And if so, any of you know of any good Maya tutorials? 

I want to learn for the sake of getting work in animation, which is dominated by 3D in my area. I’m not averse to putting some money down for a stellar learning resource but I have got to have some real faith in it for that.

Preferably I want something with basic projects to work through rather than just talking heads type thing.

EDIT:following this Tut now