ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Wireframe modeling

Okay kiddo, imagine you want to build a toy house out of blocks. Before you start building it, you can draw a picture of what you want the house to look like. This is called a wireframe drawing.

A wireframe drawing is a special kind of picture that shows the different parts of something, like a toy house or a website, without any colors or details. It's like a skeleton of the thing you want to make.

Just like with the toy house, a wireframe drawing helps designers plan how they're going to build something, like a website or a video game. The wireframe shows where different things should go on the page or screen, like buttons, pictures, or text.

When designers make a wireframe, they use really simple shapes and lines, like squares, circles, and rectangles. They don't worry about making things look pretty yet - that comes later.

Once the wireframe is finished, the designers can use it to figure out what the website or video game will look like, and how people will use it. Then they can start adding colors, textures, and other details to make it look nice and fun to play with.

So wireframe modeling is basically creating a picture that shows what something will look like before anyone starts building it. It helps designers plan and organize their work, so they can make something that looks and works really well.