
Explore the basics of boards and layers, basic shapes, magazine cover project, mobile app design, logos, and web design in this hands-on sketch 6 masterclass preview.
Open Sketch, set up artboards for devices, and manage layers with renaming, grouping, and smart guides. Create and use symbols to propagate changes across boards.
Explore working with shapes in sketch, using smart guides, booleans, and layering to recreate complex mobile and web designs with precise color, opacity, and gradients.
Brainstorm and design a magazine cover in sketch. Gather inspiration online, create wireframes, and bring the layout to life with fonts, images, shapes, and your interests, then share for feedback.
gather inspiration for magazine cover design by collecting diverse covers, noting color schemes, shapes, and typography, resizing assets in sketch, and setting a 5–10 minute time limit before wireframing.
Design a magazine cover with a personal theme, a photo background, a large title, at least two article titles with subtext, a basic shape, and a cohesive color scheme.
Explore mobile app backgrounds in sketch, including solid colors, gradients, and photo-backed blends; learn to apply blur, opacity, and layering to create readable interfaces with sign-in buttons and logos.
Design a music app user interface in Sketch by building a status bar and icon with shadows. Duplicate shapes, color with hex values, and use subtracting to create hollow borders.
Design a cupcake icon in Sketch with rotate copies to create a circular pattern of shapes, unite them, apply pink and white, center text, and credit the Noun Project.
Design a colorful pattern logo in Sketch by creating a ring of rounded shapes, aligning 50-pixel gaps, and masking a pattern over text and inner shapes.
Design your own web page using sketch and explore web site design through real examples. Practice brainstorming, creating mockups, and gathering inspiration with the design processes we've covered so far.
Explore common website design elements such as photos, icons, shapes, colors, and text, and learn to source or create them using sketch, with guidance on color schemes and fonts.
Design web site navigation with consistency, clear contrast, and simplicity, highlighting the current page to keep users oriented across nav bars.
Rate the course and share your feedback on the preview, then explore options to deepen your Sketch skills with the full masterclass or other courses for web and mobile design.
Welcome to the preview version of Hands-on Sketch 6 Masterclass. In this version of the course, I’ll give you a look at what you can expect to get with the full version of this course. This will give you a good introduction to using Sketch. For an advanced understanding, I recommend enrolling in the full version of the course.
Sketch is an amazing product that's gained popularity as one of the top tools for designing mobile apps due to its very intuitive controls and ease of use. If you’re interested in designing your own mobile apps, this is a great course to get your feet wet.
Course Outline:
Start with the basics: We'll cover Artboards and Layers and working with Shapes
Magazine Cover Project: In this section, you'll get to see one of the most popular assignments for this course
Mobile App Screen: Follow along as I take you through adding backgrounds and applying affects
Logo Design: Here we'll duplicate some really cool logos, step-by-step
Website Design: Last but not least, I'll give you a look at using Sketch for Website design with this preview of what you'll get in the full version of the course
Class Resources & Support:
You'll see the process I use when designing and where I get my resources
If you have a question, a comment, or need help, post it in the Q & A section