Kelly L. Murdock

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Biography

Kelly Murdock has been authoring computer books for many years now and still gets immense enjoyment from the completed work. His book credits include various 3D, graphics, multimedia, and web titles, including 14 editions of the 3ds Max Bible. Other major accomplishments include Google SketchUp Bible, Edgeloop Character Modeling for 3D Professionals Only, Maya 6 and 7 Revealed, LightWave 3D 8 Revealed, The Official Guide to Anime Studio, Poser 6, 7 and 8 Revealed, 3D Game Animation For Dummies, gmax Bible, Adobe Atmosphere Bible, Master VISUALLY HTML and XHTML, JavaScript Visual Blueprint, and co-authoring duties on two editions of the Illustrator Bible (for versions 9 and 10) and five editions of the Adobe Creative Suite Bible.

With a background in engineering and computer graphics, Kelly has been all over the 3D industry and still finds it fascinating. He’s used high-level CAD workstations for product design and analysis, completed several large-scale visualization projects, created 3D models for feature films and games, worked as a freelance 3D artist, and even did some 3D programming. Kelly’s been using 3D Studio since version 3 for DOS. Kelly has also branched into training others in 3D technologies. He currently works as a freelance graphic artist and video game producer.

In his spare time, Kelly enjoys playing basketball and collecting video games.

Autodesk 3ds Max 2025 Basics Guide Available July 18, 2024 ISBN 978-1-63057-678-3	Autodesk Maya 2025 Basics Guide Available July 10, 2024 ISBN 978-1-63057-665-3
Autodesk 3ds Max 2024 Basics Guide Published July 28, 2023 ISBN 978-1-63057-614-1	Autodesk Maya 2024 Basics Guide Published July 7, 2023 ISBN 978-1-63057-580-9
Autodesk Maya 2023 Basics Guide Published August 10, 2022 ISBN 978-1-63057-527-4	Autodesk Maya 2022 Basics Guide Published August 9, 2021 ISBN 978-1-63057-450-5
Kelly L. Murdock's Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 Complete Reference Guide Published August 21, 2020 ISBN 978-1-63057-334-8	Autodesk Maya 2020 Basics Guide Out of Print Published April 21, 2020 ISBN 978-1-63057-255-6
Kelly L. Murdock's Autodesk 3ds Max 2020 Complete Reference Guide Out of Print Published August 13, 2019 ISBN 978-1-63057-253-2	Autodesk Maya 2019 Basics Guide Out of Print Published April 2, 2019 ISBN 978-1-63057-178-8
Kelly L. Murdock's Autodesk 3ds Max 2019 Complete Reference Guide Out of Print Published July 25, 2018 ISBN 978-1-63057-180-1	Autodesk Maya 2018 Basics Guide Out of Print Published October 20, 2017 ISBN 978-1-63057-112-2
Kelly L. Murdock's Autodesk 3ds Max 2018 Complete Reference Guide Out of Print Published July 31, 2017 ISBN 978-1-63057-107-8	Autodesk Maya 2017 Basics Guide Out of Print Published January 5, 2017 ISBN 978-1-63057-035-4
Kelly L. Murdock's Autodesk 3ds Max 2017 Complete Reference Guide Out of Print Published August 25, 2016 ISBN 978-1-63057-033-0	Autodesk Maya 2016 Basics Guide Out of Print Published September 18, 2015 ISBN 978-1-58503-954-8
Kelly L. Murdock's Autodesk 3ds Max 2016 Complete Reference Guide Out of Print Published August 7, 2015 ISBN 978-1-58503-950-0	Autodesk Maya 2015 Basics Guide Out of Print Published November 19, 2014 ISBN 978-1-58503-917-3
Kelly L. Murdock's Autodesk 3ds Max 2015 Complete Reference Guide Out of Print Published October 8, 2014 ISBN 978-1-58503-911-1

Kelly L. Murdock

Biography

Books by Kelly L. Murdock