new here looking for help

Midna

Hi,
I am planning to make a game in the near future and i was hoping someone here would be willing to teach me some things about modeling, or maya 8.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CajU6ums41I[/ame] here is my first attempt on a human but i cant seem to do shoulders arms head.

renderhjs

just a little hint: a image instead of a video would be a better base for other to point out ways of improvement