Resources

Textures

• http://www.cgtextures.com/
• Blender materials (and textures) - http://www.tellim.com/texture_cd/html/menu2.html

Tutorials

• http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/sv_home.php
• http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Blender-3d/1
• Really awesome grass - http://www.blenderguru.com/the-secret-to-creating-realistic-grass/

Reference Images

• Eric's Furnace Reference
• Tennis Machines
• Robots
• fighting robots animation

3D Tennis Animations

• 3D Metroid Samus Aran vs Human in Tennis Game
• Tennis serve shot - has ball joints like our robot
• Little girl vs. tennis machine
• Matrix tennis - Simple robotic movement
• Human tennis match
• Chibi robo - Simple animations like ours?

Mocap data

• Free tennis motion capture data