[mangoman]

Do you have any recommendations on videos/tutorials with graphics stuff that would help me grasp some of the linear algebra and basics about 2D/3D graphics? Your comment about 'staring at random college-level linear algebra' stuff resonated deeply with me, and I've always felt like I'm just not understanding how it all connects.

[pengaru]

Not really, I didn't follow any specific guide. But if you like learning from youtube videos Casey Muratori has some decent streams about this stuff on his Handmade Hero channel. The 3Blue1Brown channel also has some relevant videos.

If you've never written a standalone software-rendered ray tracer, I found that to be a very useful exercise early on. There are plenty of tutorials for those on the interwebs.

[samvher]

Not the person you responded to but I found this course to be very good: https://www.edx.org/course/computer-graphics-2