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Blender Manuals

Essential Blender

'Essential Blender', the latest book from the Blender Foundation, is your official guide to learning the fundamentals of this open and free 3D software suite. The book can be used as a step-by-step guide for people new to Blender or new to the latest changes in Blender. This book is the ideal companion for the previous 2.3 Blender guide.
Blender 2.3 Guide

The Blender 2.3 Guide starts with an extensive section for people who are new to 3D - explaining all basic concepts - or new to Blender. Then it shows in step-by-step tutorials the fun of creating models, adding motion to them, and how to turn them into stunning graphics and movies. Experienced 3D artists will appreciate the more advanced modeling and rendering sections, the character animation tutorials, the complete overview of Python, the Yafray section and of course the full reference to all Blender options.
Introducing Character Animation with Blender

Introducing Character Animation with Blender serves as an ideal starting point for anybody interested in creating engaging, convincing character animation, giving a thorough and practical introduction to the functionality of Blender.

Blender Manuals - Other languages

French: La 3D libre avec Blender

This book is between a Blender-guide and a tutorials book. It aims at beginners, but as it is fully compliant to Blender 2.42, all the latest and hot topics of Blender are reviewed and explained, including the nodes, the softbodies, the fluid simulation and many more.
Japanese: Blender Beginner's Bible

The new Japanese manual for Blender 2.42, aiming at the beginning Blender user.
Portuguese: Blender 3D - Guia do Usuário

The new Portuguese manual for Blender.

General 3D or Art related

Inspired 3D Short Film Production

Covering every aspect of the short-film production pipeline, this book demonstrates each concept and technique through a combination of general theories, examples, exercises, case studies, and interviews with short-film directors and industry specialists. Full of amazing imagery and one-of-a-kind content (including a robust DVD filled with dozens of award-winning short films) it is a must-read book for current and future animated filmmakers.

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

For those of you who are interested in learning to draw by hand, this book may be a big help: its concept is that all people can learn to draw what they see by using techniques to trick the right side of the brain to take over and block out the left side. This right side is the artistic side the left side the more analytical.

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  1. 1 OBI_Ron Edit Link Nov 3rd, 2006 at 6:13 pm

    Broken Link for the review of Betty Edwards book!

  2. 2 Bart Edit Link Nov 8th, 2006 at 7:42 am

    Oops! Fixed :)

  3. 3 Allan Edit Link Nov 22nd, 2006 at 1:50 pm

    The description of "Blender 3D - Guia do Usuário" is worng. It's the same description from "Japanese: Blender Beginner’s Bible"

  4. 4 Satish "iluvblender" Goda Edit Link Jan 2nd, 2007 at 7:49 am

    I have recently purchased "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" and I must admit, its a very very good book.

  5. 5 Craines28761 Edit Link Apr 6th, 2007 at 4:57 am

    I found a book that was not listed here so I decided to post it. The link to it his Here

    Here is the description

    "A complete guide and reference to creating interactive 3D animation and games with Blender. Begins with an extensive introduction to 3D graphics, explaining basic concepts and the Blender interface. Step-by-step tutorials teach the art of creating and animating models, then show how to turn them into simple games. Experienced 3D artists will appreciate the more complex game demos, the character animation tutorials, the introduction to Python and the advanced reference section. The CD-ROM contains 10 playable and editable Blender game demos, all files needed for the tutorials, and copies of Blender for all platforms."

  6. 6 william m. Edit Link Apr 22nd, 2007 at 11:40 am

    i just today (4-21-07) bought the " Introducing Character Animation" book listed above and ooo… is it good i created a stupid robot out of reg. meshes, but now after reading charctar desgin part i made a decent locking cyco-killer, and it awsome… i really incourge all those who are new to blender try it , i mean it has every thing animated movies and "Captain Blender" its incredible how simple this book make animation and desgin… im only 12 and i made "incredibles" or "Meet the Robinsons" or "cars" quallity animation and design on my first day (started at 6:30 p.m and ended at 3:00a.m… if you dont buy this book i dont even think you will even learn how to use blender. and i give it a 9out of 5 yes, a 9 out of 5. O and props to tony mullen(author) fer the great book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -ambitous 12-year-old (futre [how ever u spell it] worlds greatest animation programer) O-yea

  7. 7 william m. Edit Link Apr 22nd, 2007 at 11:42 am

    o yea if u guys want to contact me for meshes or ur meshes (would help) or want to send a donation so i could get a better computer my e-mail is "wemaldonado@comcast.net"

  8. 8 Fabiane Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 10:24 pm

    The new Japanese manual for Blender 2.42, aiming at the beginning Blender user.

    Japanese? It's in Portuguese.

  9. 9 Adebiyi taofeeq Edit Link May 25th, 2007 at 7:58 pm

    Hi, i will like to get some of your magazines at home, as a like ur product is nice,

    if can send me i will be happy about it.

    yours best regard

    taofeeq

  10. 10 afugad Edit Link Jul 14th, 2007 at 9:15 am

    Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is a great book. a must read

  11. 11 Igor Edit Link Sep 5th, 2007 at 9:27 am

    Bart, put Essential Blender book here too!

  12. 12 blenderhead_gm Edit Link Sep 25th, 2007 at 10:35 am

    where is Essential Blender book….???????

  13. 13 Tadd Edit Link Jan 10th, 2008 at 4:30 pm

    Time to save up the cash, sell some blood and make my son sell newspapers … I need some Blender books!

  14. 14 ilmon Edit Link May 6th, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    hiiiii!!!!!!!! i wanna some blender book can anybody help??????

  15. 15 thiago kolb Edit Link Jun 23rd, 2008 at 6:07 am

    i have Portuguese: Blender 3D - Guia do Usuário very good :D

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