Useful Links: 3D Art & Animation
The Area - Autodesk Media and Entertainment Portal
Autodesk Learning Channels - YouTube video tutorials for the Autodesk Entertainment Suite
Autodesk Education Community - free student software, learning and support.
Lynda.com - Autodesk's video tutorials for most creative and business software
Adobe TV - Video Tutorials from Adobe covering their product line
The Gnomon Workshop - Video VFX training for professionals and serious students
digital-tutors - Video training focused on movies and games
Maxplugins.de - largest repository of plugins for 3ds max 2013 and earlier
scriptspot.com - largest collection of maxscripts, community based.
cgsociety.org - great source for 3D news
CGMeetup - Social networking, news & tutorials for digital artists
Game Developers Conference - a "must attend" trade show for the game industry
SIGGRAPH - the leading professional society for the computer graphics industry
NAB - biggest trade show covering the film and broadcast industries
Creature Spot - The Spot for Creature Art, Artists and Fans
Got Wires? - blog about subdivision surface modeling and more
Robot Pencil - Anthony Jones site for characters, environments, creatures & robots