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THE ARTISAN FALL 2023 • 19 L-R: Natasha Lyonne, Benjamin Bratt as Cliff Legrand, and Adrien Brody as Sterling Frost Jr. L-R: Natasha Lyonne and Stephanie Hsu as Morty Gavin had more elaborate character designs that we had to sort out before we even knew who would fill the role. Pulling from my tattoo archives that I've designed with tattoo artist Jeremy Sutton, I had an array of tattoos printed by ursday night when Nick Cirillo was cast in the role. We did a quick meet-and-greet and consultation on Friday, tested the full tattoo make-up on a PA on Saturday, and hit the ground running on Monday. It was moments like these—not only with Gavin but with all our new characters—that made the job exhilarating as a team to pull off. One of the most thrilling aspects of this project was wondering who would be cast next in each of the upcoming episodes. All the Cherry Jones as Laura actors who came in were really fun, playful, and had great ideas. It really was a collaboration. In "Escape from Shit Mountain," with Stephanie Hsu's character, Morty, Rian really wanted her to look weathered. She's transient. She's a grier. And because we started with that episode, as I watched Stephanie's transformation into this cold weather person—and her actions when she was in that mode—I realized that I needed to be adding this slightly sinister element to more characters. So I began to punch in some eerie designs into other looks, regardless of whether or not they were the bad guy, just to keep the audience guessing. We took this approach with Cherry Jones and her Cruella