rough sketch
Quick initial outline
A rough sketch is a quick, unfinished drawing that captures basic shapes and composition without refined detail.
Artists use rough sketches to work out ideas before committing to a finished piece: She did a rough sketch of the layout before starting the painting.
The term extends to any preliminary outline or approximation: He gave us a rough sketch of the plan.
- first draftEarliest written version
- draftPreliminary version of text
- outlineSummary of key elements
- doodleMindless rough sketch
- scribbleWrite without care
preliminary · thumbnail · concept · work in progress · pencil · gesture · loose · quick · quick study · unfinished · raw · study · composition · linework · scratchy · imprecise · freehand · blocking
- sketchespencil drawings, doodle, thumbnail, sketchbooks, quick study
- drawingpencil drawing, drawing, charcoal drawing, figure drawing, freehand
- art techniquespainting, drawing, shading, blending, cross-hatching
- design processbrainstorming, prototyping, concept, wireframe, wireframes
- draftsdraft, outline, plan, mock-up, prototype
- digital artdigital art, render, 3D modeling, digital illustration, graphic design
rough sketchfinished product
Completed manufactured good
final version · fair copy · clean copy · masterpiece · masterwork
rough, sketch, roughly, rougher, roughest, roughness, roughen, roughened, roughening