Some tools

Now you may have heard a lot of 3d writers and established artists recommending a certain 3d software over another. As a person starting out in the field newly, it can be a baffling area. I think the best package to use is the one you are most comfortable with, however this does not necessarily mean that you are doing yourself justice by sticking to this one package that you've mastered over the months and years.
The range of tools a particular software has in its arsenal is very important in ensuring you are arriving at your destination ie (completed model) in the most stress free path possible, hence a period of blood and sweat in climbing that learning curve is a priceless investment that will help you on the long run.
There are a lot of free software available that can get you up and running in 3d, an example of a good free, open source 2d editing program is the gimp, a complete 3d modeling and animating software is Blender, another modeling software is Wings 3d.
A very good and affordable high end program is Softimage xsi foundation. The tools are second to none and you can achieve most things with what it has to offer. This is the software I currently use, but because I understand that a lot of struggling artists out there may not be able to afford even the lowest prices, all free future tutorials I plan to post on this blog would be written in a user friendly fashion, so that whichever software you intend to use, be it free or commercial, you would be able to apply the lessons learnt.
Ill stop here for now and get to work on getting some free tutorials done.