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THE ARTISAN SPRING 2025 • 43 designed by Carey Jones at KNB FX and applied by our amazing SFX team of Addison Clark and Heather Beauvais. Beauty make-ups were then applied on top by us to tie the look in. Other trials included a 1980s sleepaway cabin, a bare silo-style medical room and one of our favorites—the medieval castle. For the castle episode, we got to reinvent iconic Disney witches. is one done by collaborating with our SFX team for the Wicked Witch prosthetic nose and chin and also the aging of the evil witch in Snow White. roughout the Witches Road journey, there is also a pack of feral witches known as the Salem Seven. ey are each derived from animals which is portrayed through elaborate eye masks. We didn't want to take away from the costumes, so to enhance these "creature witches," we kept them very simple with a light shimmer of cream on the eyes, a gray lip tone buffed down with a silver pigment to highlight the center of the lip and then dirty nails and hands. Keeping up with the continuity of the Road was a big task. e make- ups had to be a continuation of how they looked before they entered a trial and upon exiting, as well as degrade over time. e "Jennifer Kale" character (played by Sasheer Zamata) had three separate sets of nails created by Erin to show wear and tear. By the end, they are chipped, broken, and filthy. Same goes for their faces! At one point, dirty up their feet. Over time, the dirt continues to increase and we would bring it onto the hands and face. We used a combination of alcohol paints, powder and grease dirt for texture and continuity. Each episode was a different "trial" per each witch's backstory. is was where we got to have a lot of creative fun. Every trial took place in a very different setting and time period. As they entered a new door, they would magically turn into a version of themselves that coordinated with the trials theme. For the 1970s recording studio, each actor's look was derived from icons of the time period: Donna Summer, Cher, Patti Smith, Liza Minelli, etc. Sideburns were applied to Joe Locke's character "Billy" to tie in his BeeGee's-influenced look and his eyebrow slash was filled in with brow pens whenever it wasn't relevant to a look. A demon appears in this episode who causes burns to those it touches. Burns, scars, and the demon were all applied by our amazing SFX team. Another trial was set in a Hamptons-style beach house. So, a very polished, refined make-up look was given to everyone, including French tip nails. is episode included the reveal and history of a custom tattoo we applied on the character "Alice Wu" (played by Ali Ahn). We also see the effects of a poisonous wine they each drink and as a result have their faces contort into puffy, overfilled, bad plastic surgery looks. is was achieved by using prosthetics sculpted and LeBre, with Joe Locke Aubrey Plaza L-R: Joe Locke, Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn, Patti LuPone, Kathryn Hahn, and Aubrey Plaza