[[Image:garytalpas.jpg|thumb|Gary Talpas on tour]]'''Gary Talpas''' was the original Art Director art director for [[Nine Inch Nails]]. He designed the iconic [[Logo History|NIN logo]], as well as most of the sleeve artwork for NIN releases from [[Pretty Hate Machine]] through [[Closure]]1989 to 1997. He was succeeded as NIN Art Director art director by [[Rob Sheridan]].
Gary Talpas also appeared briefly in the the an early live NIN performance lineup. According to [[Trent Reznor]], they "needed an extra body" on stage. Even though Gary he didn't know how to play the keyboard, they had him mime playing it during the . ==Body of work=====Nine Inch Nails===*''[[Down In It (halo)|Down In It]]''*''[["Pretty Hate Machine" Promotional Tour]] performances''*''[[Head Like A Hole (halo)|Head Like A Hole]]''*''[[Sin (halo)|Sin]]''*''[[Broken]]''*''[[Fixed]]''*''[[March Of The Pigs (halo)|March Of The Pigs]]'': Art direction*''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'': Art direction*''[[Further Down The Spiral]]'': Art direction*''[[Closure]]'': Art direction*''[[The Perfect Drug (halo)|The Perfect Drug]]''*NIN logo design It is assumed that Talpas also did the art direction for ''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]'', though he is uncredited on the packaging. ===Other===*''[[Natural Born Killers Soundtrack]]''*''[[Lost Highway Soundtrack]]'' [[Category:Former Members]][[Category:Related to NIN]]