Sketch + Prototyping: Mobile App Design

Setting up and managing a centralized symbol library for buttons, icons, and common elements.

Customizing symbol instances without breaking the master, and nesting components for complex UIs.

Applying consistent fills, borders, and shadows across designs with shared layer styles.

Creating a token system for colors, spacing, and typography to maintain design consistency at scale.

Structuring pages and layers with clear naming conventions to make handoff and collaboration smoother.

Using Sketch's resizing and alignment tools to create responsive layouts that adapt to different screens.

Building Tinder's signature swipeable cards with reusable components for profiles and actions.

Designing buttons and input fields as symbols with states (default, pressed, focused).

Putting together a complete Tinder profile screen using previously built components and styles.

Creating empty, loading, error, and success states to handle real user scenarios in your designs.

Implementing spinners, skeleton screens, and progress bars for smoother user experiences.

Designing informative and engaging empty states that guide users when no content is available.

Managing vertical and horizontal scrolling lists, with techniques for performance and usability.

Laying out images, cards, and text in grid and list formats for apps like Spotify or Instagram.

Connecting screens logically to visualize user journeys, from onboarding to checkout.

Ensuring sufficient contrast, tap target sizes, and support for dark mode in your designs.

Designing Spotify's music browsing and search interfaces with dynamic content placeholders.

Creating the now-playing screen and playlist layout, integrating buttons and state changes.

Combining browse, search, playlist, and player states into a seamless Spotify app flow.

Linking artboards in Sketch to create basic screen transitions and flows.

Implementing overlays for pop-ups, tooltips, and bottom sheets in your prototypes.

Preparing Sketch files for import into ProtoPie to enable richer interactions.

Importing designs and navigating ProtoPie's interface for interactive prototyping.

Building common transitions like slide-left, fade, and scale for prototype interactions.

Adding gesture-based triggers for actions such as swipe-to-delete or long-press menus.

Creating subtle animations for feedback, like button taps or loading spinners.

Building a step-by-step onboarding sequence with transitions and progress indicators.

Designing and linking screens for a multi-step checkout with form inputs and confirmations.

Creating the ride-booking start screen with map placeholder, address input, and vehicle options.

Designing the live tracking screen with ETA, driver details, and contact actions.

Building the post-trip rating screen with star selection and comment field.

Connecting pickup, vehicle, tracking, and rating screens with transitions and gestures.

Running through the full flow to identify and fix interaction issues for a polished result.

Identifying a user pain point and audience for your app idea, grounded in current trends.

Surveying popular apps and design patterns in 2026 to inform your app's direction.

Developing a detailed persona and user story to guide design decisions.

Sketching low-fidelity wireframes for key screens, focusing on layout and flow.

Applying your design system to create polished, pixel-perfect screens from wireframes.

Setting up symbols, styles, and tokens specific to your app's needs.

Linking screens and adding transitions to create a clickable prototype.

Setting up testing scenarios and recruiting users to evaluate your prototype.

Running tests, observing user behavior, and collecting feedback for improvements.

Revising designs and prototypes to address user pain points and enhance usability.

Preparing SVGs, spec sheets, and design handoff using tools like Zeplin or similar.

Ensuring developers receive clear documentation and assets for smooth implementation.

Organizing screenshots, decisions, and outcomes to create a portfolio-ready case study.

Formatting your work with narrative, images, and links to showcase in your portfolio.