Introduction to Fashion Illustration - July 2026

Learn the fundamentals of fashion illustration through a blend of traditional and digital techniques.

Professional Academy for Creative Enterprise (PACE) onsite courses offer a range of in-person teaching and learning experiences at our University of Leeds campus.  

This hands-on course introduces essential skills in hand drawing and digital drawing. Ideal for those exploring fashion design, the sessions combine guided demonstrations with practical workshops to help learn the essential skills to produce fashion illustrations.

What Will You Learn?
The core principles and techniques of fashion illustration, including how to develop figure templates and poses by hand.

Key technical terms and concepts used in the field of fashion design illustration.

Methods for creating digital fashion illustrations using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

How to integrate hand-drawn and digital techniques to produce cohesive visual work.

Strategies for evaluating, refining, and experimenting with various illustration styles and presentation formats.

The process of turning creative ideas into polished, portfolio-ready fashion illustrations.

Led by Jeffrey Thorpe, Principal Teaching Fellow in Fashion Design.

Find out more and sign up here.