Lots of cool picture brushes. Would be great for creating banners and headers.

http://www.brushking.eu/

Yay shapes = yay vectors! Lots of benefits to shapes over brushes.

http://tutorialblog.org/free-photoshop-shapes/

10 Sweet GIMP Photo Editing Tricks

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/10_sweet_gimp_photo_editing_tricks_wean_you_photoshop

Some of these are cool and some (I think) are pretty ugly. But, sometimes ugly is beautiful. At least that's the concept for some of my icons (but then again, sometimes ugly is just ugly). OK - here's the link:

http://www.noupe.com/fonts/45-outstanding-free-vintage-fonts.html

27 Best WebSites to Download Free Seamless Patterns

http://dzineblog.com/2009/09/27-best-websites-to-download-free-seamless-patterns.html

155+ Free Grungy And Beautiful Bokeh Textures

The article describes bokeh as "fuzzy" or the out of focus part of a photograph. Doesn't sound interesting? Yes it is!

http://www.littleboxofideas.com/blog/freebies/155-free-grungy-and-beautiful-bokeh-textures

Love script fonts! Love most fonts :)

http://thinkdesignblog.com/typography-20-free-high-quality-script-fonts.htm

49 Amazing Resouces for Free Vector Graphics

http://speckyboy.com/2009/09/18/49-amazing-resources-for-free-vector-graphics/

Vector graphics should look perfect at just about any size. They are so cool!

250+ FREE stock photo sites

http://mediamilitia.com/250-free-stock-photography-sites/

Two posts in one day - what's wrong with me? (This is a rhetorical question although you can answer if you want:)

I love serif fonts even though they are a bit out of style.

http://woork.blogspot.com/2009/09/10-beautiful-and-free-must-have-serif.html

Hey - anybody out there?

Another batch of sites for textures. You never know what you might want for a background!

http://ae.tutsplus.com/articles/roundup/44-killer-free-textures-sites/

Professional Photoshop Disasters

http://creativenerds.co.uk/inspiration/30-horrific-commercial-photoshop-disasters/

eeeeek!

20 Dingbat Fonts That Are Actually Useful (I haven't used them - I am just taking the author's word for it)

http://webdesignledger.com/freebies/20-dingbat-fonts-that-are-actually-useful

What it says up there in the title!

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/40-free-unique-cartoon-and-comic-fonts/

I love these. I need to start making more headers and banners though - usually these don't show up well on icons!

http://spyrestudios.com/32-trashy-and-distorted-fonts-for-you-next-grungy-design/

100+ Photoshop Lighting Effects Tutorials

http://www.photoshopmosaic.com/Photoshop-tutorials/Tag/lighting/1

Let there be light!!!

Never use them - have no idea how to really. I should read this article!

Mastering Photoshop with Paths
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/18/mastering-photoshop-with-paths/

A review and link to a bunch of NEW free fonts. Some really interesting stuff here!

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/07/beautiful-new-free-fonts-for-your-designs/

Cool - for Photoshop!!!

http://digg.com/design/40_Really_Useful_Photoshop_Text_Effect_Tutorials

You can never have too many grunge tutorials and these are really super!

http://tutorialblog.org/grunge-photoshop-tutorials/