I am just now broadening my skills set by digging into Illustrator CS2. I've used Illustrator before, but juuuuuust enough to do what I needed to do, then I'd get out.

So, really, once LOST and HEROES are finished for the season, I am gonna get back into my art. No, really....

Now, I am really wanting to do some learning. So, I will be posting Illustrator tutorials and resources I think will teach me a few things (and you too, maybe).

Go MediaZine - I don't know how I managed to never run across this site, but it is simply amazing. They really want you to learn how to do things (not only in software, but like sketch on paper). I can see myself losing hours just reading this site without even opening Illustrator. Here are a few pages I like:

Beautiful Vector Illustration

From Sketch to Vector Illustration

Gigposter Design

Kuler Color Harmonies - Actually it doesn't seem to have a name, but it does give you color harmonies, and it is on a site called Kuler. So, whatever it is, it is very handy!

Illustrator How-To: Drawing with Naturalistic Pen, Ink & Wash - This is inspiring, hey maybe I really CAN do this!

Creating Line Drawings in Adobe Illustrator - Dani Draws (as mentioned before) is a great place to point your browser when you need a "you can do it" fix. Why? Because she shows you every step, and shares her settings. She really leave you with no excuse for not getting started (yet I still find them).

Veerle's Blog - Like Dani, Veerle is very generous in sharing her knowledge of Illustrator. There are so many things I'd like to link to on her site, but will limit it to a few.

Illustrator Art Brushes

Illustration, from sketch to finish - Part One

Anton's Artcasts - I have not had time to watch these, but I am looking forward to it - in #8 he draws colors Claire Bennett from HEROES. Again, not Illustrator, but learning to be had here!

Drawing a Cow in Illustrator Tutorial - Just what it says.

Digital Breadcrumbs - Not sure if this is mostly Illustrator, but I need to come back to the site. The author is showing us their progress as they build their skills.

Parable Forums - Check out the "Gaining More" forum where artists are posting their work for critique.

I don't own Adobe Creative Suite 3 (CS3) but I know there has been a lot of debate about the icons Adobe selected. I have no opinion. Still, I am sure when I get CS3, I will be considering these replacement icons. This list was inspired by this post on the photoshopsupport.com blog.

Brett's Work In Progress set

Adam Betts' set (which uses the style of the CS3 box art) for the Apple Dock (he has a few PS tutorials too)

The Window port of the above set by the-ace

Louie Mantia's set (similar to the above, but cool in a different way) who has other way cool icons

KoreGraphik has a set based on the official CS3 icons, but enhances them

Also:
Watercolor and Splatter Brushes (free) from BittBox (go there for great Illustrator tutes)

Blog of Adobe's John Knack

Creating a candle/match glow in PS (I needed this a week ago!)

This was fun to make!