Vaughan Oliver, a British graphic designer whose album covers for the independent record label 4AD became visual accompaniments to influential alternative rock bands like Pixies, the Breeders and Cocteau Twins, died on Sunday in London. He was 62.

His death was confirmed by a spokesman for 4AD, who did not specify the cause.

Mr. Oliver grew up immersed in rock music and intrigued by album cover art. After studying design, he knew that he wanted to make artwork that was a fitting accompaniment to the music on an album.

“I always wanted to design sleeves as a kid,” he said in an interview with the online magazine Designboom. “Record sleeves are ephemeral, and I always wanted to make them more than that.”

Mr. Oliver began designing album covers for 4AD after meeting Ivo Watts-Russell, who founded the label with Peter Kent in 1980, at a party in London. He formed a design partnership called 23 Envelope with the photographer Nigel Grierson in 1983. After he parted ways with Mr. Grierson in 1988 he kept working for 4AD, collaborating with Chris Bigg and other artists under the studio name v23.