Virgilio Vasconcelos - Animation

My book is finally out, and you can win a free copy!

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:59:19 +0200

Almost six months since my last post here, but I'm back with good news: my book, Blender 2.5 Character Animation Cookbook is finally available for sale! :D

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James Van der Memes

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 05:30:47 +0200

By making fun of himself, the actor James Van der Beek gives some funny animation references for facial expressions.

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Ball kick exercise

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:58:47 +0200

Another exercise for the book. Here, Otto runs to kick the ball and for the glory of his team. The exercise talks about the workflow of creating this action, focusing on creating the Extreme and Breakdown poses, Timing adjustment, Overlapping Action and tracking of arcs.

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Blender Christmas gift

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:29:58 +0200

For a long time (back in 2006 I was asking for it on CGTalk) I wanted this kind of functionality for Blender. Now, the artist Ivo Grigull is working on a constraint that adds this "spring" motion effect - great for applying the follow through animation principle. Look and start drooling:

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Weight Lifting exercise

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:23:23 +0200

Long time away from here... First a broken hand, then rushing to finish all the work.

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