Recommended Tools

Recommended Books

 

General Animation

Animator’s Survival Kit

Beginners Guide To Zbrush

Anatomy of Facial Expression

 

Medical Animation

Essential Computer Graphics Techniques for Modeling, Animating, and Rendering Biomolecules and Cells: A Guide for the Scientist and Artist

Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy

Anatomy for 3d Artists

The Digital Biomedical Illustration Handbook

Beginners Guide to Character Creation in Maya

Zbrush Anatomy for The Artist

Zbrush Digital Sculpting Human Anatomy

Scientific Illustration

Medical Terminology

 

Biology

Principles of Cell Biology

Molecular Biology

Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology

 

Image Processing

Medical Image Processing

Image Processing with ImageJ

Digital Image Processing Using MATLAB

Python Image Processing Cookbook

Digital Image Processing

Essential MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists

 

3D Programming

Complete Maya Programming

3D Image Reconstruction for CT and PET: A Practical Guide with Python

Mathematics for 3D Game Programming and Computer Graphics

Learn Three.js: Programming 3D animations and visualizations for the web

Hands-On C++ Game Animation Programming

 

Recommended Software

 

3D Modeling

Maya

Zbrush

Rhino

3ds Max

Lightwave

Cinema 4D

 

3D Animation

Maya

3ds Max

Lightwave

Cinema 4D

 

Texturing

Mari

Substance Painter

Bodypaint 3D

Photoshop

Substance Designer

 

3D Reconstruction

3D Doctor

Amira

Imaris

Osirix