Community Resources

Welcome to the Gecko Animation Community Resources page! Here at Gecko Animation we want to try and give back as much as we can to the Blender community that has helped us so much over the years. This section will feature ‘Spotlight’ articles highlighting techniques and resources from many of our productions for use by the Blender community!

Latest News

New untitled 'Camera' mood animation project.

We're very excited to be working on a new in-house animation production! Using photorealistic texturing and rendering techniques we're developing this animation to blur the lines between computer animation and reality!

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Character Animation tutorial!

After animating an entry for a Blender Character Animation Challenge we have published a short tutorial outlining some simple ideas on how to start your own entry!

Learn how to form a good idea to help make your animation stand out from the rest.
Learn why you should act like an idiot!

and more....

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Gecko Animation Version 2.0 goes live!

The new year is here and with it a new site! Many thanks to Lupus Studios for making a site we're very proud of. Check out the revamped portfolio page for what we've been up to this past year!

New site features include a community page that will soon be brimming with tutorials and other resources specifically for the Blender community.

Happy New Year!

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Spotlight Articles

Character Animation Challenge Tutorial

A short character animation tutorial based on an entry in the Blender Animation Challenge, February 2009. By Jonathan Lax

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Gecko Character Rig

Our first release for the Blender community is a character rig of our own Richie the Gecko. This rig is free to use, released under a Creative Commons license.

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