Don Seegmiller is a very successful artist, author, and instructor. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and teaches senior-level illustration, traditional head painting, figure drawing, and digital painting courses at a variety of schools. He worked for six years as art director for Saffire Corporation, is a regular speaker at the game Developers Conference, and was the keynote speaker at the American Association of Medical Illustrators convention in 2003. He is the author of the first edition of this book, the Painter edition, and co-author of Mastering Digital 2D and 3D Art with Les Pardew. His work is also featured in The Painter 6 Wow Book, The Painter 7 Wow Book, Electronic Step-by-Step Design, Spectrum 7, Spectrum 8, and it has also been on display at Wadle Galleries of Santa Fe since 1981.