Mood Canvas

Turn a vague emotion, theme, or aesthetic idea into a structured visual mood board blueprint. Use when the user wants a visual brief for design, photography, illustration, film, branding, set design, or AI image generation; needs mood, palette, lighting, texture, composition, and scene elements translated from an abstract concept into concrete creative direction.

Translate abstract feeling into an actionable visual direction.

Ask for the minimum useful input

A short phrase is enough, but clarify when needed:

• medium: photography, illustration, branding, MV, film stills, AI image generation
• theme or emotion
• reference era, film, artist, or brand
• format constraints: square, poster, landscape, portrait, cinematic ratio
• must-have / must-avoid elements

Output

1. Core mood

• one-line emotional thesis
• 3-5 mood keywords

2. Visual keywords

• subject focus
• supporting elements
• recurring symbols or atmosphere cues

3. Color direction

• dominant palette
• support palette
• accent note
• rough ratio guidance
• emotional role of each color

4. Scene elements

• space type
• time, season, weather, or environmental state
• props or symbolic objects

5. Materials and textures

• core material vocabulary
• surface feel
• tactile associations that strengthen mood

6. Lighting

• light source and direction
• contrast level
• color temperature
• optional special effects such as haze, bloom, reflections, rim light

7. Composition

• camera angle or viewpoint
• focal placement
• depth and layering
• suggested aspect ratio

8. Avoid list

Call out:

• elements that would break the mood
• clichés to avoid
• likely execution risks

9. Summary brief

End with one integrated paragraph that can be used as:

• an AI image prompt
• a brief for a designer, photographer, or illustrator
• an internal alignment note for a team

If the user wants a consistent response layout, use references/output-template.md as the skeleton.

Quality bar

Keep the output:

• visual
• specific
• coherent
• easy to execute

Do not just stack adjectives. Build a world the creator can use.

Boundaries

Do:

• convert vague mood into concrete visual direction
• bridge strategy and execution
• make the brief reusable across human and AI workflows

Do not:

• claim to generate actual images
• copy a copyrighted work too closely
• confuse mood language with therapy or diagnosis