The Mock-up Project

[LogoMount]

Hello, everyone!!! Have been much time since I was on the forum, but having a lot of things... *sadface* The thing I was always sad about that there is no free mock-ups for Xara and once I was trying to make them (not very good - you can see them on the pic). So I decided to fix this sad thing and try to make some mock-ups that everyone could've downloaded for free and used in any way one wants! So I decided to start this little project (even though I'm not really good at it), but still... If anyone wants to join - welcome! Will post some of re-worked mock-ups I have now and post them in this thread! Hope you like the idea!

[gwpriester]

Love the elephant logo. Brilliant!

Are these stock images that members can use like clip art?

[wizard509]

Love the elephant logo. Brilliant!

Are these stock images that members can use like clip art?

Nice idea LogoMount, I have the same question as Gary. Mostly I don't understand how what you posted is supposed to work.

[LogoMount]

Love the elephant logo. Brilliant!

Are these stock images that members can use like clip art?

Thanks a lot! I was just thinking of M letter but than I thought it may look like an elephant gwpriester, wizard509, well, yes, it's something like clipart (sometimes it's importaint to see how the design will look an a mobile phone, CD or a LCD screen or etc. or when it's needed for a client) - but what makes mock-ups better is that it's 100% vector and can be rescaled without any loss in quality (for example change a background if a few clicks). Now mainly there are a lot of mock-ups in .PSD formats - but making it with Xara will be much easier and better to use

[gwpriester]

Ah, you mean something like this?

I did this Kindle mock up to promote our new Kindle e-book. (the dancing eyeball was created by OG, the other Gary).

[LogoMount]

Yes!!! Exactly! That one looks slick! Love that eye-guy haha Would be nice to have a big pack of such different mock-ups without needing to create one by oneself

[pauland]

I'm not sure mock-ups are a great idea.

An image of a web-site/app/book on a monitor, laptop or tablet, OK.

The problem I have with fake desktop environments is that the client may judge your real work on the basis of the desktop mockup. They may take a dislike to the mockup and then you can sow doubt about the package itself.

Do they really add value?

Is it just me that thinks like that?

Love the logo.

[gwpriester]

Well, in the case of my Kindle Fire mockup, it looks a lot better than my actual photo I tried to take.

[pauland]

Yes, it works well for specific display views - what I'm referring to is trying to build a complete environment such as in the very first post.

Of course I could just be in a grumpy mood (definitely, today), but I would definitely hesitate to try and build a complete environment.

It's really hard taking pictures of a display - refections and bad lighting all conspire to give a bad result, so the mockup of a display can be effective. I've done it myself when pitching an idea to a client - made the pitch look like an app on the appstore. It wasn't convincing enough though. :-(

[gray]

They look good to me, logoMount.