There is also Gnomon. They offer some very good indepth tutorials. Simply Maya has by far the best "How To's" that take you from begining to end of a composition.

VD

I would just key frame animate the whole thing. Constrain you cars to the tack and have at it.

The hardest part about a roller coaster shot is finding the right camera angles. The camera...

I would highly recommend adding a procedural to the walls. This will provide a much warmer feel to your composition. With perfectly flat walls you get to much of a sterile hospital type feeling.
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Tighten up the mesh on your chain link. Its a little big.

Your materials need just a little work. I think that would go a long way from turning this model in to an actual P-51.

The only C&C I have is the camera angles and movements. Specifically the shot choices in the bedroom. They seemed very unatural. By that I mean they tend to make the viewer aware that you are...

I would love to see you do some post work on one of those images. To give it the 1800's, black and white, nostalgic look and feel.

VD

There a dozens of small tutorials freely available on the web for creating light saber effects.

But you will find the fastest way is to use your nearest compositing software.

Make sure to...

I love the rope work... not to mention this has turned in to a bit of a history lesson as well.

VD

That is truely impressive... I can't imagine just doing that with a couple reference pics.