Yep, taxidermy is an art, a good taxidermist must be a sculptor as well as an expert in taxonomy, an expert in painting and have the eye to know what the specimens looked like in life and have the skill to make the dead appear to be alive. It isn't simply a matter of stretching a cured skin over a form and sewing it together. Some specimens won't fit a commercial form and it has to be modified or a form has to be made from scratch. That muscle structure you see on the face of deer and elk and the veins on the face of deer and elk and other deer or antelope species and most other species was not on the form when it arrived UPS at the taxidermy studio. That had to be sculpted on to the form before the skin is put on, the same goes for other species of birds and animals. A good taxidermist must be as good with Bondo as a body and fender man is. If anyone has the opportunity to attend a taxidermy competition where the best compete, I urge you to attend and see what is possible from the hands of very, very talented people. Of course the price of their work to their clients reflects their skills.