A Complete Guide to Character Rigging for Games Using Blender

"This book reveals things that I did not know about Blender that have completely changed the way that I'm going to be rigging characters going forward. It's a really comprehensive breakdown of the rigging process. Would I recommend it to students? Absolutely. Would I recommend to professionals moving on from Maya to a Blender workflow? Absolutely!"

Richard Shilling, 3D Artist and creator of the Dikko! 3D Animation YouTube channel

"If you are looking for a Blender rigging handbook, look no further. Armin covers the full character rigging process for games. From fundamentals all the way to advanced techniques, it's all there. I especially enjoyed the chapters on bone placement - which is an often overlooked topic - and the advanced Bendy Bones techniques!"

Todor Nikolov is a Freelance 3D Artist and CG Generalist and creator of CG Dive Tutorials, which can be found at cgdive.com

"When Armin told me he was writing a book on Blender Rigging, I was excited; the community has needed that void filled for a long time. What he's accomplished here is a fantastic addition to any bookshelf-- part comprehensive reference, part masterclass, distilling his many years of experience and experimentation into an end-to-end workflow for producing animated characters for 3D games. Whether you're a Blender user looking to add to your skillset or a rigger coming from another 3D application, this book is for you. I even picked up a few new tricks, and I've been using Blender for over twenty years."

Charles Wardlaw is a Senior Software Engineer best known for his work as Software Developer on Next Gen and Maya and the Three for Netflix and as Software Engineer on Sony's Across the Spiderverse.