First look at winning magazine covers
http://www.photoshopcafe.com/contests/contest-2-finalists.htm
Complete 5 of the tutorials on
the following page:
(You are required to complete the
3D Cube in Photoshop
Choose an additional 4:
http://www.photoshopcafe.com/tutorials.htm
or
search for other tutorials
Some sites are:
http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-tutorials/Textures-and-backgrounds
Video tutorials can be found at:
http://www.photoshopkillertips.com/
http://www.photoflashgraphics.com/
tutorials_index.htm
http://www.adesdesign.net/
php/photoshop.php
http://www.graphics-world.com/tutorials/
http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorials/photoshop
http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorial/3D-Ball/7878
http://www.photoshoptechniques.com/
texp/fireptk.php#
Be sure to save the photoshop work in
the Tutorials on PhotoShop folder
version in each of the tutorial folders:

Be sure to save for web the final
picture in the final assignments folder
named
Tutorials with the following file
names:
Last Name-Name of
tutorial 3-D Cube in PhotoShop
Last Name - Rollover Effects
Last Name - Name of Tutorial
Last Name - Name of Tutorial
Last Name - Name of Tutorial
No credit will be given unless
your work is shown in psd format, with all the layers, in your individual
tutorial folders.