About the Author

Allan Brito is a Brazilian architect specialized in information visualization. He lives and works in Recife, Brazil. He works with Blender 3D to produce animations and still images for visualization and instructional material. Besides his work with Blender as an artist, he also has a large experience in teaching and researching about 3D modeling, animation, and multimedia.

He is an active member of the community of Blender users, writing about Blender 3D and its development for websites in Brazilian Portuguese (http://www.allanbrito.com) and English (http://www.blendernation.com).

This is his third book on Blender 3D, the first one was Blender 3D—Guia do Usuário, which was published in Brazil. It's a guide on how to use Blender that covers everything from the basics to character animation. The second book, Blender 3D: Architecture, Buildings, and Scenery, covers the use of Blender for architectural visualization. It is written in English, and is published by Packt Publishing.

He can be reached at his website, http://www.blender3darchitect.com, where he covers the use of Blender 3D and other tools for architectural visualization.