Animation Software Resources

Well, you should unload some of plugins like ik2Bsolver.mll, ikSpringSolver.mll, lookdevKit.mll ... till MayaMuscle.mii. You don't need that. Try to use Soft Selection as much as you can ( 'B' hotkey). Edge Flow is also very important, go to Edit Mesh/Edit Edge Flow, or when your edge loop is selected, hold Shift plus right mouse button. Also, try to use Relax Brush (Surface/Sculpt Geometry Tool. Great and very useful brush. Very important thing is to create custom UI and custom hotkeys that will speed you up. In Maya, you can make it as you wish and is really user friendly and you can adjust it to your taste. Be sure that you organize project files properly, that is very important. Set the project folder. Name all files so that you can always find them without waste of time. Resolution gate should be turned on. Use camera rig so that you can control the camera in 3D scenes.

Blender can handle nearly all kind of 3d creation processes very well. Besides, it is the most customizable 3d software known at the market. You could create low poly 3d models which would be used later in a game and mobile application creation with it.