using mock-ups to showcase your designs is a smart move but what are the best free mock-ups and where
do you get them let's take a look at some specific situations and firstly this is my choice for a
mock-up utilizing tech such as smartphones and tablets now the cool thing about this
download is that you basically get three mock-ups in one and it's totally free like
every mock-up in today's video and of course let's take a look at the mock-up in action
so i think it's important to keep your mock-ups minimal when presenting to your clients and that's
so the design is the main focal point and things aren't lost also be critical in your choice of
mock-ups so it's relevant to your clients business or their brand now on this one you could play
with the tint settings on the screens to make them look a bit more realistic but you're getting three
high resolution and high quality mock-ups in one download is pretty neat next up is my choice of
magazine mock-up and don't worry i am going to soon tell you the main resources for my mock-up
downloads but do stick around to learn some tricks when wowing clients with your mock-ups
now what i really love about this magazine mock-up is the sheer realism of the paper and the design
as a whole you can see the texture of the matte paper on the magazine and it's really cool how
it's presented mid page turn now one thing you always want to make sure you do is to check the
resolution when you zoom in to your mock-up to ensure the standard is high quality your client
really doesn't want to be shown a blurry imagery when presented with their final designs also try
and present your mockups in different layouts with different viewpoints as an example here you can
zoom in to the front cover but yeah of course you just simply drop your design here into the layers
menu of photoshop it's pretty straightforward and this free markup download offers the
ability to have a smooth and minimal background which is great when it comes to transitioning
in your portfolio pieces so this workstation or desktop mock-up offers you some choice
you can either go with the clean and the white approach or choose to run with the noir dark vibe
having choice like this in your mock-up is great and it's really awesome to diversify
your portfolio we don't need to pay for mock-ups guys and today's video is showing you the best way
to use the best free downloads so yeah dropping in your design couldn't be easier and then it's
just a case of making your design look good and to stand out to the client in all of the right ways
now finding a free t-shirt or apparel mock-up that suits your clients needs can be difficult
and i did really want to run with this one here simply because it gives you three different ways
to present your design on a t-shirt however once downloaded the quality was pretty poor
and also i'm not too sure about this dude wearing these shorts but yeah there was a paid version of
this mock-up that gave more scope for variations and i think it might have been higher quality
but we want free mock-ups so this might not be the best for you but i really found it great to use
you have the ability to change the skin tone and also the final output is high resolution
these designs are looking pretty neat if you ask me but yeah it is a little less realistic
as the model is clearly a graphic design as opposed to a realistic photo but i do actually
kind of like that and you will soon find that way you can of course change the color of the
t-shirt and even play with the blend modes of the design itself but as i mentioned just now
you can change the skin tone which you wouldn't be able to do with a real image of a real person
now that might be a great advantage to you and your brands when you're working with mock-ups
one of the most sought-after mock-ups that designers want is the branding stationary mockup
now this download offers you seven different versions of this branding setup so that you can
keep things nice and fresh and show different perspectives or situations to your clients
having choice like this is never a bad thing and of course this is a free download to save time
i simply worked on this action or movement style situation and it probably is the least appealing
of the seven files but i didn't have time to go in and place my artwork on 20 different objects and
then of course we have the business card mock-up design this mock-up is neat because you have the
box that the cards also go into and this adds an extra depth to your design also try and keep the
colors that you use on your mock-up such as the background in line with the brand and this will
just generate flow in your portfolio and it ties everything together really neatly the mock-ups
i've shown you aren't necessarily the best out there for free and it will depend on your clients
and also the kind of project you're working on and the situation but they were all sourced from
one place and that place is unblessed hashtag not sponsored i just love this resource unblast has
other things to grab such as fonts templates and so on but their mockups are really awesome
technically they're not they're mockups the great thing about unblast is they search the web for you
and then you're directed to the download page so it's kind of like a search engine for resources
basically but you're unblast and all of today's mock-ups are down linked in description box below
i've got more content on before and after style videos i've got more free stuff coming and i've
also got that podcast that i've been working on as well but if you want to see more graphic design
content just click a video on screen and until next time guys design your future today peace
you