What Is a Rough Sketch?

noun. 1. a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details. 2. a rough design, plan, or draft, as of a book.

What does rough sketch mean?

Definitions of rough drawing. a preliminary sketch of a design or picture. synonyms: draft. type of: sketch, study. preliminary drawing for later elaboration.

What is the purpose of a rough sketch?

Rough sketches function as the first full visual prototype. They're produced quickly and without much concern for composition or even aesthetics. It's far easier in this early stage to move stuff around and switch things out, than it is later on down the line when composition and details have begun to tighten out.