20 talented Photoshop artists and designers contributed 100 pieces of fine original art to this book. Their inspiring artwork, and the insights they offer into their work process, make this book as exciting as it is. It wouldn't have been possible without them. Get to know them better, won't you?

Isaac Epp is a San Francisc-based web designer.
Comfort food: Taco Bell Hardshell Taco Supreme with no meat. Mmmmmm...

Freelance web designer Matt Riddle lives and works in Chicago.
His favorite motion picture is Raising Arizona.

Shaun Inman built and operates Designologue, a site for artists to face off in Photoshop Tennis-like "design dialogues."

Leslie Cabarga designs logos, fonts, and websites and has written more than two dozen books. He is a self-described plant psychic and world's greatest authority on Betty Boop.

Master of Flash, Photoshop, and 3D, Eric Jordan is the president of 2advanced Studios: cutting-edge web designers and developers.
Web site he visits too often: support.microsoft.com

Benoit Falardeau specializes in Web and poster design and motion graphics. He plys his trade as a designer for Radio-Canada (CBC).
His passion: his work.

Roddy Llewellyn is an editorial designer from the North of Britain. He is currently the Art Editor at Computer Arts magazine

John Henry Donovan lives and works in Ireland, where he dabbles in production and graphic design and has an unhealthy interest in his ’96 Rover Mini.

Audrey Mantey has cared for snakes, worked in military intelligence as a counterintelligence specialist,and illustrated children’s books.She teaches computer graphics at the Arts Academy in the Woods. Not at all a moody Cancer, she hates crime novels.

Danish Web designer Joen Asmussen has won several awards for his website designs. He currently works as a graphic designer for internationally acclaimed, Copenhagen-based Titoonic.
His favorite sport: Badminton.

Dutch artist Bas Hijmans is currently working on a new site, uponthebarricades, where people can participate in creating and showcasing protest images.
His favorite filter: Blur.

Evan Alexander is a New York-based scenic designer and multimedia developer who refuses to use those new-fangled graphic tablets.

Christine Smart insists that she is not a Photoshop designer, she is a designer. She specializes in the entertainment and cosmetic industries.

Manual Clement is an active member of the design community, and runs the music production resource site, FutureProducers.com.
He works at Microsoft, designing next-generation platforms and rich user interfaces.

Bob Gundu has worked as a film and television visual effects artist, and developed learning tools for Alias|Wavefront's Maya.
He has a passion for interior design, and runs his own multimedia and consulting company.

Farhez Rayani created his first video game at age 9, on a TI 99/4A, and started a video production company at 15. He is pursuing a deeper role in feature film production.

Photographer and designer Michelle Kwajafa works for the French news agency, Agence France-Presse, in Washington, D.C. “I never watch the news,” she admits.

San Francisco–based designer Designer Nate Smith currently works at The Attik, designing for print, web, broadcast, and 3D.
His favorite nondigital art medium: Duct tape.

Web Designer taught design and multimedia at the Savannah College of Art and Design, before leaving to start his own design firm in Chicago in 2002.
Favorite non-digital art medium: Polyurethane and newsprint.

Graphic artist and Photoshop instructor Walt Dietrich is a self-described child of the 60's with an abiding interest in design, photography, drawing, serigraphy, sculpture, and raku-fired ceramics.
Favorite sport: Frisbee.