thats a great awesome blog man :inlove: seriously great for new one just like me i hope many people shouldn't know this
tips and tricks while modeling i will share this things to them thanks man u...

why dont just use fill hole tool in maya when u have a connected topology instead using bridges. bridges is good for
work on mesh which dont have connectivity to the other its simple way to learn by...

did u try local normal and object and world or normal average move tool by double clicking on left tool bar move tool u find these option try all of them and see if some out comes when extruding with...

did u just check the two side lighting off in maya i always prefer to turn off two side lighting off when modeling
also try asign a blin shader so that u can judge ur mesh easily

dont use boolean if ur modeling it for production type modeling i check u r model and they so much booleans i recommend use chamfer vertex to convert a 1 vertex to quad and apply bevels to the corner...

just press ctrl+a and go to mesh display and uncheck the show display center face that's it

Dont use automatic mapping for UV's layout if u dont want unnecessary seam's problem i prefer to break the uv's of horse or organic things where the hair comes out so i recommend u to go at left...