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Sometimes you have to hold somebody's hand, which isn't a lot of fun, but if you can do it without geing too frustrated or they can actually let go of your hand at some point, then it's fine." Among multiple aging and painting techniques, Doug utilizes airbrushing to create dimension for the clothing on screen. Before starting work on Fear the Walking Dead, he watched previous seasons to figure out what had been done on the show and what he can do to elevate it. He says, "I noticed that it felt flat, the costumes. So, the first thing I did was I'd shape them with airbrushing. I put shadows in, it looks theatrical in person. I said, 'If you step away and stand over there, go look at their pants. Look at how the light hits the pants.' We're working in a fake world, why not fake the shadow? And it seemed to work. The previous designer appreciated it, and the new one expects it, because it gives it a lot of dimension. Even the camera crew and the DP came to the designer and said, 'The look is so much richer now, because everybody has a lile more depth.' My favorite thing is shaping. It's really simple and you just follow the rules of light and shape. It does look theatrical, but on camera it really changes everything." Doug has used different materials and textures to create many special effects in costuming. During Season 7 of Fear the Walking Dead, the production would come up with new challenges for Doug's expertise. One example, there are scenes where molten liquid metal is poured over the heads of zombies and create the Metalhead Walkers. Doug was asked to revisit that concept by showing that finished effect on the costumes to match the SPFX makeup. "It would look like molten metal, dripping and oxidizing," looking like "silver marshmallows." Production saw what Doug and his team were capable of and gave him more challenges throughout the shows, such as using found objects to build costume pieces. "In Fear, there were all the weirdo masks for the nuclear fallout guys. We MOTIONPICTUREC O S T U M E R S .O R G 29