My UI/UX Design Learning Journey — DAY 2

Bashirat Amoo
Bootcamp
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2 min readAug 21, 2022

Innovative and creative products evolve from the best ideas this is why idea generation is critical to designers, sketching is a powerful process that is used to discover the best ideas and solutions to a design problem

Sketching is a two-step process
The first step is idea generation. It isn’t focusing more on the details, but on quickly generating as many ideas as possible.
The second step is refinement. It’s okay to kill some ideas here and add more details. Here your sketches start to lead to a more detailed view (wireframes).

The sketching process

STEP 1: Be prepared
Get lots of paper, a pen, markers, pencils, or even a tablet depending on what works for you.
Think about your goals and who your audience is.
Always timebox yourself, it helps to maintain focus and also to put a little pressure on you.

STEP 2: Start
Draw a frame for your device.
Start with more redundant elements and move to some more detailed interactions.
Annotate and document your sketches.
Keep going, organize the ones you think have the potential, and share them.

STEP 3: Refinement
Add titles to your sketches.
Add annotations again, these are little notes beside your sketches.
Use numbers and arrows to indicate page transitions or interactions.

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Bashirat Amoo
Bootcamp

I’m a product design student with commitment and passion to continue to learn and grow. Innovating, interacting and sustainability are my main focus