Oh wow. Sorry to make your darkest soul just a smidge brighter but you are my hero. lol
Huh. The tut made it seem so much more complex than that.
but I figured out the problem with the wonky...

k so follow up to this problem. Once I add the pole vector, this happens:
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t177/Kaiems_Stuff/maya2011-09-2300-06-05-53.jpg

I checked my orientation and...

Awesome, I'll try those things out. Meantime I've found another tut to follow, guess we'll see how this one goes.

Thanks a bunch!

Hey guys, I'm gonna give a little backdrop to my issue to get the best response possible, so I apologize in advance if I seem a little long-winded. I'm basically a beginner, or rather I used to...