Blender For Dummies®

Author's Acknowledgments

My first thanks go to Blender's team of developers, lead by our "benevolent dictator," Ton Roosendaal. Without them, Blender would never exist in the state that it does today. Of course, equally deserving of gratitude is the overall Blender community, without which Blender would never have been made open source.

Thanks, also, to everyone at Wiley, particularly my acquisitions editor, Kyle Looper, and my project editor, Linda Morris. They are refined professionals, and I'm grateful for their ability to keep me on task and (mostly) on schedule. I'd also like to thank Bassam Kurdali for agreeing to work as the book's technical editor. He's one of the most knowledgeable and talented members of the Blender community, and I hate to think of how little sense this book would've made without his input.

I'd also like to give a quick thank-you to the first human who learned to filter water through coffee grounds. Without your precious discovery, I'm certain that not just this book, but many of my accomplishments would've never occurred.

And finally, I'd like to thank my fellow Hand Turkeys, Warren Belfield and Roberto Rubet. Not only are these guys talented artists and business partners, but they are definitely true friends whose feedback (and insults) I value greatly.