How to Make a Monster??

[WALP]

These are the things you will have to learn in order to create a monster in maya.

Getting an overview of your software(this is necesary because else you wont know what to do to fix it if you run into a problem)
Modelling
Character modelling with proper topology
UV unrapping
(Texturing)
Rigging and weightpainting
Animating
(Sculping and baking is also useful if you want your monster to be decent looking but its not required)

Sure you dont want a book?