Exactly, I have been in too many meetings when they get shown a click dummy in the technology stack, we get the reaction, a couple of days more and it is done.
I'm asking myself if this might be a good application for a WebGL shader?
The issue with "theming to look sketched" is the same as with "hand drawn looking components" - it has to be integrated for your specific DOM or App, totally defying the purpose of "making someone understand this is a quick sketch". Because by now, it's far beyond being a sketch.
but that's the point, it's not a sketch, it's a prototype.
Consider building a calendar app. You build part of the thing, but you have not handled error conditions and edge cases, the back-end supports only a single user and you don't have authentication working.
It's enough to validate some of the flows and how UX actually works, but if you show it to a customer with the actual proper designs they will subconsciously asume that the work is finished.
If the look and feel is "this is not real" it sets their mind in a different configuration.
Love Balsamiq. The style of wireframe is so useful for conveying to people that this is just a sketch and to avoid the ‘I’m not sure about the font’ questions
Absolutely love Balsamiq. So quick and easy. IIRC there used to be a post-processing tool by a 3rd party that would turn Balsamiq Mockups into code - wonder if it's still kicking around.
Edit: it was called napkee. looks like it was open sourced but hasn't been touched in almost a decade
Having to write code loses the point of quick and dirty.