What is liani dolls ?

 
The goal of liani dolls  (LIbre ANImated dolls) is to try to build libre or open hardware animated dolls with libre software programs and try to monetise it with copyleft (sound crazy no ;)

In this blog, you will find all the tools needed to create a doll :
- news about doll makers and new dolls
- the drawing skills
- the libre design files
- the modeling skills in Blender or on modeling paste
- links to books and tutorials (to make affiliate incomes ;)
- animation tests, files and stop motion tests
- some libre mechanical designs and test
- some doll history
and much more ...

Why making libre animated dolls ?

Doll making is full of skills to learn :
- drawing
- modeling
- mechanical design
- animation and stop motion
- user interaction with the doll
- programming...
- use of ponoko, thingiverse and shapeways to open up the design files

At the end, if you are able to make a doll, in fact, now you can create anything !

This blog is really a work in progress by a big beginner, so if you see any mistakes or other ways to go, you are welcome to use the comment section.

Thank you for your comprehension and your help ;0)

Let's go to the infinity and beyond...