SkinGen First Look - Dynamic Skin Effect Editor for Character Creator 3

Is Blender Good for 3D Printing

3D printing isn't something I've tried yet, but if I wanted to create something unique of my own design then I would certainly consider Blender for 3D printing.

HOW TO DRAW A CARTOON FACE - FOR BEGINNERS!

Christopher Hart is one of my favourite artists and I have tons of his books. His instructions tend to be easy to follow and also make sense. Christopher Hart has a youtube channel with loads of tutorials and has published many art books, all available on amazon



Books by Christopher Hart include:

• Modern Cartooning: Essential Techniques for Drawing Today's Popular Cartoons (Christopher Hart's Cartooning) [ link ]

• The Master Guide to Drawing Anime: How to Draw Original Characters from Simple Templates [ link ]

• Manga for the Beginner: Everything you Need to Start Drawing Right Away! (Christopher Hart's Manga for the Beginner) [ link ]

• Manga for the Beginner Shoujo (Christopher Hart's Manga for the Beginner) [ link ]

• Cartooning for the Beginner (Christopher Hart's Cartooning) [ link ]

• Humongous Book of Cartooning (Christopher Hart's Cartooning)  [ link ]

• The Cartoonist's Big Book of Drawing Animals (Christopher Hart's Cartooning) [ link ]

• Drawing Cutting Edge Anatomy: The Ultimate Reference Guide for Comic Book Artists [ link ]

• Cartoon Cool: How to Draw the New Retro Characters of Today's Cartoons (Christopher Hart's Cartooning)  [ link ]

• Shoujo Basics: Christopher Hart's Draw Manga Now!  [ link ]

• Drawing Fantastic Furries: The Ultimate Guide to Drawing Anthropomrphic Charaacters  [ link ]

• Cartoon Cute Animals: How to Draw the Most Irresistible Creatures on the Planet (Christopher Hart's Cartooning) [ link ]

• Human Anatomy Made Amazingly Easy (Made Amazingly Easy Series) [ link ]

• Manga for the Beginner Kawaii: How to Draw the Supercute Characters of Japanese Comics (Christopher Hart's Manga for the Beginner) [ link ]

• Manga for the Beginner Midnight Monsters: How to Draw Zombies, Vampires, and Other Delightfully Devious Characters of Japanese Comics (Christopher Hart's Manga for the Beginner) [ link ]

• Magical Characters: Christopher Hart's Draw Manga Now! [ link ]

• Kids Draw Big Book of Everything Manga [ link ]

• Manga for the Beginner Chibis (Christopher Hart's Manga for the Beginner) [ link ]

• Basic Anatomy for the Manga Artist  [ link ]

• Supercute Animals and Pets: Christopher Hart's Draw Manga Now! [ link ]

• Basic Drawing Made Amazingly Easy (Made Amazingly Easy Series) [ link ]

• Drawing Animals Made Amazingly Easy (Made Amazingly Easy Series)  [ link ]

• Young Artists Draw Animals (Christopher Hart's Young Artists Draw)  [ link ]

• Manga Mania Chibi and Furry Characters: How to Draw the Adorable Mini-Characters and Cool Cat-Girls of Manga [ link ]

• Anatomy 101: Christopher Hart's Draw Manga Now! [ link ]

• Young Artists Draw Manga (Christopher Hart's Young Artists Draw)  [ link ]

Demon Work

This is one of my favourite animations created by Alex Emery.

Is Blender good for 2D animation

I am currently using Cartoon Animator 4 and / or MOHO Pro 13 when creating my 2d animations. The Grease Pencil in Blender will allow me to create 2d animations in a 3d space, which sounds and looks great. The main questions I have for myself with this are, what is the time cost of learning and using this feature and are the end results going to be worth it? I suppose there is only one way to find out and that requires me to just dive in and start learning.

Animation Practise: Squash and Stretch.

Back to basics with the first Principle of Animation, Squash and Stretch, created in MOHO Pro 13.

For Those Who Can't Learn Blender

No one said it would be easy! Perseverance is key. You can do it.

Blender 2.83 LTS - Features Showcase

With the release of 2.83, I may just have to take another look at Blender for animation.

CrazyTalk Animator 3 Tutorial - G3 Head Creation for Any Character

Travis Davids' Most Used Programs For Creating 3D Art

I have to admit I haven't even heard of some of these programs and personally only scratched the surface of some of the others, but I felt this video may be of use for when I get more into 3D. At the moment I am mainly concentrating on 2D, but the urge to go plus one to 3D is itching away at me.

Storyboarder 2.0 Update - Wonder Unit

Use this wonderful free Storyboarder software from Wonder Unit to create your storyboard. A storyboard is a way of testing out your story ideas in a visual way before approaching the more complex  task of the actual animation. Not particularly necessary for a short animation of just a single scene or a few seconds, but ultimately time saving for longer works. Test ideas in a storyboard and change them easily if they don't work. Brilliant for planning your narrative. Storyboarder is completely free and an essential tool in any animator's arsenal of software. Storyboarder from Wonder Unit.