How to Draw Quick, Useful UI Sketches

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Quick, Useful UI Sketches April 12, 2014 #LEANUX14

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Lane Halley [email protected] @thinknow

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@thinknow • Why sketch? • Types of sketches • Sketching materials • Grids & functional groupings • Your personal UI shorthand Today you will learn

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@thinknow “A sketch is a rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not usually intended as a finished work.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketch_%28drawing%29

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@thinknow • Record what you see • Explore ideas quickly • Demonstrate ideas to others Why sketch?

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@thinknow http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Rocket_to_the_Moon

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@thinknow Sketching is a core design skill

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@thinknow Many kinds of sketches • Visual recording • Sketchnotes • Storyboards • Concept sketches • UI sketches

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@thinknow Visual Recording @thinknow Sketchnote by @deanmeistr http://leanuxnyc.co/nyc/a-visual-recording-of-leanuxnyc/

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@thinknow Sketch by @iamctodd https://twitter.com/iamctodd/status/322818463712284672/photo/1 Sketchnote

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@thinknow http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3224/3634514075_ce82b9eedc_o.jpg Storyboard @thinknow

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@thinknow Concept sketches @thinknow

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@thinknow Sketch by @rayraydel https://www.flickr.com/photos/rayraydel/3868485532/ UI sketch

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@thinknow UI sketching is a core skill for product teams

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@thinknow UI sketches help teams • Explore options quickly • Externalize thinking • Share understanding • Feel ownership

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@thinknow “The way to have product team members trust each other and get along is to have them sketch together.” Joshua Porter @bokardo http://bokardo.com/archives/the-importance-of-sketching-in-product-design/

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@thinknow Sketching helps everyone be on the same page

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@thinknow Everyone can draw Be fearless!

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@thinknow Drawing Tools

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@thinknow Surfaces • Printer paper • Grid paper • Whiteboard • Notebook(s) • Sketch sheets

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@thinknow The right notebook? @thinknow

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@thinknow http://sneakpeekit.com/ Wireframe browser Multi-layout Wireframe iPhone Quick Sketch iPad Quick Sketch free downloadable sketch sheets

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@thinknow Reverse wireframing • Quickly sketch existing UIs • See and understand UIs better • Separate sketching from design

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@thinknow Semantic sketching • Headings • Body copy • Images • Controls • Form elements

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@thinknow sketch by @rohdesign https://www.flickr.com/photos/rohdesign/3307874546/ Headings Body copy Button Image

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@thinknow Personal UI shorthand • Representative (not literal) • Fast • Versatile • Structure, hierarchy, relationships • NOT visual design

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@thinknow Sketch by @chrisrisdon http://www.flickr.com/photos/32783264@N08/4587209002 Another shorthand sketch

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@thinknow The pencil has great dynamic range. Your lines can be faint or strong, thick or thin

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@thinknow http://blog.alesandrini.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pencils.jpg http://learntoart.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/pencil-hardness-scale.jpg

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@thinknow Get your pencils ready! Let’s draw some shapes

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@thinknow • Draw a page of squares • Draw a page of circles • Draw sets of parallel lines Warm up exercises

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@thinknow You can draw almost any UI using basic shape primitives: circle, triangle, rectangle, line

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@thinknow Draw this control panel using only the four basic shapes shown

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@thinknow

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@thinknow Tip #1: Work “outside in” • Draw the outside box first • Place large elements first • Add details and emphasis last

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@thinknow Draw this screen working from the outside in

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@thinknow Text Text

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@thinknow Basic vocabulary: How will you quickly draw these elements?

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@thinknow Headings (big, medium, small) Body copy Images Buttons Links Sketch these elements

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@thinknow 12 column grid http://twitter.github.io/bootstrap/examples/hero.html http://alefeuvre.github.io/foundation-grid-displayer/

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@thinknow Containers http://twitter.github.io/bootstrap/examples/hero.html http://alefeuvre.github.io/foundation-grid-displayer/

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@thinknow Containers (responsive)

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@thinknow Tip #2: Plan your sketch • Aspect ratio • Grid / guides • Containers • Images / icons • Text blocks

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@thinknow Planning exercise: What’s the structure here? How much detail do you need to show?

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@thinknow Now you’re warmed up Let’s do a few more...

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@thinknow Extended vocabulary: How will you quickly draw these elements?

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@thinknow Radio buttons Scrollbar On/off toggle Progress bar Sketch these elements Text input & label Combo box Checkboxes

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@thinknow Let’s practice form elements.

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@thinknow OK, now it’s time to put it all together.

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@thinknow Here’s the last one Focus on the structure

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@thinknow Advanced vocabulary: How will you quickly draw these elements?

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@thinknow Sketch these elements Accordion Carousel Media player Edit controls

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@thinknow Congratulations! Keep sketching and you’ll continue to improve

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@thinknow Show and tell Here are some ways I use sketches

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@thinknow Talking sketch

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@thinknow Show and discuss alternatives @thinknow

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@thinknow Designer / developer pairing @thinknow

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@thinknow Wireframe walkthrough Text @thinknow

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@thinknow

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@thinknow #uisketch Share your new skillz!!

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@thinknow the pencil fear Don’t