Devil in Disguise
— John Wayne Gacy

A faux torn and aged magazine collage in Photoshop, printed at scale then handed off to scenic in large tiled wallpaper sheets. The print was layered and weathered on set. Elevation by Vivian Kwok.

Designed mock-ups for director approval, drew the tags by hand, then refined them in Photoshop and Illustrator. For continuity across 12 casts in reshoots, I projected the final design onto a wall and traced each one to match.

For repeat reshoots, built a printable system: fake stamps ordered as stickers, custom ink stamps, my own handwriting scanned and vectorized. Slotted envelopes into the printer in a pouch so the same hand-addressed design could be run again and again, then aged with an eraser.

Over 100 plates, all historically accurate to 1970s Illinois. Cut lines and embossed layers prepped for a vendor to print on raised plastic, then aged.

Reference-built from Gacy's own bar sketches, recreating a real moment where he drew a victim's girlfriend on a cocktail napkin. Printed 200 on thin napkin stock with a laser-capable vendor for reshoots.

Period-accurate protest posters and aged background signage across multiple episodes.