Drawing is always a good skill, you can't go wrong with it. You don't have to master it, but it will always help you in your work. There's plenty of ressources online to improve your drawing skills, but practice is of course the core of it. I also recommend Feng Zhu youtube video. He's got a large amount of it and this guy…
3Dmotive.com proveds a focused tutorial series on creating game art assets with good theory behind it. It's hand holding tutorials, which is also good. All for a modest price. Block out the big shapes, intersect as necessary. Just make sure you get the volume IN, don't worry about perfecting the mesh. You can retopologize…
Just a little about me, im a novice 3d artist who has played around on/off in CG for a year now, but I am looking to get serious and try improve my modeling ability. IM very comfortable with 3DS max and can create basic models, but anything with any kind of complex shape or curvature is a lost cause for me. I am looking to…