the full body pagedolls of each of the crew. One of the first ever drawings I've made of Anthro Alien was this group sketch. I've changed their designs since then so they are in need of updating.

Mind you, I've never drawn anthro/furry art on this level, so I'm learning as I go. So far I have finished my pagedolls of Kane, and Lambert.

Yes, Kane's pattern is a direct homage to Hazel from Watership Down, who also is voiced by John Hurt.

Watership Down is one of my all time favorite movies and it's what I know John Hurt from the most. In fact, if I recall correctly it was me looking up the voice actors for Watership down that caused me to rediscover that John Hurt was Kane in Alien, so I rewatched Alien just for that. Because of this, I can't see Kane as anything but a bunny.

Sadly, I didnt have much thought about Lambert....you can kind of tell who my favorite character is because of my profile. I absoluetly adore Kane. Lambert is cute, hopefully as I go along she'll warm up more.