![]() I use an app called “PhotoGrid”, and its entire purpose is to put photos into a grid for you. To compile your images into a moodboard, use an app or software program that has a grid-maker feature. Searching “free photo editor” should get you results in the meantime. I use my phone’s photo editor, but I’ll add links to some sites later. There’s a built-in photo editor in just about every smartphone these days, and there are tons of free photo editors online that can help you make adjustments to color and brightness. You can also flip the orientation of the photo if you need to. You can make a color image black and white, or you can turn up the saturation to make colors more vivid. If you find a photo that fits your board but is the wrong color or color scheme, add filters to adjust the color! :D Adjusting brightness, saturation, contrast, and adding filters can turn a “meh” image into a “wow” image that totally fits your board. If you’re having trouble finding matching photos… Step Three: Edit your images Knowing your scheme ahead of time allows you to weed out potential images if they don’t match your color scheme/mood/theme. It’s good to envision a color scheme ahead of time so all of your pictures match each other, look cohesive, and don’t clash. Typically I know my color scheme in the process of picking a theme and my subject matter, but if you haven’t thought about color yet, this is where you should do so. IDK why, but it gives you prettier images. When searching for images on Pinterest, it helps to add the word “aesthetic” into your search terms. ![]() Free stock photo sites are also great (a quick Google search should show you some sites). I use Pinterest a lot, as well as plain ‘ol Google, to find my images. Planning ahead is important! Step Two: Find images that fit your subject matter and theme Note the tone of your subject matter/theme and tailor your pics to it. If your character is depressive, choose photos in greyscale, perhaps. If your chapter is funny and light, pick brighter photos. I’d pick images with dreary color schemes to convey that darkness. Let’s say you’re making a board for a really dark chapter of a story. A moodboard has to have a mood, right? Is it happy, joyful, sad, angry, etc.? Picking a theme as well as subject matter further refines which images you should use (and typically your subject matter will inform your overall theme, btw, so that’s helpful). Your theme, meanwhile, is the overall mood of your moodboard. ![]() The more specific your subject matter, the more specific your images can be. Picking images that pertain to a single chapter is easier than trying to pick pics for a 400,000 word story (or at least it is for me, because there’s just too much to choose from if your theme is too broad). I try to keep something specific in mind when making a board-like a character or a chapter, for instance. This first step might be the most important of them all. Step One: Pick your subject matter and theme Great question! My process is pretty simple. Dezzydoesthings said: How do you do mood boards? I'd like to do one but idk how
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