Networking

These sites are some of the best around for gaining critique on your work, also numerous tutorials dotted around, especially polycount.

Make it a habit in posting WIP's this will improve your artistic eye, communication and your ability to take critique advice, last but not least stay humble always even when others are not.

http://www.polycount.com/forum/

http://cghub.com/

http://www.nextgenhardsurface.com/forum.php?s=f69b2d81e6551a1830caa7d2cb61e690