![]() ![]() Each is at play in a great graphic design. Brainstorm ideas in order to come up with a selection of visuals that will drive your creative process.Ĭonsider the following components of graphic design when looking for inspiration: lines, shapes, color, texture, and typography. Consider various topics, artifacts, objects, or trends related to the project’s goals that may serve as sources of inspiration for your design. The first step in creating your mood board should be to determine what inspires you and how this inspiration relates to the project at hand. How to Make a Mood Board Graphic Design Determine Your Inspiration In summary, having access to a well-organized mood board makes it easier for graphic designers to convey their ideas visually, conceptualize new designs quicker and share their projects more effectively with others. Mood boards also provide an effective way for designers to present their work in progress to clients so they can easily see where their project is headed from concept to completion. When I added the tile to the backsplash, I added the tile to the whole plane of that wall, then used my polygonal lasso tool to select where the cabinets were and deleted so that the tile only showed where the tile should be.Additionally, creating a mood board also helps designers to identify potential problems before investing time into creating the actual design product.īy using a graphic design mood board in the early stages of the design process, graphic designers are able to save time and resources while still producing an innovative product. For the above image, I used the polygonal lasso tool to select that wall around the doorway and then used my paint bucket tool to fill it in with green to “paint” that wall green. The other tools I use a lot are the clone tool, and the polygonal lasso tool. It sometimes takes a little playing around to get things to feel cohesive, perspective-wise. The distort transform tool is how you’ll fit that product image to your background so it matches the perspective of the space. ![]() I grab a lot of product images from online to use in my mockups, and those generally have white backgrounds, which is easy to remove. The background removal tool is nice because you don’t have to remove the background of what your adding to the space. The tools I use the most to create mockups are the background removal tool and the distort transform tools. But if you don’t have access to those images, you can start with images you take yourself. I find that, if you have access to them, the real estate photos of your space can be really nice to work with because they’re generally taken when the space is empty or very clean, so you don’t have to edit around a bunch of furniture or the clutter of daily life. There are other programs besides Adobe Photoshop you can use to create mood boards and mockups, like Canva, but I’ve been using photoshop since 2004 and have never used Canva, so this tutorial will use Photoshop, however the same principals would apply to any program you use, the tools just may be different within different photo editing applications. Mood boards are a great starting place for putting together a general design vibe, to see how different colors and textures will look together. I generally like using image based mockups using actual photos of the space better than doing 3D computer renderings because they feel more real to me, especially if you’re keeping the existing structure of a space and aren’t moving walls or anything that would be more difficult to adjust from a photo. I find they are a great way to test out different paint colors or wallpapers, and get a feel for how something will look IRL. While I love to create mockups for my own projects in order to feel out colors and design ideas, they also are a perfect thing to send alongside a pitch to a brand when I’m seeking a sponsorship. Learning how to create beautiful mood boards and project mockups is a great way to not only gain clarity on your own personal projects, but offer visual proof of concept of projects for clients, if you’re a designer, or potential sponsors, if you’re a content creator. ![]()
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