Free Mockups for Your Folio

by Margaret Penney | August 24, 2016

You’ve found the perfect portfolio for your projects now you have to find a way to display your work that is professional and visually appealing. A good quality design mockup is a great way to make your work stand out and present it in the best possible light. Many mockups today are close to photo-realistic and provide an alternate way of presenting print work, especially if you’re not able to take a picture of the final product yourself.

You can find high-quality mockup designs at a reasonable price at sites like Creative Market. If you are on a budget and are just starting out, we’ve gathered some likable mockups that are also free.

Greeting Card Mockup

http://www.behance.net/gallery/41249351/Free-Greeting-Card-Mockup

Calendar Mockup

http://www.behance.net/gallery/41326323/Free-Table-Calendar-Mockup

Zippy Pixels has two quality mockups of a Greeting Card and a Calendar. If you’re an illustrator, presenting your artwork on a greeting card or within a calendar can help provide context for your work and make it more appealing to potential clients.

iPhone Mockup

IPhone 6 Template

http://dribbble.com/shots/1722076-Free-iPhone-6-4-7-inch-Template-PSD
If you’re a mobile designer a great way to showcase your user interface designs is with a slick and stylish mockup of an iPhone. Ramotion provides a minimalist silver iPhone mockup that does just the trick.

Macbook Mockup

Macbook Pro 15″

http://www.behance.net/gallery/MacBook-Pro-15-Free-Mockups/7618015
To display your website designs in context, this Macbook Pro with Retina Display PSD mockup bundle is a solid choice. The detail in these mockups is very good and it includes 15 different perspectives.

Book Mockup

http://dribbble.com/shots/1414666-Book-Mockup
Pawel Kadysz has created a clean and simple book cover mockup in an illustrative style.

Modern Poster Mockup

Modern Poster Mockup PSD

http://www.mockupworld.co/free/modern-poster-presentation-mockup/

Trifold Mockup

A4 Brochure

http://www.mockupworld.co/free/tri-fold-a4-brochure-perspective-mockups/

Mockup World templates can be a bit hit or miss, still, you’ll find a lot of options to review at their site. The Modern Poster Mockup is not a bad choice for a clean minimal option for displaying poster designs and the A4 brochure mockup provides 16 different perspectives.

Branding & ID Mockup

Branding and Identity Mockup

http://madefordesigners.com/freebie/branding-identity-mockup-event
Made for Designers has a high-quality branding and ID mockup which has easy-to-use Smart Objects that makes it possible to display your design work quickly in an eye-catching visual format.

Business Card Mockup

http://www.behance.net/gallery/10174103/Free-Business-Card-Mockups
To showcase business card designs, Eslam Mohamed has created a minimal and clean set of mockups that provide a variety of layouts that support all the general ways one would want to display this type of design.

Margaret Penney is the Managing Editor of Notes on Design. Margaret is a teacher, designer, writer and new media artist and founder of Hello Creative Co.

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