Introducing Character Animation with Blender

Endorsed by the Blender Foundation, Introducing Character Animation with Blender, is written in a friendly but professional tone, with clear descriptions and numerous illustrative screenshots.

Tutorials focus on how to accomplish actual animation goals, while illustrating the necessary technical methods along the way.

Students will gain all the skills necessary to build and animate a well-modeled, fully-rigged character of their own.

Includes clear descriptions of how each specific aspect of Blender works and fits together with the rest of the package. .

The character built over the course of the tutorials is included as a .blend file on the DVD, for the reader to experiment with and learn from.

A color insert section includes sample characters and frames from animations by many of the Blender community's most talented artists, which help to illustrate the impressive potential of the software.

Companion DVD includes the complete Blender installation executable for Windows, Mac, and Linux; the short film "Elephants Dream"; all the Blender and source files used to produce the examples and tutorials in the book; extensive links for tutorials and Blender related resources; and other valuable open source software discussed in the book, including the popular BlenderPeople plug-in.