Hello and welcome to the website that accompanies the book; Character Animation in 3D.

The book combines both 2D and 3D animation exercises to make you a well rounded animator.

The whole point of the book is to get you animating and animating well.

Learn to animate with 3DS Max, LightWave, Maya and SoftImage XSI.

This site will be constantly updated, so please keep popping back for a look!

Behind the "Me" button you will find information about the author; Steve Roberts. You can also contact me here (please put the word "animation" into the title of your e mail. I receive a huge amount of spam and I don't want to delete your e mail by accident).

Behind the "Say" button you will find what people have said about the book and you can also have your own say by signing the guest book!

Behind the "Free" button you will find downloads of movies and animations as well as tutorials about how to build and animate models from the book.

Behind the "Info" button you will find loads of information about animation in general, not only 3D but 2D and stop motion as well.

Finally, behind the "Links" button you will find links to lots of fascinating websites about animation and animation related topics.

At the bottom of the page is the "Home" button which will bring you back to this page.

The "FAQ" button is for frequently asked questions.

The "Buy" button takes you to the Focal Press page where you can order the book both inside and outside North America.

Here are a few of the books vital statistics:

It's 288 pages long with 77000 words and 575 illustrations.

The CD ROM in the back has over 116000 words, over 1000 illustrations in over 50 tutorials, 140 animations, 22 live action movies and 20 fully built and rigged models made in 3DS Max, LightWave, Maya and SoftImage XSI.

So if you are completely new to animation, you are a 3D animator who wants to pick up some of the tricks used by 2D animators or you are a 2D animator who want's to learn 3D, this is the book for you!

And how much does this complete animation course in a book cost?

A mere £24.99 or $36.99!

So, if you haven't already, please buy the book (available now from www.amazon.com or www.amazon.co.uk and all good bookshops).

Please take a look at a page called The Grapevine. This has information about animation jobs, shows, exhibitions, parties etc.

Available in Chinese, Russian and Spanish soon!