12. Animating Your Character

Using animation, your characters will come to life. Animation is the process in which you make your character move along a timeline. To make animation realistic, you have to study the principles of motion, such as action and reaction, and you need to understand how weight affects the way a character moves. Animation is a very broad subject and there are plenty of resources, books, and courses you can take to improve your skills. In this chapter, you’ll learn how to use the basics of the Blender animation system: what tools are at your disposal, how to use keyframes, and how the different animation editors can help you during this stage.