Francesco di Pietro is an illustrator from Italy and he has created this really cool video tutorial or a sort of time-lapse video showing you how to draw a cool face illustration in Photoshop from scratch. The tutorial is called "wind blow tutorial" and it's definitely worth checking out.
For more information about Francesco, visit his DeviantArt profile. His portfolio is full of really cool illustrations.
The wallpaper of this week is a design created by Alexander "Diftnorm" Otto called Trust in Magic, and it was done fore the Keystone Design Union (KDU). Look closer and you'll find a lot of detailed objects in it.
For more information about Diftnorm visit his web site at http://www.diftnorm.com/
Desktop Version
The book suggestion of this week is about typography and it is an essential book for those starting out their design career or interested in learning the elements of this trade. The Elements of Typographic Style is the perfect book to start 2012 improving your design skills :)