#moodboard tips

I think that's what the ask said, I tried to remember it as best I could 😭

No worries !! It’s pretty hard so I understand, I’ll make sure it easy enough to understand !! /gen

Fandom Wikis: most games have fandom wikis, it’s pretty easy to find them by searching online so I highly recommend it, they have lots of information on how the character acts in the game or perhaps background stories or even trivia. However sometimes they have a wiki that doesn’t have a lot of information or no wiki at all (I’ve only seen a few games like this). Which is okay !

Pinterest: when it comes to pictures of the character, you can get a pretty good look at them and their aesthetic/color themes they’d have. Maybe they have a special item on them that is like a sword or perhaps a map, searching up those can add to it. Some keywords I like to use would be “color aesthetic” (replace color with the actual color), it also helps if you use specific words with it, “soft” “rough” “light” “gentle” or any other wording, these are just a few I use a lot due to the type of boards I do the most.

Art/fanart: For me personally, I would look at how others draw the character interacting with others, even if it is a ship art! It might not help as much since it doesn’t help with the theme, but it shows how that character is to that artist and others, so if there is a consistent theme going on with it. An example would be Batman/bruce Wayne, many draw him as quiet or mysterious.

Tumblr posts: I don’t think are are any fandoms NOT on tumblr, even if some haven’t been updated in awhile, you can always find something. Usually art.

YouTube: this one can help a lot sometimes but usually for gameplay or maybe if someone did a video essay on the character (not many do). There are some that do character compilations, like for Resident evil or Genshin, a lot of those types of games but most games don’t usually do that unless the company lets out special videos about it (birthday videos or special events).

Asking the requester: this one may make you anxious, it makes me anxious doing it as well, but asking your friend for possible themes could help a lot ! Now this might not work for anons (if ever do any for an anon) since you don’t know if they will check, they most likely will but never really know!

Template for asking:

“Hey so just to make sure, what kind of themes align with this character? Any colors to look out for or maybe animals?”

You do not have to use it, it’s just a suggestion incase you need it!!

its my first times making them😔

hai omg so sorry for the late response

life stuff heh-

those all look great, the first ones a little unbalanced but i think you might be able to pretty easily fix it by replacing that one super dark pic or darkening the others a tad to match

Hi, how are you?

It's great to have someone new on doing moodboards!

Here are some of my tips for you:

• There should be nine pictures

• Don't use more than four character pictures

• You have to put them in a good order. I think it looks best when there aren't two character pictures next to each other. You can also take a look at my moodboards.

• All pictures should be the same size

• And the most important thing is to always have fun and enjoy it.

well I started about 2 months ago and I’ve been active since then really and some advice I’ll give you is that, there is no limit for mood boarding really. Make whatever you want with whoever you want, there is no limit to creativity.

Also don’t be afraid of other mood board creators, they are all nice people and they don’t bite. (The ones that I know of 😭)

make sure if your using another persons divider (border, lace, etc) give them credits in the tags. (I recommend going to the photos app once you download whatever divider and making a separate folder named

“dividers by ___” so you know who to tag.)

It may take some time to get a lot of likes on posts or followers but try to stay active and make lots of mutuals and try to comment on others posts, it makes the other person feel good about their post and it can get you closer with others :D

that’s mostly it, there’s some other things. If yall want me to make a post about it I can addressing all the tips for tumblr I know!!

ty love <3 + here are some tips !

make sure the aesthetics/themes of each picture you put in the moodboard either have similar color palettes or are related in some way

make sure when you're putting the mb together, it looks balanced ( it's a little hard to explain lol )

usually i use pinterest to find the images for my mbs, that can be helpful !

dividers and locs help add a kind of "vibe" to your mb ( @.v6que and @.plutism are some of my favorite divider makers , you can just search up "cute/pretty/etc locs" in the search bar and some will pop up )

i use a mixture of Google and Pintrest (primarily pintrest)

Basically, I get the vibe I want to go for, for example the Mello moodboard i did was about religion, and he's very commonly headcannoned to be catholic. So I searched things like 'religion' 'catholic' and added aesthetic afterward (not saying religion is an aesthetic it just helps to find nice pictures). If you want certain colors or details in it, then add that to the search bar too. Also, something I find that helps if that if you click on an image that fits with the vibe you're going for but doesn't actually work with what you have, underneath or to the side they'll be similar images and you can just keep going until you find one that works.

oooo okay! i am definitely not an expert by any means but maybe that’s even better because if i can do it, you can do it! 

this is the gist of my “process”:

the first thing i do when making a moodboard is brainstorming elements to include. more specifically, i think about the most important aspects of the fic i’m writing and think of how to incorporate it in the moodboard! for example, PEACHES for the peach fic was obviously something i wanted to include in the moodboard but it doesn’t have to be quite that obvious haha. if you’re including people (which i highly recommend), think about the ages/appearances of the characters in your fic (i don’t want to assume it’s h&l so i’m going to say characters) and find pictures that fit those ideas! for me, pinterest is a really helpful tool for finding pictures (not just of people but in general) but i also just type in “harry styles 2017″ or “harry styles age 22″ in the search bar to filter through pictures of him to fit the age/era he has in the fic. for objects and other pictures- i type in something like “sheets aesthetic” or “studying aesthetic” to find nice pictures!