Updated March 22, 2020
The latest Apple iPad Pro models, paired with Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard, have helped move iPad OS toward being a viable standalone creative platform for designers and creative people on the go.
Here’s a roundup of iPad apps for Design (User Experience, User Interface, Graphic Layout) and Illustration.
Illustration credit: Feather icons “pen-tool”
iOS 11 Glyphs is a new free and open source icon library from the fine folks at Icons8. Apple has changed the way tab icons are styled and presented in iOS 11. This resource will help you to use icons that fit these new specifications, or help inspire to design new icons of your own. Download includes icon assets in SVG, PDF and PNG formats.
Apple introduced a new icon style for the tab bar icons. They are not thin outline icons anymore; these are the solid icons. Apple calls them the glyphs.
Updated September 28, 2017
Now Includes Screens and components of iOS 11 for iPhone X and iPhone 8 from Great Simple Studio.
A massive collection of core components and over 60 (x2) selected screens found in the public release of iOS 11 made with extra attention to the Human Interface Guidelines. Resources include versions for iPhone X and iPhone 8. Sketch files are made with Nested Symbols and contain Text Styles and Resize options.
The Apple UI Design Resources section of their Human Interface Guidelines has come a long way. It used to be that you needed to use 3rd party templates in *cough* Photoshop to create visual designs for iOS apps.
Now here we are, able to simply download templates, and other preconfigured UI elements in Sketch format directly from Apple for iOS 11, watchOS and CareKit.
Apple has updated their Sketch design resources for iOS 11 beta!
“The Apple UI Design Resources include Photoshop, Sketch, and Adobe XD templates along with other UI materials for quickly designing iOS apps. The included resources are comprehensive and accurately depict the full range of UIKit controls, views and glyphs available to developers using the iOS SDK. They make it easier to understand how iOS apps are constructed and how to design apps that match the iOS design language. Included icon and glyph production files have been preconfigured to automate asset production using Sketch slices or Adobe Generator for Photoshop CC…”
