Two because of the rigging section

This book should have been called "Rigging, oh yeah and modeling".

The modeling section is not very good... It teaches bad topology, doesn't impart the artistic imortance of appeal in characters, and gives students the impression that this is the norm. The animation section is just as cursory and has the potential for being just as misleading. Understand that this book is just the beginning and does not represent the best of the industry.

The rigging section... yeah that's not so bad. The major problem there is that it's not a complete industry standard rig by the current norms. Those being wiring parameters for spline-based control rigs to actually manipulate the characters morphs and digits etc. A large control ring and handles would've been good and if there's a section on knee and elbow directional manipulators, I didn't see it.

hope this was helpful :/

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