Graphic Design & illustration Courses in London
Bring your creative ideas to life with our range of specialist courses and workshops in graphic design and illustration. Unsure about what creative route to take? Then why not consider enrolling onto our introduction to graphic design and illustration course, where students are introduced to the fundamentals in both subjects, supporting them to identify the most appropriate progression route for their goals.
Our introductory stage courses will guide students through the creative processes involved, working through a series of creative projects and tasks, with one-to-one expert guidance. Students studying graphic design and illustration will analyse the ideas of some of the biggest designers in theses creative subjects and will obtain the skills required to make work like their favourite designers. Learn what being a designer is all about and leave with a professional portfolio of graphic design and illustration work.
Learn how to work to a creative brief as well as the generation and development of ideas through creative problem solving. Explore various approaches to drawing, typography, narrative and abstraction and different forms of communication using both hand and digital techniques and processes.
Our skills based workshops focus on particular elements within graphic design and illustration, and are perfect for students who have a specific project in mind or process they want to learn. From the A-Z of typography to Botanical illustration, our tutors will help students at every stage.
All our graphic design and illustration courses are delivered in our spacious digital studios that are fully equipped with the latest Adobe CC software, Apple Mac computers, laptops and printing facilities. Students at City Lit will have everything they need to achieve their creative ambitions.
Many of our courses are delivered online. For more information about our live online courses, please see our guide to online learning.
Any questions? Contact our visual arts team on visual.arts@citylit.ac.uk or call us on 020 7492 2700, Monday to Friday between 10am-12pm or 2pm-4pm.
- 50 projects in graphic designCourse start date: Tue 14 Dec 2021
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
With an emphasis on an experimental approach to generating images and visualising ideas, this fast moving graphic design course will unlock your creativity through a combination of hands-on and basic computer techniques using Adobe CC.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £152.00 - 50 projects in graphic design: intensiveCourse start date: Mon 10 Jan 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
50 projects in graphic design is a fast track introduction, with an emphasis on an experimental approach to generating images and visualising ideas. this fast moving graphic design course will unlock your creativity through a combination of hands-on and basic computer techniques using Adobe CC.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £188.00 - Explore illustrationCourse start date: Mon 17 Jan 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Discover what it means to be an illustrator, and the world of opportunities this offers you. This practical short course is a guided introduction to the world of illustration, and ideal if you are thinking about either starting Illustration or developing your practice.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00 - Make your own comic bookCourse start date: Tue 18 Jan 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Learn to develop the process of writing and drawing comic book pages and how to plan, create and draw comic book pages effectively. Plan a four page graphic story and complete one finished page on the course.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £91.00 - Explore graphic designCourse start date: Wed 19 Jan 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Explore Graphic Design is ideal for those interested in the subject, but don't know which course or direction is best for their interests and ambition. This single-session introduction course will support your next steps and help you find out which course is right for you.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00 - Graphic design for beginnersCourse start date: Wed 19 Jan 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
This introduction to graphic design will guide you through a series of creative exercises that focus on the basic design principles, enabling you to create exciting visual solutions by learning to take risks and push your ideas forward.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £140.00 - Introduction to graphic design and illustration
Course start date: Thu 20 Jan 2022 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Are you interested in graphic design, illustration or both? Want to explore this further? For those with little or no experience and an enthusiasm for visual communication and graphic image.
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This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £188.00 - Graphic novels and comic book artCourse start date: Mon 24 Jan 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Learn the process of writing and drawing comic books and develop skills in planning, creating and drawing effective comic book pages. On this practical course you'll plan a graphic story and execute one finished page.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £115.00 - Illustration projects 1Course start date: Mon 24 Jan 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Come on an image-making illustrative journey where you will explore a variety of media, techniques and processes. Through exercises, workshops and set briefs you will discover your unique voice and learn how to express it through image. Illustration project will enable you to start positioning your work in the context of industry and learning how to engage with it. This course is suitable for anyone who enjoys the process of making imagery. There is no right or wrong, just your way.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £729.00 Senior fee £583.00 Concession £445.00 - Graphic design projects 2Course start date: Wed 26 Jan 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
City Lit Graphic Design Part 2 provides an opportunity to pursue your enthusiasm for visual communication, developing existing design skills by taking creative risks, engage in experimental approaches to design briefs, enhance creative thinking skills and gain an insight and understanding of contemporary design practices.
It is still possible to join the course at this stage if you have not completed Part 1, however you will need to have some prior knowledge of the basic principles used in design and prior experience using the Adobe software programmes; InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £709.00 Senior fee £567.00 Concession £432.00 - Get skills in: botanical illustrationCourse start date: Thu 27 Jan 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Botanical illustration is both an art form and a means of scientific engagement. Learn about depicting form, colour and differences in plant species with precision and detail on this studio and location-based course.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £91.00 - Illustration for advertising and editorialCourse start date: Tue 15 Feb 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Develop a body of creative ideas and illustration work, exploring how illustration is used within advertising. Examine and create exciting eidtorial content, bringin image and text to life on a page. Work across analalogue and digital processes including scanning, digital image manipulation and printing.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £91.00 - How to be a designer: developing personal projectsCourse start date: Sun 20 Feb 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
How to be a designer is intended for students who may have had some art and design training or who are keen to develop their own working practises further within the context of graphic design projects. It will challenge you to have agency with the design methods, to engage your interests in fresh perspectives and designed outcomes, and seek to support your own folios of work.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £140.00 - Get skills in: Typography and working with typeCourse start date: Wed 2 Mar 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Unlock your creativity and kick start an experimental approach to producing your own exciting typography based design solutions. Learn some of the key fundamentals in working with type as a designer.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £91.00 - Illustration for beginnersCourse start date: Thu 3 Mar 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Learn to communicate ideas through image making. Create a body of illustration work using a variety of traditional and contemporary tools and techniques including collage, cut outs, drawing, paint, 3D objects and digital.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £140.00
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