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Robert James
Robert James
20,491 Points

Wireframing and sketching kits

Dos anyone have any experience or recommendations on the best free wireframing and sketching kits available?

Thanks

3 Answers

Hi Robert,

Please take a look at this link.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/02/05/50-free-ui-and-web-design-wireframing-kits-resources-and-source-files/

Never discount the idea of using pen and paper. There are just some things technology cannot replace.

Shabnam Staebler
Shabnam Staebler
2,772 Points

@Robert James

Obviously pencil and paper is your best choice! Super quick and free! But if you are looking for digital assets I personally prefer and use Wireframing tools rather than kits since most of the kits are limited and may not include some elements that you need. Here is a list of "free" wireframing tools you may find useful (but I haven't tried any of them myself) :

http://mashable.com/2010/07/15/wireframing-tools/

If you were looking for a more professional tool for Wireframing I recommend Axure if you are a PC user and Sketch if you are a Mac user [I know you may already know these].

If you are specifically looking for UI kits then this link may be useful:

http://speckyboy.com/2014/03/31/20-free-web-mobile-wireframe-templates/

Hope that helps!

P.S: and there are always more traditional tools such as Photoshop, InDesign, even PowerPoint, etc!!

Robert James
Robert James
20,491 Points

Thanks for the help! I generally hand sketch out my ideas then put them into a digital form to start getting logo sizes image sizes right and lining everything up!

There are some good tools in the links.

Thanks again, Rob