http://www.blenderguru.com/category/tutorials/
http://gryllus.net/Blender/3D.html
Texture and Colour http://paulbourke.net/texture_colour/
http://marc.blog.atpurpose.com/2009/10/31/creating-sphere-from-a-rectangular-mesh/
http://paulbourke.net/miscellaneous/sphere_cylinder/
http://www.katsbits.com/tutorials