Hands-On Sketch Masterclass - Learn Web & Mobile App Design

Master artboards and layers in Sketch by creating custom sizes, organizing with renaming and grouping, and using smart guides. Propagate changes across boards with symbols for efficient design.

Master the toolbar and insert menu to create shapes, draw vectors, insert text and images, use hotspots and pre designed items, and refine with points, fills, and data.

Learn to manage layers with forward and backward, group and ungroup, edit and rotate shapes, apply masking, and use union, subtract, intersect, and difference operations to craft prototypes.

Create symbols from reusable items like the login button, drop them via the insert menu, and propagate changes across all instances to save time.

Master the sketch inspector to align, distribute, and size shapes with precision, using alignment tools, smart guides, and constraints on the art board. Learn about radius, rotation, and resizing behaviors.

Learn to design polished buttons using fills, gradients, borders, and shadows in sketch, mastering opacity, color matching, gradient creation, and advanced border and shadow controls.

Apply shadows, inner shadows, borders, and blurs to create sunken, beveled button effects, and fine-tune fill opacity, background blur, and text settings (font, size, spacing, color).

learn how to prototype by grouping a button with its text, creating a symbol, overriding the label, and linking screens with left-to-right and swipe-from-left transitions in a live preview.

Master crafting web and mobile app shapes in Sketch by using shapes, smart guides, and boolean operations to align, color, and layer elements with gradients, opacity, and rounded corners.

Master text design in sketch by selecting fonts, weights, colors, spacing, and shadows, adjust bounding boxes, import fonts, test styles, convert text to outlines, and apply gradients and neon glow.

Export your designs by making them exportable, choosing formats like PMG or jpeg, and sizing options from one-time to custom, then export selected assets with transparency preserved.

Save your work often in sketch by using the save command, naming your document, and storing it in a folder to prevent data loss from crashes.

Design a magazine cover in Sketch, exploring fonts, images, shapes, and themes tied to your hobbies. Follow a workflow of brainstorming, gathering inspiration, creating wireframes, then designing and sharing feedback.

Brainstorm a magazine cover concept by exploring a hobby topic like triathlon through inspiration, mind mapping, time limits, and evaluation.

Gather inspiration for magazine cover design by collecting diverse covers and analyzing color schemes, shapes, typography, and layout ideas to inform your wireframe.

Create a low-fidelity magazine wireframe to outline a web and mobile layout using placeholders, typography, borders, and shapes, then refine it with inspiration and planned text and images.

Create a triathlon themed magazine cover by selecting a main background image, adding a secondary photo, and refining borders, shapes, and typography for a cohesive, polished design.

Explore mood boards and mind mapping 2.0 to inspire web and magazine design. Build mood boards with color palettes, textures, typography, photos, and button styles to guide site design.

design a magazine cover for the student challenge using a photo background and a bold title. include two article titles with subtext, basic shapes, a color scheme, and custom shapes.

Explore mobile app backgrounds in Sketch, mastering solid and gradient backgrounds, image layering, blur effects, opacity adjustments, and placing sign-in buttons and status bars for polished designs.

Design versatile buttons in sketch with rectangles and pill shapes, borders, radii, gradients, glow, and inner shadows; explore split designs using boolean intersections.

Design mobile app icons using the Noun Project, license options, and attribution; customize in sketch with color, size, and alignment for login and weather screens.

Create a two-screen weather app with a login screen featuring the Apple logo and home screen showing the city, current weather, and a weekly forecast with at least three icons.

Explore mobile profile screen designs from top examples, analyze elements like profile images and icons, and apply a hands-on sketch exercise to design your own profile screen.

Create a profile screen by layering a top band with a striped background, applying a gradient mask for texture, and adding a centered profile image with a white border.

Design a profile screen with a map section, masking, and gradient overlay. Create the profile image with a white border, drop shadow, glare, and a corner element using vector tools.

Create a single profile screen with a profile image, name, location, and at least three icons, plus a background and optional blur or overlays.

Design a profile screen in sketch by duplicating elements, creating a layered avatar with ovals and masks, applying a blue gradient overlay, and using the provided sketch file.

Create profile screens by arranging icons, aligning edges, and applying a gradient with subtle drop shadows. Manage layers, group elements, and fine-tune colors and inner shadows for polish.

Explore music player design elements—cover art, playback controls, and icons—and apply them to craft your own music player using Sketch. Experiment with layout and album covers to personalize your app.

Learn to design music app UI elements by building a ring progress indicator, masking album art, and crafting icons with vector tools and subtle drop shadows.

Explore sketch techniques for a music app: build a status bar, color icons with hex values, and create hollowed shapes using subtract operations.

Create and refine app icons and UI elements in sketch, using vector drawing tools, layers, grouping, masking, and drop shadows to add depth and polish.

Learn to add texture and depth to a music app design using pattern fills, gradients, and layered colors for a textured background with interactive icons.

Participate in a challenge to design a music app screen with album art, playback controls, a status bar for elapsed and remaining time, and at least three Noun Project icons.

Design a music profile screen using custom shapes, gradients, and vector tools in Sketch, guided by real app layouts and attribution, with iconography from the Noun Project.

Add icons, status bar, and a profile picture to the music profile screen; align elements, apply borders, masking, and subtle drop shadows to create a polished, image-centered header.

Add and style the music profile screen buttons with pill shapes, left-to-right purple gradients, white all caps text, and subtle purple shadows, while refining typography, borders, and alignment in Sketch.

Duplicating the Instagram logo through step-by-step shapes, gradients, and a sunburst effect, using rounded rectangles and circles with subtract operations and a drop shadow.

Learn to recreate the Netflix logo from scratch in sketch by building shapes, applying color, shadows, and boolean operations for accurate curves and alignment.

Create a cupcake icon by using the rotate copies function to arrange multiple oval shapes in a circular pattern, then unify, color, align, and add text for a polished logo.

Design a Venmo logo by shaping a blue rectangle with a bold V, converting text to outlines, and refining the vector with anchor points and handles.

Learn to recreate the Google Chrome logo in Sketch by constructing overlapping ovals and circles, using vector points, color eyedropper, and inner and drop shadows.

Learn to create a heart logo in Sketch by drawing a circle, placing and straightening points, mirroring sides, and applying a red gradient for depth and emphasis.

Create a steam logo using vector shapes and gradients, applying smart guides, linear gradient, and path operations like duplicate and subtract to refine the design.

Explore the Class Dojo concept as a school updates app and practice a hands-on vector drawing session to sketch its interface with color, curves, and smart guides.

Master vector drawing by placing points, bending paths, and applying color, shadows, and opacity, using smart guides and front-back layering to create a polished design.

Build the Google Play Books logo by constructing shapes, applying inner shadow, refining radii and opacity, and aligning components with smart guides and precise buffers.

Create a pattern logo by using shapes and color patterns, mask the pattern across text and shapes, and ensure the pattern lines up across both shapes with no breaks.

Recreate the willpower album cover logo in Sketch by building a ring with ovals and cutouts, refining with smart guides and color, then add a squared title and parental advisory.

Explore web site design with sketch, review examples, and design your own web page using brainstorming, mockups, and inspiration gathering.

Identify web design essentials—photos, icons, shapes, colors, and text—and source or create them with sketch, Noun Project, and free font sites to match your audience.

Design attention-grabbing home page with giant photo backgrounds, masking, and export-ready groups for developers. Apply overlays, color choices, and simple shapes to enhance text readability and icons.

Design consistent, readable navigation with clear contrast and an easy-to-read nav bar. Highlight the current page and use simple spacing, alignment, and even distribution for nav items in Sketch.

Design web site buttons in Sketch, exploring shapes, borders, gradients, icons, pills, toggles, and states such as normal, hover, active, focus, and disabled.

Explore mind mapping 2.0 to brainstorm for web design and build mood boards with color palettes, textures, typography, and photos as a main reference for site concepts.

Join the student challenge to design a web or mobile interface with a nav bar, logo, big photo background, two buttons, and optional overlays, then share for feedback.

Explore a new course section by watching short videos that teach you how to recreate custom shapes in Sketch, following along to see how it's done.

Master a Stranger Things custom shape in Sketch by combining rectangles, using subtract operations, rotating copies, and color layering to build a precise, reusable design.

Learn to recreate a Thor-inspired custom text by converting text to outlines, applying borders and fills, refining spacing, and shaping vector paths for a bold, cut out background.

Recreate a custom shape from the Entertainment Weekly magazine cover in Sketch by building ovals and applying a gradient. Subtract inner shapes, rotate copies, group layers, and adjust opacity.

Master a 3d border effect by recreating a white border around a photo in sketch, using rectangles, opacity, vector paths, and subtractive shapes to reveal behind the subject.