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power and glory to young Oz. I pitched the idea of naming it La Couronne (French for crown) to embody both the Crown Point's moniker and to show Oz 'crowning' himself as the kingpin of the underworld. To drive the point, I added a gold crown to the top of the building's Beaux-Arts design. The hotel's look was created as a concept asset for the VFX team, and only the street level was established as a location. Originally, I wanted to build Oz's penthouse as a stage set, but the budget wouldn't allow for it. The location team searched everywhere for a top-level ballroom until they found a giant loft on the 33rd floor of an art deco skyscraper which was still under construction. The room was a contemporary white box but it had 23-foot ceilings and gorgeous windows. It was the perfect blank canvas to transform into a decaying ballroom. During the 18-month process of designing The Penguin, I came to the understanding that comic books represent to this generation what Greek mythology meant to mine. I became fascinated with the parallels between our version of Oz and Gotham, and the squabbling violent Greek gods. It was time for me to weave the two mythologies together. I wanted Oz to be surrounded by frescoes of wronged women plotting revenge; as if all of them were stand-ins for Sofia. I designed a turn- of-the-century Beaux-Arts ballroom with frescoes of the Greek harpies, aka the hounds of Zeus, and a floor in the shape of a crown. In the show's final image, Oz danced with Eve dressed as his mother as the Batman's signal appeared in the sky. The aggrieved furies looked down on Oz wishing for his demise. It's now up to them as to where Oz's story goes. My job is done, and I'll always be grateful for the talented Art Department that poured their hearts through COVID and strikes to bring myth and reality together. ADG E. & F. HOTEL PENTHOUSE. CONCEPT ART BY SCOTT DAVIS. G-I. HOTEL PENTHOUSE. SET WAS BUILT INSIDE A DOWNTOWN NYC LOCATION, A RAW SPACE WITH GREAT WINDOWS. THE CREW ADDED ALL THE MURALS, CIRCULAR FLOOR PATTERN, SET DECOR, SCAFFOLDING AND COVERED THE STAIRS WITH GOLD WALLPAPER. PRODUCTION STILLS. J. BLACKGATE PRISON. CONCEPT ART BY KALINA IVANOV. Kalina Ivanov, Production Designer Deborah Wheatley, Super vising Art Director Adam Karavatakis, Senior Art Director Scott Davis, Art Director Katherine Akiko Day, Brett Martinez, Elizabeth Stadstad, Lauren Rockman, Sara Price, Assistant Art Directors Hugh Sicotte, Concept Illustrator Dan Caplan, Eric Yamamoto, Stor yboard Artists Stiv Brown (Lead), Katya Austin, Graphic Artists Rich Devine, Rich Murray, Set Decorators I J