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Make Your Own Sketch Sitemap Template

Design templates really come in handy when you’re on a deadline. Anything that speeds up your workflow can help you juggle your workload better. In this post I’ll show you how to make your own Sketch sitemap template, or you can download mine below for your own use if you want. Why Make Your Own […]

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Mobile App Prototypes Using Sketch And Framer

Recently I’ve been experimenting with Framer, a prototyping tool that plays beautifully with Sketch. The two apps are a powerhouse duo for mobile app design. In this post I’ll take you through the steps I took to build a prototype of “Spork”, a fictitious iPhone app for foodies. While Sketch just announced its own prototyping […]

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How To Make Annotated Wireframes In Sketch

I finally switched to Sketch for wireframes after using Omnigraffle for over 10 years. I’m a bit late to the Sketch party, but I have a good reason 🙂 Until now I wasn’t able to create annotated wireframes quickly using Sketch. It was just faster and easier to stay with Omnigraffle. In this post I’ll […]

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Memorizing Sketch Keyboard Shortcuts

A big part of getting good at any design software is memorizing keyboard shortcuts. Using the keyboard instead of your mouse not only saves time and wrist fatigue, it frees you up so you can stay in a state of flow. Sketch is no different. As I’m working through the Learn UI Design course, I’m […]

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Why I’m Doubling Down On UI Design

What if you could learn UI design skills on top of your UX chops without going crazy? Think of UX design as “how something works”, and UI design as “how something looks”. The industry constantly confuses these two disciplines, which are really sister skill sets. Being able to do both well enables you to design […]

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