Blender Cookie have just announced a new training DVD: Animation Fundamentals, by Beorn Leonard. Beorn was part of the Sintel crew.
Jonathan Williamson writes:
We are pleased to announce our latest complete training DVD from CG Cookie on Animation Fundamentals in Blender by Beorn Leonard.
This new training series covers all the fundamentals of Character Animation in Blender. Some highlights include fundamental exercises, timing and spacing, working with overlapping motion, animating walk and run cycles for film or games, understanding IK and FK, using the Grease Pencil for animation sketches, and much, much more!
The series is available for pre-order now for 42% off and will be shipping January 21st.
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Sample video
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Nice! Beorn knows his stuff. Just pre-ordered.
Awesome, i've been waiting for this kind of thing to happen, too many animation books and not enough video... kind of ironic considering the subject matter i guess :P
Wow! Looks awsome! does any one know if masking is planned for the next release?
http://www.blendernation.com/2011/12/19/developer-meeting-notes-december-18-2011/
I saw some animation tutorials here --
Quality is mediocre, content seems pretty good (and the guy is hilarious to listen to)
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE114248826D8D0CC
Difference is, that guy says up front "OK. it's not Pixar quality..." As well as Sintel, Beorn worked on Happy Feet 2. He really knows his stuff, and based on the clips shown seems to be able to explain it too.
But I don't know whether he's hilarious to listen to or not...
You throw like a girl.. hehe lol... eh... Great going Beorn! This is definitely a series I'd love to watch! Good stuff! I can absolutely recommend it!
I'll buy it, BlenderCookie is one of the must-look blender website.. very good tutorials.. thx guys