Fashion Illustration Online Short Course
Course description
Course overview
On this fashion illustration online course you will work with a professional illustrator who will help you find your own visual language and unlock your creativity through drawing, from concept to completion.
Each week you will meet online for lively sessions with your tutor and a small group of like-minded students. You will learn new techniques, gain inspiration and practical insight from the work of great illustrators, practice your skills, and share your work for constructive discussion and feedback. You will be guided through a series of tutorials and practical assignments that will help you execute new designs, concepts and ideas.
You will work with a range of mediums including ink, markers, watercolours, crayons and pastels, collage, digital and mixed media, and will learn how to sketch and draw with greater confidence. You will learn how to illustrate the human body, and how to draw fashion garments and clothes.
By the end of the course, you will have developed and refined your personal style of illustration and created a range of expressive pieces to add to your portfolio. You will have new skills that will make you a better illustrator, and which can be applied to the development of fashion designs more generally. And you will be able to take pride in being able to realise your visual ideas more accurately and with greater expertise.
Who this course is for
The course is ideal for creative individuals and aspiring illustrators who are looking to increase their current portfolio or who are looking to find expression through another medium.
It would also be an excellent fit for fashion designers who want to develop their sketching and illustrating skills.
Key information
Topics covered
- Understanding the role of a fashion illustrator
- Developing your fashion illustration vocabulary
- Interpreting concepts and ideas
- How to develop your personal illustrating style
- Help with composition and design concepts
- Working with tone, line and negative space
- Using design for mixed media including digital and animation illustration
- Working with traditional mediums such as pastels and watercolour
- Exploring colour and using your personal colour palette
- The importance of keeping a sketchbook
- How to utilise collage
- How to use and control ink
- How to explore the next steps with fashion illustration
Learning outcomes
- Gain an understanding of:
- How to create your own personalised drawing style
- Incorporating structured composition into your designs
- Using multiple mediums to create artwork
- How to utilise traditional methods such as ink, watercolour and pastels
- Using your creativity to create original designs
- How to use your designs to build up your portfolio
- Using original concepts and themes
- Critiquing your work and others within the group
- Receive a digital badge and certificate of attendance
Materials
Please have the following materials to hand for the first class:
- A3 Cartridge Pad
- Graphite Stick
- Soft pencils B2 B4 and such
- Set of markers, skin tone and colour
- Watercolour pencils
- Watercolours
- Acrylic or Gouache
- Ink
- Set of pastels, oil or soft
- Brushes
- Any other art materials, pens and markers
- Fashion magazines, printouts, colour paper etc.
- iPad or Mobile Phone
- Glue stick/PVA
- Masking tape/Washi tape
Please see our Guide to taking online short courses
Tutor
Ana Stankovic-Fitzgerald
Ana Stankovic-Fitzgerald is a lecturer in BA (Hons) Fashion Imaging and Illustration at LCF, an artist, and a Senior Fellow in Higher Education. She studied drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade, where she earned an MA in Fine Art Painting.
Ana has taught at UAL since 2003, developing innovative approaches to drawing, illustration, and visual communication. A pioneer in inclusive digital learning, she designed one of UAL’s first fully online creative courses in Fashion Illustration, establishing new models for analogue-digital integration. Her teaching and creative practice explore contemporary approaches to drawing and image-making, combining traditional methods with emerging technologies through experimental, student-centred practices.
She has designed and delivered courses for London College of Fashion, Central Saint Martins, and Nottingham Trent University, and collaborated with institutions including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Design Museum, Fashion Space Gallery, Clerkenwell Design Week, and the Royal Collection, creating bespoke public engagement programmes. Ana has also led masterclasses for numerous international universities in China, Denmark, and the UAE. Her work has been published in Visual Research Methods in Fashion (Berg, 2011) and Technical Drawing for Fashion (Laurence King, 2012). It has been selected for Best of British Illustration and exhibited in the UK and internationally, including at the Royal College of Art.
Tina Davis
Tina Davis studied BA Textiles and Fashion, specialising in knitwear, at Winchester School Of Art. Gaining over 18 years of experience as a designer, including freelancing and successfully running her own Knitwear and Trend forecasting company alongside creating a clothing and accessories label selling in department stores across London, New York and Hong Kong. For many years her designs have been exhibited at trade shows internationally and she has collaborated with many established designers worldwide. Tina is passionate about art and the creative processes involved in all areas of design and is focused on inspiring and teaching others. Running workshops and tutoring students of all ages and abilities to support and inspire, while introducing practical and technical skills.
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