Typography http://www.papress.com/thinkingwithtype
http://www.counterspace.us/typography/
Design basics http://gdbasics.com http://www.papress.com/thinkingwithtype/
Grids http://www.markboulton.co.uk/articles/detail/feeling_ your_way_around_grids/ http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/ five_simple_steps_to_designing_grid_systems_part_1/ http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/ five_simple_steps_to_designing_grid_systems_part_21/
Visual hierarchy http://gdbasics.com/index.php?s=hierarchy http://www.papress.com/thinkingwithtype/text/hierarchy.htm http:/www.viget.com/inspire/typography-tuesday-hierarchy http:/www.uie.com/articles/visible_narratives/
Type Specimen Books http://issuu.com/angelaahn/docs/typespecimenbook http://issuu.com/mguerrero/docs/cocijotype http://issuu.com/bryangelo/docs/type_specimen_book http://www.andymangold.com/clarendon-type-specimen-books/ http://silverbucklepress.library.wisc.edu/printworks/WoodTypeBook.html
Design http:/www.hillmancurtis.com/index.php?/film/view/artist_series/ http:/www.thedesignencyclopedia.org/
Illustrator Tutorials http://veerle.duoh.com/blog/archive-summary/category/Tutorials http://online.caup.washington.edu/courses/LarcWI01/ LARC440/illustrator_home.htm
Color http://worqx.com/color