Digital Character Development
Digital Character Development

Author: Rob O'Neill

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2015-10-07

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1482250780

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Every animated film and video game production spends a large percentage of its resources and time on advancing the quality of the digital characters inhabiting the world being created. This book presents the theory and practice behind the creation of digital characters for film and games using software-agnostic descriptions that apply to any animation application. It provides insight from a real production environment and the requirements that such an environment imposes. With rich illustrations and visual code examples throughout, this book provides a comprehensive roadmap to character development for both professionals and students.

3D Character Development Workshop
3D Character Development Workshop

Author: Erik Van Horn

Publisher: Mercury Learning and Information

Published: 2018-03-06

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1683921712

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3D Character Development Workshop is designed to fast-track comprehension of the concepts, tools, and methods of character rigging so that you can get past the technical hurdles and on to animating. This comprehensive guide is simple enough for non-technical artists to follow, yet presented in a holistic, comprehensive, best-practices approach so professional and student animators and artists can begin designing and animating their own fully-functioning characters. Features: • Uses a holistic, end-to-end process that empowers the reader with an understanding of the entirety of the character development pipeline--from concept to completion • Includes a fast-tracked learning by example method. Short, iterative lessons create familiarity of best practices through rote exercise • Contains full color photos (throughout) and downloadable examples/starter files that allow out-of-sequence or selective learning

Digital Character Animation 3
Digital Character Animation 3

Author: George Maestri

Publisher: New Riders

Published: 2006-04-12

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0132798190

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Whether you’re creating animation for television, advertising, games, or multimedia, [digital] Character Animation 3 can help you bring your imagination to life. In this updated classic, both newcomers to digital animation and old hands looking to hone existing skills will find essential techniques for creating lively, professional-quality animation that are applicable to any software application. Combining the fundamentals of modeling, rigging, and animation with advanced-level information on characterization, directing, and production management, author George Maestri has created an essential resource for digital animators. [digital] Character Animation 3 is packed with beautiful new artwork and Maestri’s invaluable expert tips. Along with clear instruction on the theory and practice of foundation techniques such as rigging, walk-cycles, and lip-synch–the tutorials and exercises in this book let you practice what you’ve learned. Maestri also offers in-depth information on creating nuanced characters that feel “alive” and win audience empathy and attention. The book’s final chapter guides you through the entire filmmaking process, from story development through voice casting and animation directing.

Character Development in Blender 2.5
Character Development in Blender 2.5

Author: Jonathan Williamson

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781435456259

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A guide to creating characters using Blender covers such topics as modeling, textures, lighting, and rendering along with information on the technical, artistic, and theoretical aspects of character development.

Approaches to the Development of Character
Approaches to the Development of Character

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2017-04-24

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 030945557X

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The development of character is a valued objective for many kinds of educational programs that take place both in and outside of school. Educators and administrators who develop and run programs that seek to develop character recognize that the established approaches for doing so have much in common, and they are eager to learn about promising practices used in other settings, evidence of effectiveness, and ways to measure the effectiveness of their own approaches. In July 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop to review research and practice relevant to the development of character, with a particular focus on ideas that can support the adults who develop and run out-of-school programs. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Reel Character Education
Reel Character Education

Author: William B. Russell

Publisher: IAP

Published: 2010-10-01

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 161735127X

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Values, attitudes, and beliefs have been depicted in movies since the beginning of the film industry. Educators will find this book to be a valuable resource for helping explore character education with film. This book includes an overview of the history of character education, a discussion of how to effectively teach with film, and a discussion about analyzing film for educational value. This book offers educators an effective and relevant method for exploring character education with today’s digital and media savvy students. This book details how film can be utilized to explore character education and discusses relevant legal issues surrounding the use of film in the classroom. Included in this book is a filmography of two hundred films pertaining to character education. The filmography is divided into four chapters. Each chapter details fifty films for a specific educational level (elementary, middle, high school, and postsecondary). Complete bibliographic information, summary, and applicable character lesson topics are detailed for each film. This book is clearly organized and expertly written for educators and scholars at the elementary, middle, high school, and postsecondary levels.

The Quiet Is Loud
The Quiet Is Loud

Author: Samantha Garner

Publisher:

Published: 2021-05-04

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9781988784717

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The perfect marriage of literary and speculative fiction for readers of Kazuo Ishiguro and NK Jemisin. When Freya Tanangco was ten, she dreamed of her mother's death right before it happened. That's when she realized she was a veker, someone with enhanced mental abilities and who is scorned as a result. Freya's adult life has been spent in hiding: from the troubled literary legacy created by her author father, and from the scrutiny of a society in which vekers often meet with violence. When her prophetic dreams take a dangerous turn, Freya finds herself increasingly forced to sacrifice her own anonymity--and the fragile safety that comes with it--in order to protect those around her. Interwoven with themes of Filipino Canadian and mixed-race identity, fantastical elements from Norse and Filipino mythology, and tarot card symbolism, The Quiet Is Loud is an intergenerational tale of familial love and betrayal, and what happens when we refuse to let others tell our stories for us.

Digital Character Development
Digital Character Development

Author: Robert O'Neill

Publisher: A K Peters/CRC Press

Published: 2015-09-22

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9781482250770

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This book provides insight from a real production environment and the requirements such an environment imposes. It covers the theory and practice behind the development of digital characters for film and games using rigging concepts, algorithms, and techniques via software-agnostic descriptions that apply to any animation application. The book presents the anatomical considerations for rigging a character alongside the expectations of an animator, a road map for character development is carefully laid out through rich illustrations and visual code examples.

Character Compass
Character Compass

Author: Scott Seider

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781612504865

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Summary: The author "offers portraits of three high-performing urban schools that have made character development central to their mission. [The book] highlights each school's unique approach to character development and shows how qualities like empathy, integrity, perseverance, and daring can nurture student success."--p. 4 of cover.

The Savior's Champion
The Savior's Champion

Author: Jenna Moreci

Publisher:

Published: 2018-04-24

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 9780999735206

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Hoping to save his family, one man enters his realm's most glorious tournament and finds himself in the middle of a political chess game, unthinkable bloodshed, and an unexpected romance with a woman he's not supposed to want.