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!