How would one go on creating a leaf for like....a palm tree?

Argh, I looked at other models on this forum and geez, they just really depress me by how good they look, sometimes I keep thinking Il never get that good.

Its stuff like this that bring me down because il never model something as good as this.........

Yea Im not so sure how to fix that.
Im terrible with mental ray, dont know why it does that.

Well I re-touched it a bit in photoshop.

I made this Joystick from a really neat tutorial.
Im a low-level renderer but I think it came out pretty nice.
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7060/joystick2ic8.png

I dont quite understand o.0

Well I have taken some tips from proffessionals at this program and I did get a few books for maya, (havnt bothered to read many because I find reading extremely boring, even if it comes with all...

Thank you for the replies. I will consider what you all have said.
As for that image, it really inspired me. Was this made out of simple primitive objects? Because the only object I see you...

Well my house to me looks terrible. The inside aint so bad, but its the shape on the outside that looks just hideous. I really wish I could see that Victorian house tut, but I dont gots moneys to...