Easy Way To Understand Mood Boards

Easy Way To Understand Mood Boards

I know many of you don't know or get confused while making/preparing Inspiration Board, Theme Board, Mood Boards, Colour Board. Lets understand all types of boards in the easiest way.  

1. INSPIRATION BOARD

Before making any board you should be clear about your inspiration, now you will ask what is inspiration - You will be having 1000 of  thoughts and feelings but what matter is which one affect your action the most- for example I was watching a trailer on NETFLIX of Chasing Coral (a thrilling adventure to document the disappearance of the world's coral reefs.)  many thoughts came into my mind while watching it but the thought which fascinated me the most and keep on clicking in my mind again and again was the beauty  beneath the ocean so it became my inspiration (Inspiration is more about how you feel, and get motivated about both thoughts and feelings). The place, thing, poem, movie, history, architecture etc from where ever u got motivated 1 place or 10 it  becomes your inspiration and will come into your Inspiration Board

REMEMBER - Inspiration board is only to help the client know from where did you get the ideal of your theme that's it. 

Every board is based on the theme you take,onwards from this step you just keep your theme in mind while working on your other boards and final content/product

2. Theme Board

As you know my inspiration was the chasing coral trailer (the beauty  beneath the ocean), now what I have to think next is what should I give name to my Theme (theme - an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature), many words and phrases came into my mind like beauty of ocean, endless blues, under ocean beauty, an ocean breeze put the mind on peace, beautiful ocean, mystery of sea, marine beauty etc but I have to think about a unique name which can carry all my thoughts about it into one so i decided to name my theme as JEWELS OF THE SEA - why I took this name only,was evey beauty and aspect under the sea/ocean is a masterpiece, is unique, is like a jewel to our world so I named it so.  

I took all those images which can express my Theme in a THEME BOARD like a beautiful image of under ocean, pearls, shels, extraordinary and mysterious animals these all things are jewel of the ocean.  

3. MOOD BOARD 

Mood Board expresses emotion or feeling that you want to show or you want to express in your designs/final content. 

When you think about your theme what kind of feeling comes into ur mind and heart ?? For example lets take my theme JEWELS OF THE SEA, when I think or somebody else will think about my theme what emotion or feeling will comes 1st in my or her/his heart and mind get Excited, get surprised and fascinated to know about unusual things or creature beneath the ocean, enthusiastic and interested to know more, , alive and positive, amased, and an emotion of sensitivity that nothing should happen or go wrong with these beautiful things under ocean, a mysterious feeling about the ocean. 

4. COLOUR BOARD

Colour board represent what colour you are going to use for the final content of the theme you have selected.

For example for my theme product/final content i will use these colour as shown in my colour board.

Use Pantone numbers of your colour to give more specific information to your client. 

These 4 Boards are basic other boards are related to your stream for example in fashion next board is Silhouette Board and Fabric Board.

5. SILHOUETTE BOARD

In this board you have to show which silhouette (shape of the garment)  you are using for your chosen theme. Example- JEWELS OF THE SEA 

A-Line 

usually of a one-piece garment, flaring gently at the waist or hips .

Mermaid 

This is an attractive silhouette that follows the figure down to the knee before flaring out dramatically.

Empire 

the cut features a waistline just below the bust and a skirt that flows down all the way down.

H-Line 

usually  a one-piece garment, going straight from shoulder to hip, and crossed at the waist with a belt, cuff or other accent, thus resembling the letter ‘H.’

Sheath Dress

Features a figure-hugging silhouette with a defined waist creating a form fitting effect.

6. FABRIC BOARD

In this board you have to place all the fabrics that you are going to use to make garment on this theme you can either put pictures or you can put real fabric on the board. To select fabric you have to think about what kind of fabric will suit your theme in our case some soft, flowy, rich, suttle and shiney fabric and bit stretchable fabric will be the best, as I want the costume to be flow like water of the ocean.

7. TRIMS AND TASSEL BOARD

This boards consist of all types of gems, pearls, trims, tassels that you are going to use to embellish the costume of the selected theme 

8. MOTIF BOARD

This boards consist of all types motifs and patterns you are going to use to emboss on the costume  of the selected theme.