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Looking Ahead at Product Design Tools in 2018
2018 will be an exciting year that sees further progress toward systematic iterative design and development processes. Here are some thoughts and predictions for the new year. Sketch as Incumbent As predicted last year, previously nascent tools have improved, and more...
Why I Retired Sketch Hunt Back to My Personal Blog & Twitter
Q: What happened to Sketch Hunt (sketchhunt.com)? A: I’ve retired Sketch Hunt starting in 2018, in favor of my personal Twitter & Blog – please follow @jydesign and bookmark jydesign.com My original impulse to maintain Sketch Hunt was to fill a void at that time....
Sketch Plugin Developer: Jason Burns
It's always impressive when you find that one "must-have" plugin that gets daily or weekly use in your workflow. It's even more impressive when the same developer is responsible for multiple essential plugins. I've come to rely on the full set of plugins created by...
Sketch Library Thumbnail Preview Icon Template Freebie
Ever since Sketch Libraries were released in version 47, many people have been asking how to create a custom thumbnail preview that appears in the Preferences panel for their own Sketch Library files. I've created a 'template' Sketch file that has the preview artboard...
Things to Consider Before Updating to the Latest Version of Sketch app
Updated October 3, 2017 Sketch app is a great tool and has become the primary design environment for many professionals. However, like all software it is vulnerable to having bugs whenever there's a major release. On top of that, the various 3rd party plugins may also...
iOS 11 Glyphs – Free Open Source Tab Bar Icons from @icons_8
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...
A Roundup of Sketch Libraries Articles & Videos
Updated 12/02/17 Sketch 47 with Libraries Has Been Released! Read about it on Sketch Blog See our post about the new enhancements Download version 47 Things to consider before upgrading Sketch Library Thumbnail Preview Icon Template Freebie Libraries, an in-depth...
Summer Roundup of Recent Articles
Here are three of the latest articles that I've written for the Sketch Hunt blog. Things to Consider Before Updating to the Latest Version of Sketch app Runner and Sketchpacks Compete to be the Next Sketch Toolbox Comparing Two Raster Image Compression Plugins for...