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22 • THE ARTISAN SUMMER 2025 EVIL B Y J O E L H A R L O W S P E C I A L C H A R A C T E R M A K E - U P D E S I G N E R M O R P H I N G I N T O It all started when I went in for an interview with Robert King, Michelle King, and Liz Glotzer for their supernatural drama, Evil. I had been given a description of a character called "George," prior to that meeting. "It feels like a demon halfway between the sci-fi specificity of Alien and the archetypal scariness of fairy tales," Robert had told me. With that, I took a shot and designed a character that I had hoped would speak to what Robert and Michelle were looking for. It was a great meeting, the designs for George were met with enthusiasm and appreciation, and with that, I was off on this path. A path that would become one of the highlights of my professional life. is journey continued for the following 5½ years. Five and a half years of the most collaborative and inspiring chapter of my career to date. rough this journey, I was afforded the opportunity to create virtually anything I could think of (oen going back to childhood ideas I had come up with before I had the skills to realize them). e process of designing and then translating those designs to screen was magical. Robert and Michelle showed complete faith in what we were creating. Characters were incorporated into scripts based on the designs I had presented, as opposed to the other way around. Regularly, demon descriptions within the scripts called me out by name: "...the DEVIL, a hoofed man, ghastly looking, yellow demon eyes, massive antlers, hair everywhere. Taking notes on a legal pad. But not in a suit (Joel is building it, and it's fantastic)." It became a fluid process of creation that encouraged bolder and bolder designs, artistically following a path long desired, yet less traveled. C H A R A C T E R S A few thoughts on Evil, from the perspective of a creature designer and make-up artist. Red Devil played by Marti Matulis