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50 of the best free mockups for graphic designers in 2016

When it comes to graphic design, presenting your work is just as important as the work itself. When you show a project in context, you make it more engaging, bring it to life and instantly add to the storytelling of your presentation.

Written By: Guest Author

1 December 2015

Image licensed via Adobe Stock

Whether you're trying to impress at a job interview or win more freelance work via your website, mocking up your design projects can help. But it's important to find mockups that enhance your designs with just enough styling that doesn't detract from all your hard work. At Shillington, our teachers hunted down 50 of the best mockups for graphic designers in 2016.

Mockups for Devices

1. Responsive screens on devices

Responsive website design displayed across multiple Apple devices including laptop, desktop monitor, tablet and smartphone

2. App screens

3. iPad in Office Environment

Person holding a tablet displaying various social media and app icons including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and others on a desk with papers and glasses

4. Apple Watch

Two Apple Watches displaying the Apple Watch boot screen, one with a black band and silver case, the other with a pink band and rose gold case

5. Apple Watch on arm

Apple Watch with white sport band displaying a gradient green screen on a person's wrist

6. Apple Watch Sport

Apple Watch Sport with bright green band displaying time, sunset information and location details for Amsterdam

7. Apple Watch Sport on arm

Apple Watch with yellow sport band and green watch face display worn on a wrist

8. Handheld Samsung

Hand holding a Samsung smartphone displaying a social media activity feed with user posts and images

9. Nexus 6 with Sketchbook

Black smartphone with blank white screen resting on an open notebook with sketches and wireframes, alongside a pen and orange bookmark

10. Tablet/iPad

Hands holding a tablet displaying a website with Story Theme, showing a woman with a camera in golden sunlight

11. Rose Gold iPhone 6S

Four iPhones displayed in a row showing iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus and their larger counterparts in rose gold and white finishes

12. iPhone 6 with Notes

Smartphone displaying a green gradient interface sitting on an open spiral notebook beside headphones, pens and design tools on a wooden desk

13. Handheld iPhone Outdoors

14. Leaning iPhone 6

Mockups for Music

15. Vinyl Disc Cover

Vinyl art-cover mock-up showing a white record sleeve featuring black and white line illustrations with gold accents next to a black vinyl record with a gold label

16. Vinyl Record Cover

Vinyl record album with black disc and white gatefold cover displaying geometric typography for "Disk & Cover Music Mock Up

Mockups for Magazines

17. Tilted Magazine Spread

Open magazine spread displaying layout with numbered sections, photographs and blue text on white pages against grey background

18. Magazine Spread

Open magazine spread showing a gallery layout article with photographs, text columns and a date graphic reading 12.13 displayed across overlapping pages

19. Magazine Spread

Open magazine spread showing text on left page and dense green forest photograph on right page, with curved design elements framing the imagery

20. Single Page Magazine Spread

Rolled magazine featuring a nighttime cityscape photograph alongside text, displayed on a grey surface

Mockups for Books

21. Standing Soft Cover Book

White book cover mockup displaying a Jonathan Ive quote in dark text with red attribution

22. Squared Book

Book mock-up showing a white hardcover book displayed at an angle next to a pen-and-ink illustration of a standing horse and foal

23. Hard Cover Book Front & Back

Two book mockups side by side, one white and one black, both displaying "Photo Realistic Book Mockup" text with yellow accents and "By Graphic Burger" byline

24. Brochure

Open magazine spread showing a left page with the heading "Qinim veniam uise nostrud exerciti" and body text, alongside a right page with multiple columns of Lorem Ipsum text

Mockups for Cards

25. Invitation / Greeting Card

Three folded greeting cards with turquoise and white designs featuring hand-lettered text and illustrated elements like hot air balloons and trees on a white wooden surface

26. Handheld Greeting Card

Hand holding a black envelope with a white card inside that reads "Thanks for enjoying my stuff" in handwritten script

Mockups for Stationery

27. Stationery Group

28. Stationery

Black stationery items including a spiral-bound notebook, business cards and small notebook with green design accents on a peach background

29. Stationery Flat Lay

Flat lay of branding mockups including letterhead, kraft paper bag, business cards, wooden ruler, pen, twine, rubber stamp and black boxes on beige background

30. Group Stand-up Stationery

Corporate stationery branding mockup displaying A5, A6 and B5 sized documents with minimalist diagonal design elements arranged in 3D perspective

31. Letter & MacBook

Laptop displaying portrait photos on screen next to a white letterhead document on a wooden desk

32. A4 Page with Folded Edge

A4 paper mockup with yellow highlighted sections displaying "PSD MOCKUP" text, tilted at an angle against a blue background with a turquoise fold detail

Mockups for Business Cards

33. Letterpress Business Cards

34. Business Cards

35. Business Cards

36. Business Cards Tiled

Arranged business cards for James Adams, Co-Founder & CEO, featuring contact details and ILT branding in black and white outline typography

37. Eight Angles of Business Cards

Mockups for Posters

38. Indoor Poster Lightbox

Hanging sign displaying colourful line-drawn illustrations with "Graphic Burger" text in a modern interior space

39. Leaning Poster

Framed poster with large black number 7 and dates 19 and 45, displayed on a white wall between a potted plant and vintage suitcase with lantern

40. Framed Poster

White-framed poster frame leaning against a wooden floor displaying stacked coloured text boxes reading "POSTER FRAME PSD MOCKUP

41. Group of Three Hanging Posters

Three framed prints showing an ethereal underwater scene with a silhouetted figure surrounded by bioluminescent particles and teal-green lighting

42. Hanging Poster

A4 poster with geometric typeface reading "FREE POWER DESIGN NECKLINE" by Tim Easley, hung on a pegboard wall with a metal clip

Mockups for Signage

43. Hanging Outdoor Sign

White tavern sign reading "Northamshire Tavern Homebrew" hanging from chains against a dark stone wall with rectangular openings

44. Outdoor Swing Sign

Black square shop sign with white donut illustration hanging from iron bracket on beige building facade

45. Outdoor Flag Sign

Two street lamp banners in white and charcoal grey displaying "Lamp Post Banner Mockup" text against a blue sky

Mockups for Sketchbooks

46. Sketchbook on Wood

Open notebook with handwritten design tips including "Move & Rotate", "Place Your White Canvas Drawings via Smart Layers", and "Change Background", with a pencil and black stylus beside it on a wooden surface

47. Sketchbook

Open sketchpad with geometric line drawings and handwritten text reading "Drawing Sketchpad Mockup", surrounded by glasses, pencils and a rubber band on a neutral background

Mockups for Bags & Clothing

48. Tote Bag

Hand holding a cream canvas tote bag printed with orange text reading "Quality The Orange Land Est. 1982 Co. Handmade

49. Paper Bag

Hand holding a brown paper bag printed with white script text reading "Paper Bag Mock-up" against a textured white background

50. T-Shirts

Stack of folded t-shirts in grey, olive green and navy blue with gold text designs printed on them

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