Books are generally out of date by the time they get to print. Maybe you're watching the wrong tutorials. How have you found the ones you've been watching? We have some good resources here. http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Tutorials Edit... beware though, tutorials are only as good as the experience level of the instructor.…
Would anyone be so kind as to recommend a book they think would be helpful to someone new to modeling, animation, etc? I'm currently using Maya and following online tutorials from Youtube but I would like something a little more substantial and thorough. Any thoughts?
If you have US$ 59 per month you can invest in a subscription to Gnomon Workshop. Then you have access to their entire library of tutorials (which are streamable versions of their DVDs): http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/subscription/ You'll have access to material such as this:…
Since you mentioned you're currently using Maya, this one called 3D Animation with Maya 7 written by Patricia Beckmann and Phil Young may come in really useful. This one gives you step by step tutorials and goes through all the major tools needed to animate in Maya - graph editor, the dope sheet, walk cycles. Apart from…