About
Tony Harmer is an artist, author and occasional voice actor who moonlights as a technical creative wizard. A well-known international speaker and educator, Tony is a seasoned speaker at events such as CreativePro Week, and Adobe MAX. His mischievous approach to teaching is core to his belief that applied in the correct way, humour is a great hook for learning and it has earned him a small army of fans worldwide. By that of course, I mean in number, not in height or age—just to be clear. Tony’s only flaw perhaps, is that he doesn’t pay his bio writers very much, or on time. I may as well be working on Fiverr. Anyway, that aside, he’s a good dude (for a Brit) who knows a lot of stuff and quite often gets a giggle or three out of it too. You’ll learn lots from him.
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CreativePro Week 2025
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See all articlesHow 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.
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.
How to Use and Edit Multipart Fonts
See how to take advantage of multipart fonts in your designs
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.
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 […]
