Comments on: Bounce, Tumble, and Splash! Video by Tony Mullen

By: Tyler_16

Tyler_16 — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:45:18 +0000

Yeah looks awsome!

By: Byron Kindig

Byron Kindig — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:38:02 +0000

Tony,
Your book "Introducing Character Animation in Blender," was so wonderful, I am really looking forward to this new book. Thanks for all your work, to make these tools available to all of us.

By: Bounce, Tumble and Splash! A book on Blender’s physics engine. « Flicker Show: Is it CD/DVD quality?

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:06:03 +0000

[...] Below is the video the author has uploaded as a demo. For more information on the book, check out this link at [...]

By: Aussiedude

Aussiedude — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:50:26 +0000

Wow! Very impressive stuff! I was actually just thinking about making a jelly tutorial a couple of weeks ago… dang too slow eh? I'll be interested in seeing if I am using your methods without knowing it. I do it with a lattice, I deform the lattice with the softbody tools and apply it to a high poly object of the same shape.

I look forward to hopefully getting a copy of this book, looks like it has some very interesting stuff in it. :D

By: johan

johan — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:53:50 +0000

very impressive book, I'm looking forward for it to come. I already have introducing character anmation, and the beginners guide to blender. It is getting better and better all the time. I used to use 3ds max, but I have switched totally to Blender

By: Sergeant Oreo

Sergeant Oreo — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:35:34 +0000

Oh boy! That video was amazing. I'm really glad I pre-ordered
this book. xD

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:46:11 +0000

Hi Everybody,

Thanks for checking it out! To answer a few questions, I think that probably Amazon's guess is more accurate that Barnes and Noble, or at least safer. Basically, the release of the book depends on the release of 2.50. It won't come out at the same time, but a bit after. I need to be able to work with the manuscript until 2.50 comes out, to keep the book up to date. Then it goes through the last rounds of editing, layout, printing, getting distributed, etc. This will all be done as soon as possible, but I'm afraid it won't be February. I guess it's one more of many reasons to look forward to the 2.50 release!

4museman, that's right, you're definitely in line for a copy of the book!

Lee, I'm sure we'll have more opportunities to give each other autographs in the future!

By: Lee/LohnS

Lee/LohnS — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:28:17 +0000

I met him! *should have gotten an autograph* ;)

Great work I really suck at physics stuff so this will definately be one for my book shelf (but mostly on my computer desk I think =D)

Congrats on the wonderful work!

Lee

By: 4museman

4museman — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:39:04 +0000

Wow! Great! I like physics of Blender very much. And not just that! Blender saved me from another 3D pakage that degenerated somehow in development. I really enjoy animating characters in Blender now, because I came through Tony's previous book couple times. I can't wait to read this new one too! And I'm really happy that I could do my bit! Which means - I'll get my copy for free! Isn't that true? :-)

By: DramaKing

DramaKing — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:24:38 +0000

This sounds great! I recently bought Tony's last book and loved it, so I'll be eagerly anticipating this one.