those are some great graphics

via | Behance

detail:

this doesn’t look that great this small, but click thru to deviantArt to see it big here >>

it’s pretty detailed design work. pretty rad, no?

via | deviantArt

checkout the website of Rubens LP

via |  Design Diary

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.

http://www.killerstartups.com/Web20/dezignus–Find-Designs-Clipart-Vectors/

from the site:

Dezignus surf the web to give you the best design source links! Icons, brushes and shapes, tutorials and books, vector and other stuff. This site exist thanks to Google Adsence. As for me, sponsor’s sites one of the best way to find fresh links for you.

There is some cool freely download-able stuff on here. I would be cautious about using any of it for commercial purposes though.