
A great introduction to Blender 2.61 by Paul Caggegi.
In his latest video, Daniel Kreuter illustrates different options for Blender’s Dynamic Paint option. Also check out his videos on smoke, fluids, cloth and softbody animation!
Following up on ‘Modeling a Low Poly T-Rex‘, you’ll now learn how to texturemap your model.

In his hoar frost tutorial, Frederik Steinmetz shows how to use particles in Cycles and how to add finishing touches with the compositor.
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Of course you can use the Suicidator script to generate cities, but you if you do it by hand you’ll have more control over the result.
TutorialTrack.com offers an impressive series of Blender videotutorials for beginners, all neatly organised by topic. I wished the resolution was a bit higher, but they get the job done.