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Introducing Character Animation with Blender, 2nd Edition is inspiring as well as educational. A color insert 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.
FROM CONCEPTS TO FULLY RIGGED CHARACTERS
Companion WebSite
Find source files for the tutorials in the book, useful Blender links, and much more on the companion website.
www.sybex.com/go/introducingblender
Tap the power of Blender, blend in your creativity, and build memorable animated characters with this practical guide from Blender guru Tony Mullen. Covering the new Blender 2.5, this book offers clear, step–by–step tutorials, a complete discussion of all tools, and illustrations that will both enlighten and inspire you.
Follow all the projects and you′ll soon have the skills you need to build and animate a well–modeled, fully–rigged character of your own. A full–color insert presents dazzling examples from some of the most talented artists in the Blender community.
Get up to speed on Blender 2.5′s extensively redesigned user interface
Master organic mesh modeling tools and build a complex character mesh
Fashion skin, hair, and clothing with material shaders, textures, and slots
Use Blender′s new Rigify add–on to create complete, professional–quality character rigs with ease
Learn to sync lip movements with a sound file
Understand function curves, keyframes, and the basics of animating
Learn to link assets and use Armature proxies to organize your productions
Analyze the Blender short film, Sintel, and read what its creators have to say
Animate a rigged character to get him running
Use particles and subsurface scattering to create hair and skin
Explore open content from the Blender Foundation Open Movie Projects
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