welcome
you have 2 wise choices to make in my opinion either you start learning 3dsmax or maya. in order to work here, both are a good decision. though maya is being used more in the highend areas. also it is much harder for begginers to learn than max. if you want to start with max, buy these 3 books: inside 3dsmax2.5 volume 1,2,3. 1 deals with all basics.. it´s not worth it if u already know how max works 2. deals with basics+ of modeling,texturing and etc´ now 3 is the one that is most worth the money, it deals only with animation.. but it is a very good one for begginers in animation. once done, you can..and should do every tutorial you can find.. from anything you practice you learn and get better.. few links are www.max3d.com www.3dcafe.com, www.3dluvr.com if you choose maya, then u have less resources to use in order to learn it. my suggestion would be read the help file(manual) it´s huge, will teach u the tools the instant maya section is a tutorial series which will teach you all basics. once done u can do online tutorials/links at highend3d.com or aliaswavefront.com or even buy some of their maya videos, or a book called mastering maya. it´s nice. not a must though.
