hey peeps. Started animating this sample piece for a potential work venture today. Anyhow, couldn't help myself, so I took a quick render of one of the shots. At the moment I'm just blocking out the animation, extra details such as facial animation and so forth will be animated in later...
Oh and I might as well throw my 2 cents into the pipe...Maya's very good (I use it nowadays) but it can be pretty tricky to learn if you're just starting off. It can seem pretty technical at first. I started off mainly on 3DS Max and that was an excellent start for me. (and also there's plenty more learning resources on the internet for learning Max then there is for Maya at the moment)