Chris Tyler is a Salt Lake City-based illustrator and animator, with a focus on lush, realistic lighting and modeling in the advertising industry. Chris has given back to the design community by writing training materials, such as the “Art & Science of Strata 3D CX”, teaching and helping out users on the Strata 3D University with animated tutorials and walkthroughs on new application features.

Volker Rentsch is an Illustrator and lithographer, with focus on advertising and scientific illustration. During his 14 years experience, has worked as employee (retouching, layout, proofing) in different premedia-firms for such clients as Deutsche Bank, Thomas Cook, Tupperware, Aventis, Ogilvy & Mather, Young & Rubicam. In 2006 he decided to set up for his independence.

Trevor Nelson is a Toronto-based illustrator/designer) with a focus on advertising and conceptual illustrations. During his 17 years of design experience, Trevor has worked with such high profile clients as Starbucks, Mazda, Mercedes Benz, Purolator, Canada Post, The Hudson’s Bay Company, the Government of Canada, and more.

Tom Macie, currently living near Raleigh, NC, is a freelance 3D model artist dba, The preVision Company since 2004. Tom has an MFA in theatre design and production, and was on the faculty of UNC Wilmington for 18 years. In 1994 he traded watercolor perspectives and hand-drafting for rendering his designs in Strata 3D, and drafting in CAD.

Tim Luncsford ASAI is an architectural Illustrator and designer based in Indianapolis, Indiana with a focus on bringing his background in art and traditional painting & illustration to the 3D digital environment. During his 20 plus years of experience he has worked on a wide variety of projects which have included architectural, retail and legal work, for clients such as Hunt Construction, Pepsi-Cola and numerous Architects and Architectural firms.

Steve Palmer is a freelance illustrator and designer based in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. He is semi-retired from a career in the publishing business, having been a Director of Production for mass market books at Random House, Inc., specializing in desktop applications and color print production. Currently he is freelancing in publishing-related layout and typography, illustration, and architectural visualization.