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B L A C K - I S H | P E R S P E C T I V E 6 5 C Junior, with doodles and phrases referencing his thoughts and activities in the particular episode. What started out as a cool way to express Junior's feelings and hide a few storyline surprises in plain sight, soon became a mad dash for me and my lead painter, Luke Dean. Whenever I'd open a new script and see Junior's room on the set list, I'd think, "…uh oh, more images and words!" The wall became a mash-up of to-do lists, monsters, science, animals, seasonal holidays and random weirdness. My new note to self: don't create a feature wall in a permanent set that needs to be changed (almost) every episode! Then there are the twins, Jack and Diane, completely different in every way. Jack is happy- go-lucky, popular and energetic. Diane is cool and calculating, with a slightly diabolical edge. These two sharing a room called for a blending of opposites. In a classic take on sibling rivalry, I decided to divide the room in two visually. The trick was to see the halves side by side, distinct but balanced. I split their headboard wall with two different wallpapers. He had a graphic pattern of small robots, while her paper featured pink and orange flowers. Small hints of similar colors helped the whole palette hang together. The off- white tone of his robots was the background color of her paper. The chartreuse green of her flower petals was the background color of his paper. Scale change, with a few similar colors, is a good way to help disparate patterns coordinate. I followed these same guidelines for their room update. There was a plot point that their sister Zoey was in charge of redecorating the room on a very limited budget. Well…we'll just chalk this one up to C. ZOEY'S BEDROOM, FIRST AND SECOND SEASON. D. JUNIOR'S BEDROOM WITH SEASON THREE HEADBOARD WALL. E. SKETCHUP MODEL OF ZOEY'S REMODELED BEDROOM BY SET DESIGNER ANTHONY BRO. F. ZOEY'S BEDROOM REMODELED FOR SEASON THREE. PHOTOS BY MAXINE SHEPARD. D E F