I think the actual thing to say is 'Gigeresque'.

They've definitely put their stamp on the genre.
And it's a oddly-shaped stamp with sweeping curves and suspicious bulges.

...are those eye sockets or...

Oh, they're actually both.

It normally is-- but While I attribute most of my inspiration to Giger, he considered himself a master of sexual perversion and death. I seek to make myself a master of sexual perversion and life.
Giger used bones, death, decay, rot and the like in his images. I prefer sexual imagery, but instead of death and bones I aim for healthy plump organs, the pleasure of life and healthiness.

Instead of ribcages and skulls, I'll go for soft roundness of a pregnant belly, engorged breasts, and toned muscles. He named his great gallery the Necronomicon, I have named mine the Gaminomicon, the celebration of life, sexuality, pleasure, climatic bliss and happiness.

Well, for that, I do owe you thanks for LGD ;D

( also I still would love the chance to talk to you about art in that direction, for pay of course )

Biomechanical was gigers word for it. It's instantly connected with the art style since he coined the term.

Yes, this.

Aaah, I love Giger's work so much. I aspire to one day be able to depict insane, nightmarish, yet sensual landscapes like his.

His works have such a serene beauty to them. The fusion of flesh and machine done in a way that looks terrifying, but that seems enjoyable for all involved.

I am in profound agreement and cannot wait for the game Scorn to come out... >v>

Scorn looks like it's going to be more on the horror/creepy side than leaning towards Giger's style, which employed a lot of sexual concepts into itself. At least from the things I've seen of it.

Also, Giger used a lot of blacks and greys in his style; Scorn is going more for that 'flayed skin' sort of look... not a *bad* idea, but definitely more gross than just creepy.

Still stoked. And if you dig you'll see plenty of sexual imagery in the game. X3

Yes, but he always associated his biomecanical with death, I want to associate mine with life. Instead of doorways that resemble rib cages of corpses, I want ones that resemble healthy vulvas and sexual arousal.

Well to each their own. I felt it fits with Geiger's style and am stoked for it. X3

I can only think of specific references myself. :/ Like Zerg Swarm (starcraft)

perhaps terms are along the lines of resin structures, flesh structures, alien hive, etc... creep (Again starcraft)... you've probably already thought of those... besides that though I'm unsure of any specific terms that are used to describe the prior mentioned structures and hives

Oh oh, try 'alien phantasmal surrealism'
I mean, I dunno, but that term gave me pictures like these and I know you, just like me, can almost feel that ribbed tail sliding along my thighs!

If you're not looking for Giger's specific look, then perhaps "erotic architecture" works?

Biomechanical is the term I've heard

Uhm... I think you misread things.

"Like instead of just saying Giger, how exactly do you describe a type of fantasy artistic design that uses sexual imagery and such for alien hives and architecture."

He's looking for terms to help him refine his searches for art styles that might inspire him, not trying to call anything weird.

Art Deco Sculpture? Mayan Revivalist?

Biomechanical is a steam locomotive with a skull front and creepy eyes. Giegeresque is a steam locomotive with a skull front with creepy eyes, fins and tits.

Biomechanical surrealism is probably the term that describes it closest.

Organic Mechanic? Xenobiologic, possibly, He used the term biomechanical, given it's fantastical nature, probably surrealist to some degree. Erotic Xenobiologic Surrealism possibly?

When in the context of the furry fandom though, you're really the only one with such a dedication to this particular art style. So Gami-esque would also be fitting c:

I have to concur with the biomechanical sentiments - it fits well.
I actually live in his hometown. It's pretty rad and just plain inspirational seeing little scraps of him in public places. And nothing beats hanging out in his bar and being surrounded by his brand of genius <3

I believe what you are searching for is an poetic analogy. A word or a saying that compresses the meaning of an entire trope or genre. You could also try using other languages.
I found that list by chance:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.p.....reAlienBiology
Maybe that wiki can help you to broaden the subject matter.

Others have said "biomechanical," but that word actually refers more to a style than to content. That is, using flesh, bone, and vessels to mimic the shapes of mechanical devices, and mechanical devices to mimic the shapes of flesh, bone, and vessels. Moreover, it means doing this seemlessly that you can no longer tell the difference between the two. You're not making flesh, or machines, or a mixture of the two--i.e., cybernetics--, you're making something that's neither.

That's biomechanical.

But using landscapes and architecture and rooms and stuff as "living" sexual imagery? That could be done without the biomechanical style, which is what you do. And I don't think Giger himself came up with a name for that.

But whenever I run into a wall like this, I just make up my own word. I open a bunch of tabs to google translate, pre/suffix lists, scientific dictionaries, ect., to try to create a word that described my idea.

Now, of course, no one else is going to understand all that this word entails at a glance. That's why I have to incorporate it into my mythos, and explain through said mythos, what it means.

Xeno-Organic-Erotica Architecture. Or Xoea (Ex-Oh-Yah) if you want a short version.

I could probably add something else to that, but that's kinda how I'd put it. :P Nice and simple.

.......Xeno-erotica?

I think a combination of terms would fit the idea best, biomechanical to cover the ideas of machine and living material, and as was shown above xeno-erotica, with xeno being the prefix that means other or alien. Perhaps xenomorphic demi-anthropomorphic biomechanical erotica. That set of terms should cover the idea of alienew or otherworldly blending of life and machine with erotica overtones.

I'll have to echo the sentiments of some of the others here, being a Giger fan as well. Biomechanical is sort of the phrase used to describe it, but honestly "Gigeresque" is it's own thing as well. The man invented his own genre of art. Admittedly, it's kind of a narrow field, but I digress.

I think the word you're looking for is more the latter than the former, although Kathmandu up there makes a good case as well. When in doubt, make shit up. That's how english was made, after all.

It sounds like the consensus is "biomechanical", and I don't have enough knowledge of this particular field to dispute that. However, in the consideration of "blatantly innuendo" that Giger's work encompassed, most people familiar with his artwork would consider him to be the founder of that genre. Biomechanical may be linked to organic material that mimics machinery, but the idea of "This artwork represents the act or a component of sex or reproductive biology" is rooted in his work, and seems perfectly fitting to be called "Gigeresque".

Surrealist erotica pulled up some interesting stuff.

I like Giger too. He pretty much had his own style, nightmarish, mechanical, organic, and he was a fan of Dali, sculptures, and architecture. So he's hard to pin down into a genra. To me it was like he could take a mundane object and.... twist it into something forboding. I've always gotten a feeling of lust, nihilism, hostility, and age from his work.

Maybe you could try twisting an every day object. See it alive and dead and gestating and infecting all at once.

Anthrasax from the Bastard!! manga.

I was thinking some of those neural net/deep dream generator stuff comes close.

But that's its own genre and it's automated computer manipulation rather than originally created.


'Suggestive' is the closest thing I can think of.

Did Alan Moore use any particular words in The Watchmen when describing that 'alien' that Veitd'd had designed?

Biomechanical is one that a lot of people are suggesting.

Xeno-erotic or Xeno-erotica might turn up some results, since Geiger was all about sexual concepts in his designs and art.

I'm thinking other combinations of those two prefixes 'Xeno' and 'Bio' will be the basis of your searches. 'erotica' seems like a good one too.

My concept of bio-mechanical has always been the idea of sort of duplicating the biological with alloys instead of carbon as the base substance, energy as fuel for these cells instead of nutrients from food, and enhancing it all with nanotechnology... so maybe searching for nanotechnology along with other prefixes will turn up something? A lot of searches I tried that involved melding biology with technology also turned up nanotechnology as well.

I've ran into this dilemma myself.

I'm afraid it's quite Catch 22: You don't know the exact word to search for what you're looking for, and you'd most likely only know it if you already did your homework.

One thing you could do is to send out your antennae, so to speak, and ask people to help you search for what you are looking for. It may seem time-consuming and tedious, but no less tedious or time-consuming than searching for it by yourself full-stop.

Most people are almost always itching to help you if you ask a question - this very thread is a testament to that. I like how Firestein put it: "Making scientific discoveries are not made using the fictitious "scientific method" No. Rather, they are the result of fumbling around in a dark room looking for a black cat that may or may not be there." In our case, we're in a much better position because the information we are looking for is already there, and there are people who already know where it is.

So there you go. Happy hunting.

Noedit: Someone's probably said it before, but try mentally taking apart what you're looking for in your mind and search the individual pieces instead of trying to round up the whole.

I'm still hoping for more images along the line of that Alien: Isolation one you made where your boner hit the inside of the locker. =3

sometime this year i'll finally publish my role playing game. it will be a version you can play on your phone so it will be inexpensive.

anyway you need to be eighteen at least to play since i put sex, drugs and architecture in it, well architecture based upon race anyway. (257 races).

some architectural designs look rather bizarre others look rather erotic though are functional and have a unique beauty.

i also put everything i could think of in my game as well as use a unique way of letting all the players control the direction of their game. i don't have or need a DM or an AI to run a game. I might have to get on to do storytelling like a blog but the game design runs itself and the players actually DM their own game. Nobody (yet) has figured out what I did. but as soon as it starts selling I'm sure Japan and Korea will come out with a thousand titles in the attempt to steal my market share.

little do they know i already expanded the thing to including so many adventures it boggles most people's minds. (25,000) i even have figured out how to do time, space and dimension travel and include a history greater in scope than Skyrim/Elder Scrolls or even AD&D!

anyway in answer to your question maybe the Pod and Stalk design of the Royant race or the inverted glass geodesic multifaceted mountain design of the Thainian race. there are another 200 more but you'd need to buy the game once i get it ready to play/sell/download.

my adventure into the world of furries and incredible artists like yourself made me make an addition to the 128 races i used only to have.

and in an attempt to stay on topic look at everything around you; look into how things are put together with simple machines, or look at nature or old Roger Dean drawings. expand upon contraptions that were way too heavy and cumbersome by Leonardo Da Vinci or look at Hieronymus Boris or both Bruegels: the younger and the older. Combine nature with bio-metrics or just look at medieval clocks or Rube Goldberg cartoons then elaborate those to be buildings.. or make these designs into sexual elaborations. in lakes of cum