Learning Blender: A Hands-On Guide to Creating 3D Animated Characters

Context

You now have a basic understanding of Jim’s personality, but there is another very important thing that defines a character and that is the story’s context, or the world in which the character dwells. Let’s check it out:

It’s the year 2512 and humans have populated quite a few planets. Space exploration is the major topic in the news and astronauts are treated as heroes. Cars now fly and don’t produce pollution. Robots are everywhere, making human life easier, and some even develop relationships with humans. A downside of this very futuristic setting is that it’s difficult for an individual to stand out from the rest of the population: everyone wears the same kind of clothes, everyone owns similar cars, and everyone lives in buildings ...