Materials

• Blender Software - Open Source (free)
• Digital Camera, phone camera
• Digital Images
• Headphones

Resources

• Blender.org
• Blender Guru - great tutorial website
• Blender Nation - a great resource for Blender
• BlendTuts.com - great blender resources
• Lynda.com - Blender Training Tutorials
• See Tutorial Videos below
• http://www.gdbasics.com/ - book website
• Dafont.com - download free decorative fonts

# of Participants

• This is an individual Assignment, 1 person will recieve credit for work on this assignment.

Instructions:  Follow each step illustrated in the video.  Copy the videos from the server (or if at home, use the YouTube links below).  Submit your animated walking version as a .mp4 file to the appropriate assignment link in dropbox.

Note: Canadians call the letter z “zed”

• Part 1 Meshing Pt. 1 (4:24)
• Part 2 Materials & Textures (4:14)
• Part 3  Meshing (5:42)
• Part 4  Rigging (5:31)
• Part 5 Weight Painting (4:32)
• Part 6 Animating

You may find this written version valuable, although it may not follow the video instructions exactly.  The written section on animating this character is here. 

DUE DATE: Check Skyward for current DUE DATE

Save as period_lastnamei_asssignmentname.mp4 (1a_smithj_IceToText.blend) in your 1-6wks folder and place a copy in the AN1 Dropbox.

If you are turning in a file as a group project save as (2a_lastnamei1-lastnamei2-lastnamei3_assignmentname.mp4)