How to Create a Mood Board
I thought I had understood the web design process. But the truth seems to be the opposite. The previous project where I created the design with villa/hotel theme turns out below my expectation. And I could improve all these with just a little more research and effort using mood board.
What is mood board?
Mood board is a collection of images, textures, colors or anything you can put together to convey the similar mood you want to present. Let’s say that you want to bring a “sexy” atmosphere in your design, you can search Flickr for the photo of a sexy woman or rose and sort them in Photoshop.
So I try to create my first mood board. I’m pretty excited because this is the discovering process which means you’re not constrained on what you must do. Using Sunsetvilla as the theme of my design, I’ll need to determine the adjectives that represent the theme.
Using “Orange, Black, Elegant, Comfort” as the words, I search and put them up together. I use the keywords above as the guide and explore after more images are found. Just trust your feeling this time and save any image you believe can bring the atmosphere mentioned.
A little effort worths it
All I can say with these little effort, your design can turn out better. Research phase can’t be ignored if you design a website. I think it applies to the graphic design either. If you’re one of the practitioner who turn on the Photoshop immediately without research. Hecks, you’ll regret it. :)
Written by Sayz when my brother was snoring whole night.
