any one know any good sites for psp8 tutorials??

jenny has some good tutorials on her page. its v.7 tutorials but both versions 7 and 8 have pretty much the same things. Jennyspage (http://jennyspage.net/tutorials.html)

and also where can i d/l psp8 brushes and how would i install and use them?

u can download some brushes from here (http://www.darianbc.com/brushes.htm) and here (geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/4548/heat9.html) and here (jansdesigns.com/brushes.html) and here (ftmagic.com/brushes.html) and here (valsvisions.com/brushes/). :D

You can also get some very good ones Here (http://www.dorkstar.net/content/brushes/).