Novel mood boards: dark academia, romance, fantasy

Mood boards for writers and readers gathering the feel of a story. The three boards are dark academia, with old libraries, candles and tweed; romance, with a seaside cottage and love letters; and fantasy, with a castle on a cliff and a glowing forest. Each comes as a flat lay across a wooden desk, a tidy grid of photographs, or a journal spread. Type a different genre, such as mystery or gothic, and the same boards carry it.

• a desk board above a writing desk
• a planning board for a new book
• a reference for a story's setting

Frequently asked questions

What do the nine pictures show?

Three story feelings in three layouts: dark academia, romance and fantasy, each a sheet of photographs and colour chips.

Can I change the genre?

Yes. Type a different genre, such as mystery, sci-fi or gothic, and the same three boards carry it.

How do the three layouts differ?

Wooden desk is a flat lay of prints and chips across wood, clean grid is an even grid on white, and journal spread is pasted photographs and ribbons on taped pages.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.