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THE ARTISAN SUMMER 2025 • 27 red, elegant demon this time. I sculpted the head of this one and Kerrin Jackson built the hairpieces, as well as helping Jeremy and myself apply it. I liked this one because of its simplicity. It wasn't a "monster" … well, it was, but it felt more grounded than the extreme demons we had been creating, and I enjoyed that it was basically red paint and hair. e "Stick" demon was the last character we built for Evil, and it marked the end of Season 4. I wanted to sculpt the head of this one myself, since I had sculpted the first demon (George). "Stick" was a major undertaking. Worn this time by Fedor Steer, who I had met on e Haunted Mansion. e concept for me was to throw as much into this demon as possible and go out with a bang. To that end, Bryan Blair helped design a rig to allow him to pull three demon bodies behind him, while also wearing four severed heads from a belt harness. ese bodies were copies of a creature that was made for the pilot episode but never made it in the final cut. Bryan also handled building and aging all the costume elements in our studio. One of the more difficult elements were the arm extensions, which added a foot to his arm length. e fingers were motivated by Fedor using rings in the palm of the demon's hand. It was a challenge for him to manipulate props on set, but he ultimately adjusted, and it looked great. Jamie Grove painted the Stick demon and David Grasso painted the dragging demon elements, as well as sculpting elements of the body. Josh Saks created the multiple eyes. It was a fun one to go out on. I remember Robert saying that it was his favorite demon out of all that we had made, so it felt like we had ended on a high note. I could go on and on, as this is just scratching the surface. Wrapping up this series, I am at once le with an enormous feeling of pride in the work Morphology Studio has created and for the series which it was created for. Projects like this one are very rare and I don't take any of it for granted. Making monsters with my friends and seeing ideas I had as a kid come to life… It's a pretty great way to spend five years! •