Cool D..... welcome to my world... the work you are producing right now is very...VERY similar to what I started with......"back story warning for those who don't want to listen"
lol I sent all of my 2d images to a video game company that I wanted to work for... they liked my concept art and asked if I could do anything in 3dmax...max 3 at the time.... I'd never touched 3d before but they really need someone who could model..... So I started learning Max for a week...( I had two weeks to get the model built) needless to say it was a disaster....... I didn't get the job and they have never answered an update since....and the work you seem to be doing now... was what I sent to them...... That's not a bad thing for you...Well it sucked for me....
'cause I didn't get the job.... but you have to start somewhere..... you are better off than me though... you started with one of the best modeling tools out there..... I started with Max.... YUCK!!! I've never gotten over my YUCK factor for max... although I still keep up to date with it... Stick to this site if you want to learn light wave..... When you do two tutorials... the mug... and the peppers...( both free I think) your modeling\ texturing skills will increase by a factor of 10..( I'm not kidding) Keep at it and good luck....