I agree with ivanzu and BARDLER. In addition to the poycount wiki link BARDLER mentioned you can also take a look at the following resources: Character Modeling Video Tutorials by Andrew Klein: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL20DC39DABF6D9307 Ancient Pigs Basic Deformation Tutorial: Great resource for understanding…
@ Brygelsmack: That's what I was doing initially (working on one side), and then I tried to mirror it over and got this mess. I was actually hoping for a paint over. As for what they're teaching us in school, it's all low-poly environment modeling so far. I actually registered for this particular Max class under the…