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Designing Minimalist Software & Dashboard Illustrations

Designing Minimalist Software & Dashboard Illustrations

Have you ever come across one of those trendy, flat illustrations of sofware, dashboards or basically any kind of UI design there is?Well of course you have. They are everywhere. Just take a look at these awesome examples.SlackLoomI have personally designed quite a few of these for various projects, ever since I started dabbling into design. They work amazingly well as hero illustrations or maybe for showcasing features of any type of SaaS.And the best part is that they’re actually really easy to design.Well, my dear reader, today we’re going to design one of these.And it’s not just an illustration of some random, made up software. We’re going to design one based on Spotify’s desktop application.Let’s goSpotify’s user interface is quite minimalistic. There’s really not much going on, which makes it the perfect application to start with.Even if you’re not a full blown designer or illustrator, you will definitely be able to create illustrations like theses. Trust me. It’s really not that hard, and the result can be surprisingly beautiful (and useful).Now, in order to start, you want to make sure you own any of the many UI design tools out there. Here’s a few examples:Adobe XDFigmaInvisionThese are all great and works very similarly to each other. My tool of choice is Adobe XD, since it’s the one I’m the most used to working in.Design analysis & creationWe should probably start by taking a closer look at the application we’re going to base our illustration on.I’ve taken a screenshot of Spotify’s desktop application featuring the amazing album Nurture by Porter Robinson. Take a listen if you haven’t already.By looking at the design, we want to identify the most prominent features of the application, and keep those in mind while creating our illustration.You can probably think of it as a charicature.You don’t want to create a hi-fi, pixel perfect, detailed design. Instead you want to identify whatever makes Spotify Spotify, and exaggerate those features against the less important details.By taking a look at this screenshot, you will probably notice that we have 5 main sections:A dark menu to the leftA dark similar “friend activity bar” to the rightA green header section that features the albums cover art & nameA dark middle section featuring the songs of the albumA dark bar at the bottom, wrapping the main play button as well as the small cover art to the left & volume slider to the right.Mapping out sectionsWhen mapping out these sections “on paper”, I make sure to not pixel-perfectly follow the original design in terms of sizing. They can be slightly larger or smaller, depending on what you feel looks right.Perfection is for when you want to make a production ready design. This is the opposite. This is a fun illustration.After finishing our sections, we can start drawing out the shapes representing the UI elements. In this case it’s mostly text elements and buttons.The top left cornerNotice how I create icons as circles and text blocks as simple boxes. This is enough in order to keep the design as simple as possible.SpacingYou might also notice that I’m placing out small rectangles here and there. I’m using these as spacers.Even though Adobe XD provides lots of rulers and snapping points, having spacers can be really helpful sometimes in order to keep all spacing as consistent as possible.To help with this, you can also rely on some grid spacing system.In this example, I’m following a strict 5pt grid system. Every space should be a multiple of 5 (10, 15, 20 and so on). Read more about grid system in this great guide by Vitsky.Here you can see my finished structure with my UI elements and spacers:This isn’t perfect by any means, but you can already definitely see what I’m going for.That’s all for the first part. Now it’s time to for some colors.ColorsFor designs like these, we want to keep the amount of colors as few as possible. Try to identify what colors makes the application what it is, and stay close to those.For me, it’s the various shades of grey as well as the typical “Spotify green” that makes the application. This is what I came up with:“Now this looks weird” you might think.Well, yeah. We’re not done yet. Be patient my dear reader.Here’s the same design with all spacers removed:Better? Yeah, that’s what I thought.Now we just have to do a few minor changes and it will start to look really good.Here I’ve added colors to each UI element as well as rounded off most sharp corners using the radius settings in Adobe XD.Looks good? Yeah, kinda. Just some small tweaks left.And here’s the final product.The only thing I tweaked was a change of couple colors. I think it looks cool and definitely usable for some project. But you could keep working and make it way better.Here’s a couple examples:This one only has two grey background colors, instead of 4 as the one above.This one has only one grey background color. Cool.Maybe you want to do something crazy and use only the outlines? It looks like a blueprint. Looks kinda interesting.ConclusionsNow you should be able to create some really cool illustrations for your next project.These illustrations fit really well in hero sections of websites, showing off features of a software, or maybe as motion graphics for some sweet animated advertisement videos.Do whatever feels right, and most importantly: don’t try to make it perfect. Perfection is worthless.Bye,Robin 🤙Designing Minimalist Software & Dashboard Illustrations was originally published in Muzli - Design Inspiration on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Dashboard of events

Dashboard of events

Read my recent case Study for CreativeMornings, CreativeGuild Concept https://medium.com/@johnyvino/creativemornings-creativeguild-concept-d8dc88050891 My personal live products, Web: https://cleanmock.com Mobile app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/your-bmi-calculator/id1440796412?mt=8

Spare.io - Dashboard

Spare.io - Dashboard

Mining for rewards goes hand in hand with digging for stats. The dashboard shows users how much value they've got through the idle power of their devices.

Cryptocurrency Dashboard

Cryptocurrency Dashboard

💌 Have a project idea? We are available for new projects info@ronasit.com | Telegram | WhatsApp | Facebook | Linkedin | WebsiteDigital financial products are a challenge for designers: it takes a lot of experience to build an intuitive and easy-to-use website or app. Our designers know what it takes to design such a product, and here's an example of our concept trading website.The shot shows a user's dashboard with a currency performance chart in the center, a history of the recent transactions and the user's assets on the right, and a navigation bar on the left.We designed a light-themed interface with white background and several accent colors applied for interface elements that are also used in the logo making the brand colors more visible and recognizable.This trading dashboard is airy and minimalist-looking, which creates a calming effect on users when working with a complex digital product. Few bright colors chosen as accents prevent the interface from looking boring.

Banking Dashboard

Banking Dashboard

Hello folks! 👋It's banking dashboard. With this dashboard, it's even easier to keep track of your spending and monitor your statistics.Can't wait to hear what you think about it guys! Share your feedback!Press "L" to show some love! 💜Follow us on Twitter & Facebook & Instagram You're always welcome to visit our amazing Blog

Educative Dashboard

Educative Dashboard

Our design for educative web app we are currently working on. Our focus was to keep the colors kiddish as well as to include elements that make the app interesting for kids. Leader board, Batch progress, activity updates are some of the ideas we came up with. What would you add to make it more interesting? Dont forget to like and follow Aufait UX Also follow us on Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Behance

Health Dashboard

Health Dashboard

💌 Have a project idea? We are available for new projects info@ronasit.com | Telegram | Facebook | Linkedin | Website Today we're coming to you with a healthcare dashboard design concept! The web app with a patient database management system and an interactive schedule for doctors helps to run a hospital or a clinic more efficiently. This shot shows a doctor's dashboard with access to their patients' stats, a list of colleagues' contacts, and a daily schedule. We picked the traditional for healthcare color scheme of greens and blues and kept the design clean and balanced. We want the app to become a doctor's virtual assistant featuring easy in-hospital communication with their colleagues and hospital administration and review of upcoming appointments and team meetings. This has the potential of greatly optimizing the workflow in a hospital. Do you employ any virtual assistants at your workplace?

Dashboard UI

Dashboard UI

Hello my Dribbble Family 🖐 AD placement optimization project dashboard Hope you enjoy.

Dashboard Design

Dashboard Design

Hey Dribbblers 👋🏻.We introduce our new design exploration. Banking conceptWhat do you guys think?.Let us know in the comments 💬.....Press 'L' to show some love ❤️._____________________________.We are always available around the clock for new website & app projects..Get in touch with us to discuss:.✉️ hello@unlikeothers.net

Banking Dashboard

Banking Dashboard

Hey everyone ! Long time no see :)I'm back with a banking dashboard which is a tool where you can easily carry out your transactions, spend and redistribute funds while busy or on the go. What do you think? Share your thoughts and ideas in the comments😍Instagram: IzmahsaEmail:mahsa.business1@gmail.comWe are available for new design project : 📩 Work With Us: Aceagency.design@gmail.comFollow Aceagency: Instagram | Behance  | Twitter | UI8

BlockMedx - Blockchain platform dashboard

BlockMedx - Blockchain platform dashboard

Hello everyone. BlockMedx is a blockchain healthcare infrastructure project focusing on prescription drug fraud, abuse, and non-adherence. BlockMedx is building a next-generation smart e-prescribing and analytics ecosystem that can be used anywhere in the world to send and receive electronic prescriptions, predict patient risk behaviors, and automate micropayment incentives using the token economy to incentivize healthy behavior. Instagram

Financial Dashboard

Financial Dashboard

I've been exploring some layout styles for a financial web app and wanted to share one of the variations that I liked. Have an amazing day! ✉️ Contact me or 👋 follow me on twitter.

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