Tony Harmer

Tony Harmer

About

Chief Enchantments Officer at Wizardry Ltd, Tony Harmer (a.k.a The Design Ninja) is a creative Swiss-army-knife and learning-content author with a three-plus-decade career that has given him a broad experience base to draw upon including some time as a press operator, several years as a concept artist in IP development, several more as an instructor in many applications, delivering graphic production training worldwide, and a few more as a specialist solutions consultant for Adobe. He is the author of several video titles for LinkedIn Learning (formerly lynda.com) as well as running a growing channel on YouTube.

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CreativePro Week 2025
June 2–6Now Available On Demand

Available for purchase through September 6. On-demand access ends June 6, 2026. CreativePro Week is the world’s best how-to conference to master the tools of…

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How to Create Layered Font Styles in Illustrator

Learn how to create a font style that has the appearance of a stackable, layered font in Illustrator and save that style to apply to type over and over.

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How to Use the Curvature Pen Tool for Easier Drawing in Illustrator

Learn about Illustrator’s better pen tool that takes the hassle out of drawing perfect curves.

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How to Use and Edit Multipart Fonts

See how to take advantage of multipart fonts in your designs

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How to Use Symbols to Update Artwork Quickly in Illustrator

Learn how to use symbols in Illustrator to create instances of artwork that can be customized individually but still be globally updated.

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How to Create a Pencil Drawing Effect Quickly in Photoshop

In this Three Minutes Max video, Tony Harmer demos an easy way in Photoshop to create a pencil drawing effect from a photo. By combining blend modes, gaussian blur, and the oil paint effect, he achieves the pencil-drawn look with just one layer and a Photoshop smart object. Three Minutes Max comes from a fun—yet […]

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CPW Icons

June 29–July 3, 2026

Nashville, TN (and online)