Ron Cobb has only ever been a painter .
In 1981 , Colorvision , a large-format , full-colour monograph appeared , including much of his design work for the films Star Wars -LRB- 1977 -RRB- , Alien -LRB- 1979 -RRB- , and Conan the Barbarian -LRB- 1982 -RRB- , the first feature for which he received the credit of Production Designer .
Ron Cobb