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Free Mockups are Overused
Here's Why You Should Avoid Them
Ever have a sense of déjà vu while shopping online? We’ve had it too, and it’s probably due to the blatant overuse of stock images. Don’t believe us? We went ahead and took a sample of the most popular free mockups around the web that had been used time and time again to give you some examples.
Did you know that the “Black iPhone Shot from a Weird Angle” mockup is used in a religious podcast as well as in an erotic app?
Ironic, don’t you think?
Even though mockups are a great tool to display and promote an app or website, often, free mockups are given away and end up being overused by designers and marketers until they lose their uniqueness.
Take a peek at some of the free mockups overpopulating designer portfolios and landing pages all around the web.
INSTRUCTIONS
Click on the bullets to see the most popular free mockups, then click the arrow to flip them and learn more
BLACK IPHONE SHOT FROM A WEIRD ANGLE
Found in Google Image Search: 290 times
What does the prince of Saudi Arabia, a horse food company and a redemption church podcast have in common?
Avoid weird comparisons by being careful with the mockups you use.
No original link found
Über Mich
Found in Google Image Search: 330 times
Used for videogame promotion, digital art display, and a many other apps.People who have picked this design use it to show how the final iteration of an app will look like.
This free mockup first appeared here
Prince of Arabia
190 occurrences in Google Image search
Toilet repairs, islamic apps, local drinking deals and broken voice recorders are a few samples of products and services promoted with this mockup.
Subscribe for Redemption
420 occurrences in Google Image search
This one has the particularity of being used almost always with the same screen image - regardless of the product! So you can see all the trading index graphs in there promoting a music app, office rentals or nail salons with the exact same image. Not great.
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Kind of Tinder
560+ occurrences in Google Image search
This MacBook mockup first came without layers in the PSD files, but it didn’t stop lots of not particularly skilled peole pasting some image on top of it with funny results. It seems another program rather than Photoshop was used to create a mockup in a rush.
No original link found
Hamburgers
260 occurrences in Google Image Search
This mockup was used to show some company’s development team, a coloring app and on various landing pages. It used to be part of a bundle, but the original source is no longer available.
No original link found
Facebook Cover
Erotic Mockups
Erase Your Friends
Author Barber
Don’t let customers slip away because of low quality visuals that have been used over and over around the web.
When using mockups keep in mind to:
- Pick high quality and professional ones.
- Make sure you product is displayed correctly.
- Do a Google image search before using them to make sure they're not overused.
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If you have enjoyed this post and mostly if you enjoy free templates, you can also check our free apparel mockups for print-on-demand sellers or our free design templates to create stunning designs without any effort.