Rodney Githens is a painter and freelance illustrator based out of Long Beach, NY. He creates inside a world of darkness and his work is usually presented figuratively and with a passion for all things surrealist. His influences include: Dali, Giger, Munch, comic book artists Frank Miller and Mike Mignola, movie directors Tim Burton and David Fincher and music by bands such as Tool, Heaven Shall Burn, Isis and Shadows Fall.

Rodney was born in New Jersey and moved north to attend The Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in scenic Dover, New Jersey. After a year at the den of geekness it was off to the School of Visual Arts for night classes and finally he graduated from Hunter College in NYC.

He has shown at CB313 Gallery, C-Pop Gallery and was part of the infamous Subculture co-op gallery for two years. Through bi-monthly shows at Subculture, Rodney was able to slowly craft his style amongst a group of like-minded individuals. He was featured in Tattoo Savage magazine in 2001.

In 2003 Rodney created artwork to be featured on three of BC RICH's BODY ART GUITARS , created concepts for two other guitars and created t-shirt designs for the world renowned electric guitar company.  His artwork has adorned the t-shirts of numerous bands, magazines and merch companies.

In 2009 he launched his own line of shirts under the name Vertebrae33, which was featured in ad space on Metal Sucks as well as a half page ad in Decibel Magazine. Currently, Rodney is working on designs for bands through Imperial Merch and designs for Ring of Honor Wrestling.