Tutorial References:
You will find good tutorials listed here, however the web is filled with thousands of great sites that I have not mentioned here. Also understand that a lot of these sites house both Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials, so if you like a site, look around and see if you can find tutorials for both programs.
I have no affiliation with any of the web sites listed below.
Photoshop tutorials are listed first and Illustrator are below.
Photoshop
1 Laurie McCanna’s Photoshop tutorials: Great for beginners, quick and easy steps, loads fast.
http://www.mccannas.com/pshop/photosh0.htm
2 Elated: Boring looking cite but great for basics and stuff you should know but have forgotten!
http://www.elated.com/tutorials/graphics/photoshop/
3 Photoshop Café: Probably one of the best Tutorial web sites for begginers and intermediate.
http://www.photoshopcafe.com
Handson:
http://www.handson.nu/
4 PegaWeb: Tutorial
http://www.pegaweb.com/
5 PhotoShop Lover: Tutorial
http://www.pslover.com/tutorials/basics/1
7 Eye-Ball Design: Cool examples of Photoshop effects, Check them out in this portfolio area
http://eyeball-design.com/portfolio.php
9 Hands-on: Cool Graphics with text, can be a little confusing until you get used to the layout.
http://www.handson.nu/
10 **Planet Photoshop: Great site for tutorials, and Video Tutorials, use head phones, this site is a must.
http://planetphotoshop.com/
11 Good-Tutorials: Another great tutorial web site
http://www.good-tutorials.com/
12 Absolute Cross: Good tutorial site, easy and advanced tutorials
http://www.absolutecross.com/tutorials/photoshop/
13 Adobe: This is Adobe Photoshop’s web site, it can be a little confusing at first but is a great site for many tutorials, cool effects from the people who created Photoshop. As well as galleries of artists who use photoshop.
http://studio.adobe.com/us/search/sort?sort=topic&product=15&topic=0&&level=all&x=8&y=6#
14 Tutorialized: Basic Tutorial website, Try it out you never know! After you select a tutorial you may have to click on some text in the upper right hand corner that says,”click here if you can’t open this tutorial” and it will open up.
http://www.tutorialized.com/
15 The Photoshop RoadMap: Great site! I know I say that a lot, but it is very informative and has a ton of stuff to do. However you may have to do a lot clicking to eventually get what you want, but it’s worth the clicking.
http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-tutorials
16 Mike’s Sketchpad: No thumbnails to look at before you choose, but pretty good directions, easy to follow.
http://www.sketchpad.net/photoshp.htm
17 Photoshop 101: Nice quick site, good tutorials that are easy to read and follow, good visuals to help you along. Use the buttons on the right side of the page to select different types of tutorials.
http://www.photoshop101.com/
18 Designer today: No thumbs to look at sorry, but good explanations once you get in the tutorial.
http://www.designertoday.com/Tutorials/Photoshop.aspx
19 Tutorial Kit: Great site again! Look towards the middle of the page for latest tutorial postings and the top left for categories of archived lists.
http://www.tutorialkit.com/
20 Total Tutorials: Good site, more playful designs. You need to look at the main part of the page for latest tutorial submissions and the top left of the page for catagories.
http://www.totaltutorials.com/
21 Photoshop Lab: Shows shortcuts, very good tips. You must use the Photoshop button you see, it is a keyboard and gives you ooptions in tiny lettering under the picture to go to shortcuts, tools, tutorials or beginners. Excellent site.
http://www.photoshoplab.com/tutorials/
24 Pragt: Another good site. Explore and don’t get frustrated. By this point youo probably aren’t listening to me anymore anyway!
http://home.zonnet.nl/epragt/tutorials/photoshop/index.jsp.htm
25 Lunacore: Good looking site. Good directions. Should keep you busy.
http://www.lunacore.com/photoshop/tutorials/tutorials.shtml
26 The Photoshop Bible: Awesome site! If you like cars you’ll love this site. Pay attentions to the link on the left under glossary and stuff for a link to high resolution car photos!
http://www.digimods.co.uk/tutorials/tutorials.htm
Illustrator
http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-illustrator-cs6/
http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/illustrator-cs6-tutorials/
http://vector.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/adobe-illustrator-cs6-tutorials-available-on-vectortuts/
http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-tips/quick-tip-how-to-create-a-seamless-pattern-in-adobe-illustrator-cs6/
http://infiniteskills.com/blog/category/adobe-illustrator-cs6/
http://layersmagazine.com/category/tutorials/illustrator
http://www.yvelledesigneye.com/2012/06/15/cs6-illustrator-tutorials-tips-tricks/