We’ve started using 3Ds Max in college.  My first basic design, which involved shapes, text, lights and cameras, was this:

I spent this evening going through Tutorials from thenewboston that I had downloaded from YouTube.  They were really well put together and I’d recommend them.

If you fancy messing around with 3Ds Max, yourself, you can download a FREE trial at Autodesk.com.

I just hope it’s a LONG trial.

3Ds Max basic design free trial