Here is a look behind the magic at Garner Holt Productions, "how we do it," from concept to finished creation. President Garner Holt and GHP staff interact and discuss proposed project with their clients. The results of GHP staff and client discussion and brainstorming are translated to graphic storyboards. Individual figures of the project are sculpted into maquettes and models for proportioning and final approval. Characters are sculpted in wax plastilina and foam. Figures of all sizes, human and dinosaur, have been produced. GHP's talented sculptors have created miniature characters as well as characters and props over 50 feet tall. The project moves to the engineering and design room where it is designed, reviewed, scheduled and assigned to the design department. In the engineering department, creative concepts are transformed into engineered plans and prints with the use of the latest in CAD systems. The electronics department is then brought in to begin the design and creation of the computerized animatronic electronics. Fabricating the mechanical Animatronics of a figure is as much an art as it is a science. In the figure finishing department, animals and birds are furred and feathered by the hands of skilled artisans. Figure finishing of the project is detailed and painstaking to ensure absolute realism and authenticity. The wardrobe department produces costumes for several hundred animatronic characters each year. Historical, ethnic and fantasy, the costumers have clothed everything from songbirds and giant apes to kings and queens. The finished product - a believable, lifelike figure!