Character Animation: 2D Skills for Better 3D (2nd Edition)

Improve your character animation with a mastery of traditional principles and processes including weight and balance, timing, walks, birds, fish, snakes, four legged animals, acting and lip-synch.

Traditional animation skills and techniques are presented in both 2D and 3D space.

The companion CD features demonstration animations and exercises conducted in each of the major animation packages including 3ds Max, LightWave, Maya, and XSI Softimage.