34: Using Drivers With Shape Keys

Facial expressions really make a character. Just having your character open and close their mouth doesn't cut it as good animation. You really need them to say something with their face. This tutorial, at the RivenPhoenix YouTube channel although part of a series of other tutorials. Will give you an insight into how to use shape keys to do exactly that.

33: Drivers and Custom Properties

One thing I found very useful in 3Ds Max was the ability to create a unique slider that controlled shape keys or bones. The freedom this gave when animating a character was liberating. This tutorial at Peripheral Labs YouTube channel shows exactly how to do this in Blender. It is a little fast but the results will open up a whole new world of possibilities for animation in Blender.

32: Mastering Lighting in Blender

This tutorial by Blender Guru is a gift. It has lots of useful theoretical examples.

31: Another Text Tutorial.

Another great tutorial by Blender Guru to help you along with "Flying Text".

30: Flying Text

For the most part of my career in animation I earned a quid doing tops and tails for TV commercials. Its what I call my "vanilla bread and butter".  Blender is a great tool to do text effects in and here is a great tutorial about how to do a simple text tittle.

29: Foot Rigging Tutorial 1 to 10

Animating in Blender starts getting more powerful from here on. As soon as I learned advance rigging in 3DS max there was no looking back. I was able to deliver anything my clients asked me to do from talking characters to spacecraft landing gear, everything was possible . This set of ten tutorials on leg rigging will set you on your way to the happy animator space. I am grateful for tobuslieven putting together such easy to follow, forward and inverse kinematic mix, tutorials.

John Lasseter Q&A Any advice for aspiring animation student?

If you are lost as to who John Lasseter is, think Pixar and all it stands for "Story is King" etc. This man is a hero of mine and many others in the animation industry. John started in traditional animation and experimented very early on with CG vector animation. This short YouTube video is testimony to his and others early experimentation. It should be an inspiration to anyone starting out in animation with Blender 3d. It takes a little experimentation and creativity to make you an expert in time.