LibGuides: Visual Storytelling 1: Mood

Creating Mood Boards

Mood boards represent a story's emotional content and "transports people into your world." Some of the considerations include:

Location
Time period
Character styling
Wardrobe
Color palettes
Set styling and lighting

The following free resources provide tools for creating mood boards. They require you to create a free account in order to login and use. Some of the resources offer upgraded or premium versions with a paid subscription.

Adobe Express Mood Board Maker
Creating an image board is a great way to visualize your thought process during the concept phase of a project. Arranging images, text and key messages can give you the inspiration you’re looking for — and help you to communicate your ideas to others.
Evernote
Evernote allows you to gather images, notes, and websites into a single resource that can be shared and synched with all your devices.
The Matboard
The Matboard is a social bookmarking hub for the creative world which will enable users to explore, share, and inspire creative work via two of the most compelling elements of social media: creative visual content and social media sharing capabilities.
Pinterest
Pinterest allows you to gather images, palettes, quotes together in one place to create your mood board. Search mood board to find templates and examples.