BlenderCookie has just announces a new tutorial series, focused on low-poly character modeling. These guys are doing an amazing amount of work!
BlenderCookie Announces New Training Series
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Category Archives: Documentation
Character Development in Blender 2.5 – Book Review
Hans B Erickson, the owner of http://www.cgboomer.com sent us his book review of Johnathan Williamson’s “Character Development in Blender 2.5″.
Blender 2.5 Character Animation Cookbook
Packt Publishing has just released a new Blender book on character rigging and animation: ‘Blender 2.5 Character Animation Cookbook’ written by Virgilio Vasconcelos. To celebrate its release, Packt is giving away 2 copies to BlenderNation readers.
Book: Introduction to Character Development in Blender 2.5 – Now Shipping!
Jonathan Williamson’s new book ‘Introduction to Character Development‘ is now available.
The blurb:
Written for everyone from beginning Blender artists to experienced animators and game developers, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN BLENDER 2.5 shows readers how to model believable characters using Blender, a free, open source 3d animation package. Covering the technical, artistic, and theoretical aspects of character development, the book provides an in-depth look at Blender’s modeling tools and includes information on modeling, sculpting, materials, lighting, rendering, and more. Written in a tutorial style with step-by-step instructions the book also includes an accompanying CD-Rom that features the Blender 2.5 software and sample art.
Blender Magazine Italia #11 released
For those of you who speak italian or want to learn a new language while reading about Blender , the latest issue of Blender Magazine Italia has been released .It contains some interesting tutorials, making ofs, images and articles made by italian blenderheads!
Tradigital Blender: A CG Animator’s Guide to Applying the Classic Principles of Animation [Paperback]
There is a new Blender animation book out: ‘Tradigital Blender: A CG Animator’s Guide to Applying the Classic Principles of Animation‘ by Roland Hess.
A CG Animator’s Guide to Applying the Classical Principles of Animation.
From the hallowed halls of Disney came the 12 principles of animation that have shaped contemporary and traditional animation techniques and workflows. Tradigital Blender bridges the gap between the 12 principles of animation and your own digital work in Blender.
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First Chinese Blender Book Published
Ethan Luo (aka congcong009) written the first Chinese Blender book. It counts over 600 pages and sells for 89 RMB which is about $13.
new Blender Quickstart in Catalan&English
Raimon has published a useful quickstart cheatsheet for Blender in Catalan and English.
Japanese Blender 2.5 Book released
Toudou+ announces his new Japanese Blender book.
Rigging Training DVD For Pre-Order from CG Masters
Volume II of the CG Masters Character Creation Series, on Rigging, is now avaliable for pre-order, and will ship in July. Also available is a bundle that includes Volume I too at half price.
