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!