Introducing character animation with Blender - Tony Mullen

FROM CONCEPTS TO FULLY RIGGED CHARACTERS

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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, stepbystep tutorials, a complete discussion of all tools, and illustrations that will both enlighten and inspire you.

Follow all the projects and youll soon have the skills you need to build and animate a wellmodeled, fullyrigged character of your own. A fullcolor insert presents dazzling examples from some of the most talented artists in the Blender community.

• Get up to speed on Blender 2.5s 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 Blenders new Rigify addon to create complete, professionalquality 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