(B-144) Blender Cloud - Animation Fundamentals

 

Animation Fundamentals

Have you ever wanted to get started with character animation? Using Blender? Keep reading.

The animation team at Blender Animation Studio is producing a ?learn by example? course that will gradually introduce you to the core principles of character animation, starting from a simple bouncing ball, all the way up to full-featured character acting.

Training outline

Here is an overview of the training. Each topic will be presented as a walkthrough of a fully animated shot, where the animator will break down the key steps of the animation process. The source files for each step will be available along the video.

-    Introduction to the training

-    Principles of Animation

-    Workflow and Terminology

-    Bouncing Basics (Simple Bouncing Ball, Sideways Bouncing Ball)

-    Drag And Follow Through, Single swing

-    Creating Personality, Single jump

-    Walking Biped, Walking vanilla

-    Basic Body Mechanics, Jump

-    Advanced Body Mechanics, Weight shift

-    Character Pantomime, Walking

-    Character Acting

This is an ever-expanding training, expect more chapters and examples to be added in the future!