ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Bill Byrne:

My parents, Tom and Marie Byrne

My closest friends, Larry Caldwell, Jonah Goldstein, and Bryan Wetzel, for their advice and council

The Art Institute of Austin’s Dean Carol Kelley and President Newton Myvett. The students in the Media Arts and Animation and Graphic Design departments, whose creativity and questions inspired many of the elements this book.

My colleagues at AI Austin, including Barry Underhill, who offered council and advice at the beginning of this process, and Luke Dimick, for allowing me healthy distraction time from this project by playing countless games of Words With Friends.

My co-author, Yael Braha, for a positive working experience despite the distance and breadth of this project.

Focal Press, Dennis McGonangle, and Carlin Reagan, who made all of this possible.