Jeff Gaither (born 1962 in

Louisville, Kentucky Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana borde ...

) is a

graphic artist A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published me ...

noted for his many pictures for the music industry. Gaither has been practicing his particular blend of horror and rock art for over 25 years. He has created art for The Misfits,

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, Look Afraid,

The Undead The Undead is an American horror punk band formed in 1980 in New York City's East Village by Bobby Steele (vocals and guitar), Chris "Jack" Natz (bass) and Patrick Blanck (drums). They were one of the pioneers in the New York hardcore scene ...

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, Accused and many more bands of all genres. He blames it all on his aunt, who in his youth bought him copies of ''

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'', and took him to movies like ''

The Exorcist ''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin and written for the screen by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel of the same name. It stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitt ...

'' and ''

Night of the Living Dead ''Night of the Living Dead'' is a 1968 American independent horror film directed, photographed, and edited by George A. Romero, with a screenplay by John Russo and Romero, and starring Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea. The story follows seven p ...

''. Jeff is a

visual artist The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts a ...

, digital artist, photographer, sculptor.

Major accomplishments and relevant contributions

*Created art for an estimated 300+ music CD covers *Created art for 2500+ magazine/fanzine covers *Art appears worldwide on posters, prints, clothing, skateboards, skis, glassware, stickers, magazines, book covers, and more *Art published in ''Art of Modern Rock: The Poster Explosion'', 2004

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External links

Official website for Jeff Gaither

Scare Halloween trick-or-treaters with artist Jeff Gaither's missing screen prank
''Louisville'', 21 September 2009 1962 births Living people Artists from Louisville, Kentucky American graphic designers {{US-artist-stub