Hi Hanamachi.

You could start with trying out the free cartoon dog tutorial on this site, or if you feel that may still be too advanced, try checking out the basic poly split and extrude tuts. These techniques are invaluable if you want to be modelling in Maya.

https://www.simplymaya.com/movie_page...html?tut_id=87

https://www.simplymaya.com/movie_page...html?tut_id=72

https://www.simplymaya.com/movie_page...html?tut_id=45

LisaG