I’m okay to leave this blank, as I know it won’t affect the overall layout.
Skewing the type helped somewhat, but it still didn’t feel right. However, I wasn’t comfortable with how the “cave” text was sitting on the bottom-almost saggy. I liked how the “Quick!” text was contained on the side of the box. The following layouts were my initial favourites. I recall one of my instructors, years ago, calling this process “Moving sh*t around.” Don’t be concerned about line weight, if things overlap or are a bit messy. The goal here is to work quickly-this is RAPID prototyping, not nit-picky prototyping. Colour, detail and texture will come later when we go to final. I’m only concerned with the overall layout, and whether things are balanced. I want everything to be transparent, so I can easily see what’s going on.įor each of my prototype layouts, I make a duplicate from the Procreate gallery (below). In this case, however, I have a clear preview of each letter, so I bypass this step. It does mean a few extra steps, but I enjoy the analog part of the process too much to give it up.įrom there, I make a selection of each letter and copy onto separate layers (below). I like to work things out in my sketchbook, then refine on my light pad. I don’t typically start my work on the iPad or Mac. I scanned my pencil sketch (below), and imported it into Procreate. If you have the slightest doubt about a piece, take a step back and ask yourself: “Is this the best way to go about this?” We get so wrapped up in our work it’s sometimes difficult to be objective. Your favourite layout may not be the best one to execute. Here’s the thing: Don’t fall in love with your work. I happened to choose Procreate for the focus of this post as my workflow is heavily skewing towards it these days. NOTE: You can do this just as easily in Photoshop. This is where I prefer to leverage the efficiency of Procreate. As I’ve already developed most of the elements, I’m not interested in re-drawing them over and over. I may do a half-dozen layouts before I come up one I’m satisfied with. In this post, I’ll focus on my Cat Cave piece, walk you though a few options, and how I came to my conclusion. This is where I’ll do some rapid prototyping in my Procreate app.
It can be a hard thing letting go, but compromising the layout is a bad strategy. Or, one portion will work well to the detriment of another.
It could be that specific combination of things just don’t work. But there comes a point where I realize it just isn’t to be. I almost always have one layout that I’m rooting for. Thumbnails don’t always translate well when going to final (for more info on that, read Size matters when solving design issues).