Making Drinking Glasses in Maya

In class we made a glass and put a texture on it. (We used a picture of a dog.)

I started messing around with lights and transparency and came up with this glass:

Once I get my Digital Tutors account set up, I'll start on Maya tutorials. I went through a series or two of Maya tutorials last year (I think from Lynda.com), so I already know some of the basic modeling stuff.