Ben Simonds

Dipping a toe yet again in trying to learn Blender; this book starts with 2 "basics" chapters (including an overview of using GIMP to make and edit textures for Blender rendered images and object files). The modeling goes from "box" to "terrifying bat-creature" and "shiny metal robot spider' very quickly. Not a page-turner, but not as daunting as I thought it would be. Includes a DVD with project files and a few texture samples and a GIMP brush.