Sonic.. you watch the bonus features on that dvd? The lady responsible for that absolute crapola goes on and on and on about how proud she is for working on the cg in that section of the movie.
Some of my 3D projects! Models created in Maya, Zbrush, Substance Painter. Rendered in mental ray and Arnold renderer More project here: https://www.cgtrader.com/jackfurneri1984#tab-cg
Confessed perfectionist.... it has led to some frustrating personal projects... Kinda need to get out of the habbit if i'm ever to move from CG to games... :(
CG Academy ones look like the most comprehensive set. Pete Drapers 'Deconstructing the Elements' books are also really great aswell, although not for beginners.
Here are few places for a good written tutorials 3d total: http://www.3dtotal.com/tutorials/ cg arena: http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/tutorials.html