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Duncan Hoge
2,884 PointsHow would you use Sketch to mock up additional content that is below the first screen (below the fold, so to say)?
Say I'm creating an app with actions below the first screen and ultimately want to export from sketch. Would you create a new artboard for this content or a longer than usual document?
2 Answers
Martin Ruston
30,736 PointsI don't personally use sketch but a combination of Balsamiq Mockups and Photoshop but I would suggest that you just increase the verticle height of your document to show the content that is below the fold if it is all one "page". I think that using a new artboard would possibly suggest that it is not part of the "page" that appears above the fold.
Charlie O'Shea
18,737 PointsI'd create a longer than usual document with the same width and then perhaps create an overlay in transparent dark grey with an opening to show a screen size portal. I've never tried this as I'm new to design but it could be an interesting way to get an idea of what's visible on the screen at any one time, while also seeing the rest of the content.
Zak Erving
22,832 PointsZak Erving
22,832 PointsHey Duncan,
I can't "see" your app, so I'm not sure if I'm going to get it right, but here are some thoughts: whether or not you're building this app by yourself (including all the code), at this point in the project you're just wearing your "designer hat." While I don't think that creating a new artboard in Sketch is really necessary for these below-the-fold assets, you will at some point have to show the developer or client (which could be you, just wearing a different hat) what these unseen actions are. However, this almost always occurs in the wireframing or prototyping stage, not the asset creation stage (in which you currently are). Either a taller document or a new artboard will suffice for creating those graphic assets—it doesn't really matter in the end, since they're all going to be laid out in prototyping and then again during the development stage.
Hope this helps.