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The second chapter of Introducing Character Animation with Blender makes no apologies about jumping right in to character modeling. Similar to chapter 1, this chapter covers a multitude details with a minimum of fluff…
Here is a new poll at Blender Underground asking, “What do you want to see most in future tutorials?” Blender Underground is interested to know what its users think. Please remember, if you choose “Other,” post a comment on what that other thing is; it would be most appreciated…
Over at Blender Nation, Tim Formica has posted his interview with the founders of AnimationMentor.com that took place at SIGGRAPH 2007. This is a 2 part video interview with Bobby Beck and Carlos Baena of Pixar, and Shawn Kelly of ILM. For those who aren’t familiar with Animation Mentor, it is an online school for animation, and all of the instructors work in the industry at places like Pixar, Disney, ILM, Dreamworks, and PDI.
Interview Part 1
Interview Part 2
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I have put together an addendum to Blender Basics Part 3 to address a few feedback items I received from Blender Underground operatives. I thought about revising Part 3, and I also considered adding a section to the beginning of Part 4. What I settled on was producing a brief supplement to Part 3 itself. You can download it here.
Many thanks to Agent DaveC, who took the time to go through the tutorial and make several key observations. Although he thought his feedback might be interpreted as criticism, it was greatly appreciated, and was the main impetus behind this addition to the Blender Basics collection…
Another Blender Basics tutorial has slipped right under the nose of The Man: Blender Basics Part 3 is live and available for download. Here are links for Part 1 and Part 2 as well…
Recording and editing is finished for Blender Basics Part 3, and all that remains is adding keystroke and callout overlays; I’m doing that right now. I’d almost rather get 39 lashes than suffer through these every time. Okay, not really, but maybe every other time…
This script hasn’t gone the way I planned it, but I think I have a good result. The Part 3 script has come in at around 8,500 words, a real monster. I’m guessing it will turn out around 80 minutes of finished tutorial, but I hope I can keep it under that number. Whether or not I am able, I think the result will be good…
Needless to say, Blender Basics Part 3 is taking longer than I wanted it to, but such is the way of things. I started out my Part 3 script with the misconception that I could squeeze a segment on Object Data and the OOPS schematic into the beginning of a tutorial on mesh editing. These things never work out. I realized this when the Object Data script was approaching 4,000 words, which is roughly 40 minutes of tutorial, depending on the pace…
Blender Underground operative DukeProtocol has posted a video tutorial at his web site: dukeprotocol.blogspot.com. Duke has been Blender Underground’s most active user and has offered much feedback as well as ideas and advice…
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