Blender 3D By Example
by Romain Caudron, Pierre-Armand Nicq · Romain Caudron, Pierre-Armand Nicq
Packt's project-based Blender guide, built around four scenes of increasing difficulty rather than a feature tour. Working through them covers modeling, texturing, rigging, and animation, ending with a rigged character animated inside a short film.
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