- I, uh, often do look at a pile of stuff at work

and think: “Maybe I should stick that on my face.”

(upbeat music)

The Bob Bugs Project started with just my Instagram account,

and I started using it for an art diary.

I got an idea.

Every day I disguise myself in some way.

Day 363.

Now for a creative breakthrough.

(glass shattering)

My name is Michael Gump.

I am an art director and a prop master

for crazy TV shows,

and I'm also known as Bob Bugs.

The Master of Disguise Project

is partly to build creative strength

or maybe to exorcise creative demons

in a way that's not just at my job

but also for my own evil wishes.

You look at the picture,

it maybe seems like it took a million years.

I'm usually like, "I gotta get this done.

I gotta get to bed."

So, I just get my stuff and then set it all up

and then.

I usually, like, you know, start with this area

and then work my way out

and then it'll be like.

People ask me all the time like:

“How many people do you have to help you with that?”

Usually nobody.

- [Interviewer] Does it hurt?

- One that stands out in my mind

was kind of like what am I doing?

I was putting clothespins on my face,

and so I started sticking them on there

and then I kind of panicked a little bit

and I took them all off

and I was like, "Okay."

And then I was like, "Okay, this is gonna be fine."

And then I put them all back on.

You get used to discomfort pretty fast,

but I'm concerned

that it's definitely not that good for my skin.

- [Interviewer] Do you have a favorite?

- I do have a special place in my heart

for that one that's like a green Mr. T

because I just think it's funny,

like Mr. Green T I call it.

It's been a kind of exhausting process in some ways.

I usually only get like maybe three hours of sleep a night.

The discovery of the project

and part of the point of the project

is that you don't always know what's good.

So on the days that I really feel tired

and I don't really want to do it,

I don't really have a good idea,

sometimes those projects come out better

than the ones that I'm really excited about.

What's next?

We'll have to wait and see.