Tips on How to use Mockups

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One way to showcase your Vectornator creations is to use them in a mockup. In this article we will recognize what a mockup is and how using mockups can help your portfolio or social media feed look more professional.

Example of Interior Poster Frame with the illustration of Marta Krstic.

What is a mockup?

A mockup can be many things, but most commonly it’s a visual way of representing a product, showing how the product is going to look like.

There are templates mockups for almost everything: computers screens, phones, t-shirts, business cards, billboards, product packaging and more.

This mockup shows a double mockup editing: both the interior scene and the poster have been edited using a mockup. The poster features the artwork of Angela Santos.

Why should one consider using a mockup?

Sharing a final Vectornator creation as a mockup can enhance your Portfolio or Social Media feed.

The amazing illustration of Istanbul created by Namlines can be used as a billboard to promote the city.

Sometimes an artist will create a concept piece for a billboard or poster, however, the artist might not have the money to print out the image or be able to get permission to hang or post the design. Thus, a mockup similar to the one above, allows the artist to show how his or her design would look if it were to be printed.

Showing how a logo design would look on packaging can make your portfolio shine. Here we imagined ABOUMKIL’s Squirry design as a branding identity for a potential coffee company.

Also, a mockup allows clients and even potential clients to visualize how your designs would look in the real world. Thus, it will give your work a professional feel.

You can use a mockup to see how your new office signboard will look like.

Export your design as a .png or .svg directly from Vectornator to create your own mockup.

Do not overuse mockups!

Using mockups can make your portfolio and your social media feed look really well polished. But don’t overuse mockups! Try to keep projects unique, not every project requires a mockup.

Also, try to avoid using the same mockup over and over and over again. Remember there are hundreds of other people downloading mockups daily. So, recruiters for agencies constantly sharing the most popular mockups online in the portfolios of applicants.

What we do recommend is learning how to create your own unique mockups. There are several tutorials online that will teach you how to create your own mockup templates. Using unique templates will make your artwork stand out and showcase your creative side.

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