Acknowledgments

Thanks to:

Laura, Chris, and Georgia and Monica at Focal Press.

Dave Wilson, for being the catalyst to write.

Matt Southern, for introducing me to Laura and getting this started.

The guest writers: Dave Wilson, Dave Griffiths, and Tom Painter.

Mike Engstrom (http://www.engy.org), Simon Nuttall (http://www.iconized.com), Colin Murphy (http://www.lruce.planetunreal.gamespy.com), David Milton, Brook Banham (http://www.middlecott.com), and Andrej Svoboda, for the gallery images and all their help.

Everyone at UVLayout (http://www.uvlayout.com).

Ben Cloward, for the use of the shaders (http://www.bencloward.com).

Ryan Clark at Crazy Bump (http://www.crazybump.com).

Alex Figini for the character concept.

Rachel Norton for the warehouse scene concepts.

Everyone at Autodesk, especially Caroline (http://www.autodesk.com).

And a special thank you to everyone else who helped me along the way by reviewing the chapters and correcting my mistakes.

Finally, thank you, for picking up the book.