Digital Fashion Level 2

Overview
Digital Fashion Level 2 builds on the foundation from Level 1 and moves your designs into Adobe Illustrator, the software fashion houses rely on for clean technical drawings and production ready flats. Over 30 hours at CIS College, you will trace your Photoshop sketches, master technical drawing for both the front and back of a garment, and learn to represent real construction details such as stitches, darts, and pleats.
By the end of the course you will be able to draw a complete outfit as both a flat sketch and a full technical drawing, the exact deliverable fashion studios expect from a digital fashion design specialist.
What You Will Learn
- Work confidently in Illustrator using the pen tool and core drawing tools
- Trace Photoshop artwork and hand sketches into clean vector line work
- Group, blend, and align elements using Illustrator’s production tools
- Draw accurate technical drawings for both the front and back of a garment
- Represent construction details such as stitches, darts, elastic waist, and pleats
- Draw asymmetric hems, cuts, and varying garment lengths
- Produce a full technical drawing of a jacket, including buttons and cuts
- Deliver a complete outfit as both a flat sketch and a technical drawing
Course Curriculum
| Module | What you cover | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Illustrator Interface and Pen Tool | Exploring the Illustrator workspace and drawing shapes with the pen tool | 3 |
| Tracing and Print Quality | Tracing Photoshop artwork in Illustrator and saving high quality print files | 3 |
| Sketch Tracing and Live Trace | Transferring hand sketches into Illustrator and using the live trace tool | 3 |
| Grouping and Basic Garment Tracing | Grouping, blending, pathfinder, and align tools; tracing basic garment pieces | 3 |
| Technical Drawing: Front | Continuing garment tracing and technical drawing for the front of a piece | 3 |
| Technical Drawing: Back | Technical drawing for the back, grouping lines, and checking front to back match | 3 |
| Construction Details | Representing stitches, darts, elastic waist, and pleats in technical drawings | 3 |
| Advanced Silhouette Details | Drawing ruffles and pieces with asymmetric hems, lengths, and cuts | 3 |
| Jacket Technical Drawing | Drawing a jacket as a technical drawing, including buttons and cuts | 3 |
| Full Outfit Capstone | Drawing a complete outfit as a flat and a technical drawing using every technique learned | 3 |
Who This Course Is For
- Digital Fashion Level 1 graduates, or students already comfortable with Photoshop fashion sketching
- Designers who want to produce professional technical drawings and production ready flats
- Anyone preparing a portfolio for a role as a digital fashion design specialist
Certification
On completing this course, you receive a certificate recognized by Lebanon’s General Directorate of Vocational and Technical Education (DGVTE).
Target audiences
- Digital Fashion Level 1 graduates
- Designers preparing production ready technical drawings
Requirements
- Completion of Digital Fashion Level 1, or basic Photoshop fashion sketching experience