- take and paste photo references
- Make MANY thumbnail drawings
- Make a color swatch to create color harmony
- Write about it! Explain why you did this
- create the mini painting here.
- Make mistakes in your sketchbook to avoid big mistakes in your final piece
- get others opinions on proportions and composition
Creating a Moodboard in your sketchbook
A mood board is a type of visual presentation or a collage consisting of images, text, and samples of objects in a composition. It can be based upon a set topic or can be any material chosen at random. A mood board can be used to convey a general idea or feeling about a particular topic.
reasons to create a mood board
1. Mood boards help establish a strong foundationOnce the initial project has been set in motion, creating a mood board helps you establish the basics of what the end result could ideally look like.
While many assume mood boards are used as visual inspiration for creative projects, they can also be used for things like competitor analysis. Sometimes it’s even beneficial to create a few mood boards that highlight various different elements of the project so that you can provide a holistic, visual landscape before starting.
2. Mood boards clarify the visionWhile you may have started your project with a clear vision in mind, (as is often the case) once you’ve started focusing on other tasks and dealing with other team members, it’s easy to forget the original intent and the purpose of why you started the project to begin with. Having a mood board on display helps remind you of the original goal. Looking at your mood board regularly can also help inform all the micro-decisions you make towards the main goal.
3. Mood boards make collaboration easyThe famous quote “a picture is worth a thousand words” is extremely relevant when it comes to mood boards. Sometimes, while you can try and explain how you want a design to look, or try to illustrate a concept, the clearest form of an explanation is through visual examples—this could be because the majority of the population are visual learners.
Easy collaboration is dependent on the fact that a team understands the goal and has a clear brief of what is expected of them. Mood boards help achieve this.
reasons to create a mood board
1. Mood boards help establish a strong foundationOnce the initial project has been set in motion, creating a mood board helps you establish the basics of what the end result could ideally look like.
While many assume mood boards are used as visual inspiration for creative projects, they can also be used for things like competitor analysis. Sometimes it’s even beneficial to create a few mood boards that highlight various different elements of the project so that you can provide a holistic, visual landscape before starting.
2. Mood boards clarify the visionWhile you may have started your project with a clear vision in mind, (as is often the case) once you’ve started focusing on other tasks and dealing with other team members, it’s easy to forget the original intent and the purpose of why you started the project to begin with. Having a mood board on display helps remind you of the original goal. Looking at your mood board regularly can also help inform all the micro-decisions you make towards the main goal.
3. Mood boards make collaboration easyThe famous quote “a picture is worth a thousand words” is extremely relevant when it comes to mood boards. Sometimes, while you can try and explain how you want a design to look, or try to illustrate a concept, the clearest form of an explanation is through visual examples—this could be because the majority of the population are visual learners.
Easy collaboration is dependent on the fact that a team understands the goal and has a clear brief of what is expected of them. Mood boards help achieve this.
