1. Get Maya.
2. Use.
3. Ask questions.
4. Try a book or two.
5. Have patience.
6. Send Tycho money.
7. Talk to other people.
8. Find tutorials on the web.
9. Learn to draw.
10. Send Tycho money.
11. Think up your own darn tips.
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
-Bilbo Baggins