http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/02/05/illustrator-tutorials-best-of/
some of interest:
Gigposter Design: The New Sex
Learn how to create an impressive gig poster design with Illustrator.
Pixels and Vectors Tutorial
The gap between working with pixels and vectors in Photoshop and Illustrator is closing rapidly, thanks to Smart Objects. Derek Lea explains all while creating a highly textured yet vector-sharp masterpiece.
Intricate Patterns In Illustrator Tutorial
This tutorial will show you how to create intricate patterns in Illustrator super quickly. Stuff that would take you hours to draw manually with the Pen Tool takes just seconds when you use this technique. Video-version is also available.
