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38 • THE ARTISAN SPRING 2024 attention to the evolution of each character. This became essential, as many of the characters, along with their make-up, began to shift through the series. Creating this natural progression would be found in the scene where Bill Camp's character has a heart attack in the courtroom. I paid close attention to the subtle increase of fatigue and beard stubble to effectively land that moment. In make-up, finding the line between serving the story and "standing out" is a difficult one. Our work, as make-up artists, is to 'hide' so that the look is genuine and helps the actors bring their characters to life. There are times, however, when the make-up is the 'primary color' of a scene. For example, we needed to create an exploding head for Bill Camp during a dream sequence. For this, I was able to bring on Autonomous Effects (Jason Collins, Mike McCarty, Aaron Globerman) and their fine artisans to create a classic '80s-style exploding head (in record time I may add) as an homage to the legendary work of Dick Smith from David Cronenberg films (specifically Scanners). We had custom pieces, as well as generic prosthetics from KNB, Vincent Van Dyke, and the make-up designers. Tattoos supplied from the one-and-only Kentaro Yano, a longtime collaborator and friend. Also, director Greg Yaitanes' personal tattoo artist, Dr. Woo, who designed a tattoo for episode 3. Getting to work with Oscar- and Tony-nominated, Irish-Ethiopian actress Ruth Negga was a highlight of the series for me. I applied a corrective make-up, using Armani foundation, QMS skin care, Hermes lip and cheek color, MAC concealer palette and blush and eyeshadows from SUQQU. Also, Fenti Powder, Guerlain Bronzer, Gucci Mascara and Le Mer lip Balm. Corrective day-to-day make-up and slowly letting the anger, sleepless nights contrast with appearing seductive when she meets the handsome bartender. The kids are played by Kingston Rumi and Chase Infiniti to mirror their parents' fatigue and stress levels in many ways. Jake starts as a handsome clean-cut professional father of two. He wears the signs of the stress of the murder trial (dark circles and sickly pallor). We gave Peter Sarsgaard a slightly dated "Ick" look and