There are so many people who bring a book like this to life; I would like to try and thank each of them here. This includes those with a direct hand in the editing and layout as well as those whose support makes this kind of endeavor possible. First off I'd like to thank Karl Meyer, Brian Sunderlin, and Gentle Giant Studios for giving me a place to learn and grow as well as make cool stuff; Meredith Yayanos for her loving support, Jim McPherson for his keen eye and expert artistic guidance. Thanks to Richard Taylor, Tania Rodger, and the gang at Weta Workshop for their friendship and constant inspiration. I would also like to thank Andrew Cawres and Freedom of Teach for the tools and assistance to grow as an artist.

Thanks to Ryan Kingslien for serving as tech editor and a constant source of information on the inner workings of ZBrush as well as his keen eye for sculptural form. Ofer Alon, and Jaime Labelle at Pixologic; Kyle McQueen who will forever be renaming .tif files in his sleep, Alex Alvarez, and everyone at Gnomon. Thanks also go to Belinda Heywood and the team at Secret Level.

I'd also like to thank Rick Baker and Dick Smith for inspiring me to pick up clay for the first time. I must also thank those friends who have shared techniques and critiques; Zack Petroc, Meats Meier, Scott Patton, Cesar Dacol, Ian Joyner, JP Targete, Mark Dedecker, Stefano Dubay, Hector Delatorre, Nobu Sasagawa, Bill Spradlin, and Ricardo Ariza.

A very special thanks to Eric Keller for his input and bringing this book to me. I also must thank the wonderful team at Wiley who helped me through the process and were always professional, patient, attentive, and helpful to the process. Thanks to Mariann Barsolo for starting the process and helping it along. Thanks to Pete Gaughan for guiding the direction of the book and helping to keep it on track and clear. Thanks to Liz Britten for her masterful copyediting and layout, bringing the final product to light.