I really wanted to get an accurate tongue surface, but I'm too newb.
I followed about 7 of these vids, well spoken instructor, perfect for beginners:
Blender - YouTube 0 The 2 part cup tutorial (only 30 mins total) is the first tut I watched.
Then I'd watch these, all real short vids on materials/nodes:
Blender 2.6 - Cycles, Materials and Nodes - YouTube
and these:
Blender 2.6 - Cycles and Textures - YouTube
Intermediate fluid simulation tut (he moves fast, wouldn't watch this until you watched the others.)
Create a Realistic Water Simulation in Blender - YouTube
^- He also has a popular channel, I'm getting to the point where I can begin to follow / watch some of his stuff: (
Andrew Price - YouTube)
I tried re-creating this:
...but I'm still a bit too newb to get to that level of quality, somewhat close though: