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==Cover art== The cover art was designed by Gary Talpas, which is a photo of the blades of a turbine stretched vertically to create the illusion of a rib cage.<ref>{{cite web |last1=NIN |title=Pretty Hate Machine |url=https://www.nin.wiki/Pretty_Hate_Machine#Artwork |website=NIN.wiki |access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref> For the 2010 reissue, visual artist Rob Sheridan was assigned to update the cover art by Reznor to tone down the heavy late-Eighties neon aesthetic. Unfortunately, Sheridan was unable to locate the original artwork as it was deemed lost forever. To remedy this, he had to reverse engineer the cover art by scanning the existing cover art and digitally painted the image in very high resolution.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chapstick|first=Kelsey|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/nine-inch-nails-pretty-hate-machine-10-things-you-didnt-know|title=Nine Inch Nails' 'Pretty Hate Machine': 10 Things You Didn't Know|website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|date=October 19, 2019|access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref>
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