I’m currently working on a redesign of my portfolio, so I’ve been doing a bit of research into current trends, techniques and basically looking for some great inspiration. The following is a collection of great resources and some stunning examples from both studios and individuals. While I believe the star of the show should be the work itself, the portfolio needs to tie it all together and take the user on a journey.

To be honest I’m a little daunted as the benchmark is pretty high. The old version of my portfolio is here. Hopefully it’s not long before the new one is ready.

Resources
12 Tips for Creating a Great Portfolio Site
Portfolio Design Study – Another great deconstruction by Smashing Magazine.
10 Cool Photo Portfolio and Gallery Wordpress Themes
60+ Helpful Resources for Portfolio Design
Design a Textured Portfolio Site Layout Using Photoshop
Five Popular Design Portfolio Website Styles
Top 10 Portfolio Faux Pas
How to Design a One-Page Portfolio in Photoshop
Stacey, Simplified portfolios

Examples
6 Absolutely Stunning Design Portfolios
50 Beautiful and Creative Portfolios
50 Fresh Portfolio Websites for Your Inspiration
Elliot Jay Stocks – I’ve always been a fan of Elliot’s work. His new website is awesome.
Purple Rock Scissors
Five Popular Design Portfolio Website Styles
Marius Roosendaal – I love the way the theme changes depending upon the time of day.
STUDIO7DESIGNS
Travis Isaacs | My Life In Pixels
45royale Inc.

UPDATE: Elliot Jay Stocks also has a 2 part screencast on how to design a portfolio site.
UPDATE: Smashing Magazine’s  Showcase of Case Studies in Design Portfolios
UPDATE: Ready-made portfolios Hosted Portfolio Roundup on Heavy Backpack

Retouching
Create Retro Pop Art
Actions to Enhance your Photos
Navigation and Typography
Techniques for creating buttons, navigation typography etc
Navigation Menu Tutorials
Text Effect Tutorials
Layouts
Business Layout Tutorial
Web Layout Tutorials
Paths and Icons
Mastering Paths in Photoshop
Creating High Quality Design Icons
General
Large collection of Photoshop tutorial
Website Design Tutorials
Web Layout Tutorials
Tutorials on PSD to XHTML Conversion
Shortcuts
Adobe Shortcut App for Creative Suite

CSS Tutorials
5 Different Tutorials Of Creating Dynamic CSS Round Corners Link Buttons
14 Easy to Implement Drop Down Menu Solutions
CSS Sprites with Inline Images
Free Fonts and Icons
81 Pixel perfect Social Media Icons
15 Excellent serif fonts, free!
Colorful Vector Globes (9 Icons)
Photoshop & Illustrator Tutorials
20 Amazing Adobe Illustrator Tutorials for Creating Icon
21 Total Mayhem Photoshop Tutorials
22 Photoshop Web Design Interface Tutorial Sites
40 Incredibly Inspirational Retro & Vintage Photoshop Tutorials
52 Professional Website User Interface Photoshop Tutorials
90 New And High Quality Photoshop Web Layout Tutorials
How to Cut Out Images Like a Professional in Photoshop
The Ultimate Collection of The Best Grunge Photoshop Brushes

1. The Do’s and Don’ts of Modern Web Design
2. iPhone GUI PSD 3.0
3. HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR META TAGS
4. Dealing with Client Logo Design Quotes – Ask for a Budget
5. Mind the Web Gap, Please: Challenges in Bridging the Interactive Agency Divide
6. Twitter 101 for Business – A Special Guide
7. The Evolution of Blogging