Going with the same theme as the advice I gave above I'd suggest visiting Nettut...

		TomOfTTB on April 4, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Recommendations on Learning Photoshop? Going with the same theme as the advice I gave above I'd suggest visiting Nettuts Vector/Illustrator site: http://vector.tutsplus.com/ They posted a tutorial just today that would probably teach you a good 80% of what you need to know: http://tinyurl.com/3vo3cqv

Fantastic. Thank you, good sir.