Sketching should always come before the wireframe stage. Wireframes are more of a refinement of the ideas formed during the sketching process and dictates the finer details of a user interface. There is a common misconception that sketches and wireframes are the same however, they are not. This helps you worry less on design aesthetics and focus more on rapid formulation of ideas. The idea is to keep your sketches fast, rough and dirty. Using something permanent like a pen or marker is best. Sketches can be easily created using pen and paper or a whiteboard. Sketching is only to help explore and explain design concepts. The beauty of sketching is that you are not required to be an artist to produce them. Sketching is not just limited to designers, it occurs in many careers that require something to get built. Sketching ideas are the first steps in the design process and something every designer should do. Sketching helps you extract numerous ideas out quickly before you enter into a graphics editor to start designing the look and feel. Research is where the initial ideas begin to build, so that you can envision what you are designing. This method often led me to designing websites with terrible user experiences! Sketching helps discover potential issues and solutions early, prior to starting the design and development stages.īefore sketching, you need to have a clear understanding of the problem you are solving or the business objective for something new you are designing. In the early stages of my web design career, I would start designing directly in Photoshop without any planning. Sketches help to convey ideas, demonstrate functionality, visualize user flow, and illustrate anything that requires human interaction. What my coworkers may not realize is that these sketches are an important part of the design and development process. “Nice drawings!“ This is a typical comment I hear when a team member sees my sketches spread across my desk.
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