[[Image:garytalpas.jpg|thumb|Gary Talpas on tour]]
'''Gary Talpas''' was the original Art Director for [[Nine Inch Nails]]. He designed the iconic 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 by [[Rob Sheridan]].
Gary also appeared briefly in the the live NIN performance lineup. According to [[Trent Reznor]], they "needed an extra body" on stage. Even though Gary didn't know how to play the keyboard, they had him mime playing it during the [["Pretty Hate Machine" Promotional Tour]] performances.
==Body of work=====Nine Inch Nails===*''[[Down In It (halo)|Down In It]]''*''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''*''[[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]]