Hide SP 2010 Page Layout Metadata – WebControls
How to add “Hidden” metadata to your page layouts so that they are only visible when editing the page, also provides the specific field names for the most common SharePoint 2010 base columns and web controls.
Display user profile picture next to welcome name
Here is a simple way to add in the logged in users profile picture right before or after the users name in the SharePoint 2010 ribbon.
Announcing : zevenseas Classic Theme
Using the 2007 theme engine in SharePoint 2010.
Real World Branding with SharePoint 2010 Publishing Sites
Publishing sites use master pages, page layouts, Web Parts, and cascading style sheets (.css files) to enable designers and developers to create branded websites with designs that can rival those of many current and popular websites today. This article focuses on the mechanics of properly planning and creating a design for an external, Internet-facing website with a publishing site.
Four Levels of SharePointBranding
The SharePoint branding experience broken down to four levels.
Real World Branding with SharePoint Server 2007 Publishing Sites
Extensive MSDN articles on branding and customizing SharePoint.
SharePoint’s Branding Limitations, Part 1
Very comprehensive first part of an article series focussed on stylesheets and what you can do with them in a SharePoint environment.
Update: Here are the other parts: