Robert Sheridan (born October 11, 1979) is the former art director and webmaster for Nine Inch Nails and How To Destroy Angels. Prior to Sheridan's hiring, much of NIN's art direction was handled by Gary Talpas. Sheridan left his position as NIN art director in late 2014, and was succeeded by John Crawford.
Biography
Sheridan attended Pratt Institute in New York for one year and began working with Trent Reznor in 1999, after being hired because Reznor was impressed with his unofficial NIN fansite, "Above The Trees", which he created during high school. He was then appointed as the art director for NIN, contributing photography, web design, album covers and packaging design, an alternate reality game, music videos, live tour visuals and live concert films.
He was nominated for the 2008 Grammy award for "Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package" for his work on the Ghosts I-IV limited edition boxed set. In his work as art director for HTDA, he contributed the HTDA logo, promotional photography, and merchandise design. He also worked with Reznor and Atticus Ross on the artwork and packaging design for The Social Network, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Gone Girl soundtracks.
He is also known for his own illustration work. Beginning in 2007, he has posted artwork and released limited edition signed and numbered prints on his Sketchblog and portfolio. He was also briefly a member of How To Destroy Angels, contributing mainly as a visual rather than musical member. In concert, he contributed synthesizers, vocals and visual effects. He also helped to design the Beats Music streaming audio service, serving as a creative director alongside Reznor, who was then chief creative officer. In 2018, he announced that he would be writing a comic book series called High Level.
Body of work
Nine Inch Nails
Halos
- Things Falling Apart
- The Downward Spiral re-release: Photography and art direction
- The Hand That Feeds
- With Teeth
- Every Day Is Exactly The Same
- Beside You In Time
- Survivalism
- Year Zero
- Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D
- Ghosts I–IV
- The Slip
- Pretty Hate Machine 2010 Remaster: Art direction
- Hesitation Marks: Photography and art direction
Videos
- Things Falling Apart TV commercial: Director and editor
- And All That Could Have Been: Director, editor and director of photography
- "Gone, Still": Director and editor
- "Something I Can Never Have": Director and editor
- "The Becoming": Director and editor
- With Teeth promo clips
- "The Hand That Feeds": Director and editor
- Beside You In Time: Director and editor
- Beside You In Time Bonus rehearsal footage: Director
- Year Zero trailer
- "Survivalism": Co-director
- The Slip Bonus rehearsal footage DVD: Director
Other
- Nin.com web design
- The Spiral logo design
- Fragility tour program
- NIN: Access
- Tap Tap Revenge: Nine Inch Nails (iPhone game)
- Limited edition posters for portions of the Live: With Teeth and Wave Goodbye tours
How To Destroy Angels
- How To Destroy Angels member (music, art direction)
- How To Destroy Angels: Promotional photography
- An Omen EP: Promotional photography (with Tamar Levine); Cover art
- Welcome Oblivion: Cover art
- HTDA merchandise
- Limited edition posters for the How To Destroy Angels Live 2013 tour
- "Keep It Together" music video: Director and editor
- "The Loop Closes" music video: Director and editor
Other
- Beats Music
- Demonbaby.com logo
- Saul Williams' The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust! - booklet design and photography.
- The Social Network Soundtrack: Art direction and design
- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack: Art direction
- Gone Girl Soundtrack: Art direction
- Object Merch catalogue cover design 2000
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club t-shirt design 2002
- 12 Rounds promo art & design 2002
- Object Merch catalogue cover design 2002
- Object Merch catalogue cover design 2003
- Iinfection Magazine feature layout: design & photography (The Rapture & LCD Soundsystem) 2003
- Iinfection Magazine feature layout: design & photography (Primal Scream) 2003
External Links
- Official website and portfolio
- Sketchblog
- Demonbaby (Rob Sheridan's blog)
- Rob Sheridan on Tumblr
- Rob Sheridan on Facebook
- Rob Sheridan on Instagram
- Rob Sheridan on Flickr
- Rob Sheridan on Patreon
- rob_sheridan on Twitter
- Above The Trees (archived at archive.org)