Hey there pure_morning.....I went to Bournemouth too. I did the BA tho. I'm with you on the Escape programme. The course I did at Uni didn't cost that much, and I got 3 years of learning Maya, plus other cg packages.

If you don't want to go to Uni tho, you need other options. Just trying to learn Maya off your own back I imagine to be very difficult from scratch - but there are some excellent tuts on this site!! I've learned sooo much just from here, and the help that all the wonderful people who use this site have given me.

At the end of the day, its your reel that will get you noticed, so keep up the good work Tim_LIVID, looking forward to seeing some more of your stuff on the site. Good luck :p

p.s: keep up the good work on the site guys, lovin' it more every day!