Design Intellection

Really great website on design and excellent use of stylesheets.  Has a really nice Renaissance WordPress theme available for free.

http://designintellection.com/

Photoshop and Illustrator Stylized Backgrounds

This week we're going to combine Photoshop and Illustrator to produce
some very stylish background effects that would be difficult with just
one program alone. You'll see that, starting out with just a few simple
lines in Illustrator, we can use the Blend tool to create a very
popular effect that has a 3D feel to it. Then we'll move into Photoshop
and finish it off with the brushing and special effects that's made
Photoshop so popular. Let's get started.

http://www.peachpit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=photoshop&seqNum=426

Enhancing Hair in Photoshop

When it comes to improving portraits in Photoshop, we often think of
the facial features and skin as the main areas for improvement. But in
this week's video we're going to take a look at working with hair to
really help add more depth to a person's photo and build a more
dramatic look.

http://www.peachpit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=photoshop&seqNum=427