Resources



http://www.11secondclub.com/  -  Monthly Animation Competition. Provides 11 second dialogue or music to animation to.

http://www.videocopilot.net - Provides tutorial on using After Effects for Visual and Special Effects and Motion Graphics.  Uses 3D applications too.

http://www.hollywoodcamerawork.us/vfx_index.html - Tutorials on Green Screening techniques and Match moving techniques

http://www.turbosquid.com/ - Online Market of 3D Models

http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal/ - Tutorials on programming with the UnRealScript

http://gotoandlearn.com/ - Various tutorials on ActionScript 2 and ActionScript 3

http://www.creativecrash.com/ - Tutorials, Market, Forum, and much more


3d.sk - Get Photo references of people for 3D modeling

http://www.textureking.com/ - Texture resource

http://www.sourceforge.net - A site that hosts open source software for free

http://www.3dBuzz.com - A site that hosts video tutorials for Game Developers and 3D Artists.

http://www.sxc.hu - For free royalty-free photos

http://footagecrate.com/muzzle.html - muzzle fire

Maya Essentials

Essentials
Maya 2011 Interface

Modeling
Intro to polygons
Make a human hand with polygons

Rendering
Intro to rendering
All you ever wanted to know about rendering

Texturing
Hypershader in Maya 2011
What are UVs?
UV Mapping in Maya
UV Mapping a Character in Maya