Don't want to spend all that money on Photoshop? There is a free alternative, GIMP, or GNU Image Manipulation Program. A good alternative with a lot of support and plenty of tutorials to help you learn GIMP. Here is a list of a few GIMP Tutorials. Most of the sites these GIMP tutorials are on have many other tutorials. These should be enough to get you started though.

GIMP Tutorial - The User Interface

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If you haven't seen these rap videos by Poetic Prophet, aka SEO Rapper, you've gotta watch, or at least listen, to them. This guy is actually rapping about web design and search engine optimization, and they are full of good information. All the lyrics are posted on YouTube, just click (More info) on the right just below the users info - in case you can't keep up with what he is saying.

He has a few other videos…
Link Building 101 Rap
Paid Search 101 Rap
Social Media Addiction Rap
Conversion Closing Rap
Worth a watch and you might actually learn something.

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A list of 5 freelance discussion areas. Check out these freelancing forums to find out more about the business of freelancing and the skills it takes to be a freelancer. If you're serious about starting a career in freelancing, forums are a great place to get insight from people that are already in the business. You get real people talking about techniques they use, pricing, tools, contracts, getting paid, all the things you need to think about before jumping into the business.

talkfreelance

A very developed forum. There are over 14,000 members and over 400,000 posts. The forum is broken down into 6 sections: Information - general news and feedback, Marketplace - buy/sell and services offered/wanted, Design, Web Site Development, Management, Marketing, and Monetizing - a good place for a beginner freelancer to browse, and Community. I really enjoy browsing this forum - there is a lot of great information and it is one of the best designs I've seen.

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A good list of Photoshop brushes to help you with your design needs.

High-res Floral Photoshop Brushes

from bittbox

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A list of 12 subscription based magazines - the real-life ones not just on the Internet - for the graphic design, web design, and print industry. If you are looking for some inside information or tips and tricks in one of those industries check out these magazines.

Communication Arts

"[Communication Arts] is the largest creative magazine in the world and showcases the top work in graphic design, advertising, illustration, photography and interactive design."

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