Sounds like it might be your video card. What kind are you running with your system?

It is very complicated to get your head around dynamics. you need to be familiar with fluid containers and emmiters. I had to take a damn class for this back in school. I could go into this but it...

Same ways as before. Create a sphere and cut it in half. This time place it inside the sky sphere. You're going to need a cloud texture for this and photoshop.

http://mayang.com/textures/
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Make a nurbs sphere and cut it in half. Kinda like cutting an orange in half. Select the middle isoparm and edit curves>detach curves. Place the half and size it on top of your scene or objects. ...

Ok, excellent. You got the right idea. You got the loops perfect around the eye and mouth for proper deformation for animation. Just work on the proportions. THis is something you get with more...

The best way to lock your feet on the ground is to make groups out of the multiple IK handles on your legs. THat way when you move the root joint down the feet stay locked to the ground.
Create...

This is an old post I made a few weeks back for someone else trying to get their proportions right.

I agree with you. Some people here can be a bit Condescending. They forget that this is a learning site and that we are all learn from each other.

Anyways... You should definitely add some...

Same thing. Webster's Dictionary doesn't lie, but whatever. lol ;)

Modeling:
1. the process of producing a form
2. to form, shape, or manipulate, as in the manner of sculpture
2. the...

Actually maya is a sculpting program. The only difference is that you can't take away geometry or as AshesTigress says "carve". What maya does allow you to do is Push, pull and add geometry, to...