Not bad for the first attempt

This actually looks pretty good for a first attempt! I can imagine it took quite a while to get the shapes you wanted. I hope you enjoyed making it!
I think adding some fluffs around the brows would give it a little more realism, since from the back of the face looks super fluffy, but the face kind looks like it was kinda glued on x3 Hope I don't offend you in any way! It is by far better than what I think most could do, so take pride in that!

Nah, I don't mind. I actually did try to make more fluff on the face, but it just didn't go the way I wanted it to go. The more I put into the smaller details on the face there at the end, the more it wanted to lag. XD

Oh damn, I bet. I didn't even think of the lag. How big is the actual sculpt? You could maybe try downsizing on your next attempt if this sculpt is too big.

It wasn't actually that much bigger than the actual starter sphere. It's just the faces it creates when you go to a more in-depth detail. Around level 6 sculpt it starts getting pretty laggy, and even then it isn't really enough to create the amount of detail I'd like to. Maybe I should try making them bigger, actually.. but I'm not sure it'd help. I don't know enough about the program yet to know what the optimal sizing would be for best detail sculpting.

Agh, I wish I knew more about the program myself so I could give decent advice, but I wish you luck if you decide to pursue more of these types of projects! I'll keep an eye out for more~

I think what might help is to look at sculpting the item as if you're making the 'sketch' base of your intended creation, and look to textures to create the finer detailing and bump-mapping. If you look at the sculptris link that's posted below you can see a bit of what I'm describing on the splash page. You'll be able to get the major landmarks and some more detail work like wrinkles and such, but for fur and fine scales I would probably suggest looking into making the texture maps - as that'll likely save you a ton of lagging.

I use maya personally for a lot of my SL avatar work, but I'd imagine the concept is the same across the programs.

Have you tried the Decimate function? Look for it in object mode in the bar to the right, same place you'd find subdivision surface function. You can use that tool to lower the amount of detail slightly.

Otherwise you can use a dynamic topology function secondary feature known as Detail flood fill.. Set your brush detail amount to constant and the button appears just below.. set it to maybe 6 to 4 in that range and hit the button, after it gets done working you'll have a consistent amount of detail across the sculpt.. the creases like to generate tons of detail where it isn't needed and this can help clean up the models a bit.

I run a tutorial series for sculpting furrys in blender, if you haven't seen my work check it out. Links in my Gallery.

I am more best than you : http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7800403/
(joke :3 )

XD They're cute though.

Nice work! For the first time you did an amazing work!!!!! :D

Playing around with the software is how you will improve. If this is something you are looking to really get into I highly recommend saving up for Zbrush. There is a reason it is the standard in 3d sculpting and there are tons of videos and how-to's for it on the net.

Try Sculptris.
It's a free program made by the people who made ZBrush. Sculptris works like a painting program, you can use your stylus to "paint" clay over the sphere. No worring about polygon count, it automatically adds polygons in the sculting area, and if you need more theres a subdivide button. It's super easy to use and it feels natural. And it's free!
To download it you do need to give your mail for some reason, but besides that it's awesome.

Try it out. http://pixologic.com/sculptris/

This! I've used sculptris on many an occasion and it's really simple which is nice when you just need to sculpt up something quick or to practice! :D

Sculptris is indeed a thousand times easier than Blender. XD
Just got it, works amazingly.

Next step: buy ZBrush. Which is a thousand times better than Sculptris. But it's expensive. And it doesn't have the instant polygons thing that sculpris has, I don't understand why, though.

This introduction to ZBrush inspire me every time I watch it.
http://pixologic.com/zclassroom/les.....-kurt-papstein

Also, Very good first sculpt. Better than my first sculpt ..

Quite a bit more expensive as well

I know I've seen it in the comments at least once above, but if you want to try sculpting, I recommend giving sculptris a try, because I find the controls and workflow to be easier, and you are able to export and either a sculptris file, or as a .obj. Just out of my personal experience I prefer sculptris for sculpting, and then blender for other forms of modeling.

Holy fuck...Sculptris is a TON easier. It isn't complicated at all. I just got it and it is extremely self explanatory and allows for instant detailing. I have to thank everyone who mentioned it. Jeebus.

We started to use it some in GCO, we use both blender and sculptris to create our 3D models. They both have their uses, however sculptris is considerably more intuitive and has an easier learning curve.