Shape concepts and moodboards in Firefly Boards

Use Firefly Boards to gather, organize, and remix visual ideas to shape standout concepts for any creative project.

Published February 12, 2026

00:01

Introduction

[Natasha Polozenko stands in front of a white wall decorated with two framed artworks.]

Hello, my name is Natasha Polozenko aka Nataszko all over the web and I'm so excited to introduce you to a completely new approach to concepting and mood boarding.

And in this tutorial, I'm going to walk you through a project in which Firefly Boards helped me generate ideas [The Adobe Firefly Boards interface displays multiple fashion-related images on a canvas.] for a fashion design and illustration concept.

Let's dive in.

00:18

Setting up Firefly Boards and adding inspiration

I'm going to go to firefly.adobe.com/boards, [A cursor drags multiple images from the Adobe Stock library onto the board.] and I'm going to start off with some inspiration shots from the Adobe Stock Library, simply dragging them onto my board like so.

If I select all my images and click Arrange, [The cursor clicks Arrange to organize the images.

Afterwards, isolated sketches of a dress and handbag are imported.] you'll see that they're now all neatly organized for me.

And it's also good to know that you can also import videos here too, as well as your own art and sketches.

[A side panel opens inside the canvas showing a search results page full of colorful textures.]

You can also search for inspiration directly inside of Boards, which you can also do in full screen mode if you like.

And here's a small collection of images that I sourced earlier using this feature.

[The cursor selects a group of images and clicks on the Remix button to generate variants.]

00:53

Generating ideas with remix, prompts, and AI models

Let's generate some new ideas from this imagery.

Select two or more images and hit Remix.

And you'll see that it has generated a few good options for us.

[A prompt bar opens at the bottom displaying tags like White Flower and Black Background.]

Now if we click Load on a remixed image, it opens up a Prompt bar, and by selecting Sample from canvas and clicking on another image, [The cursor highlights options from a dropdown menu, selecting Use as style reference before clicking Generate.] you can use the whole image as a style or composition reference, or use one of these prompts.

For example, I'm going to select style reference here, hit Generate, and you'll see we have some new options to pick from.

[The cursor opens a dropdown menu under Model to select a different generation tool.]

You may have also noticed that there are also different models to choose from.

For example, the ChatGPT model allows for instructional editing, meaning you can suggest changes to your imagery.

[The text "Change to a mint green color scheme and make it more glowy" is typed into the prompt bar.]

So, if I select this image as my reference, and let's say I want to 'Change to a mint green color scheme and make it more glowy', it will create that version for me.

And the Veo model here actually allows you to create imagery with motion.

Let's test that out.

[The model changes to Veo 2, generating a moving video of a glowing green flower dress concept.]

Super cool.

[The canvas zooms out to show an overview of all the generated images and sketches.]

Let's take a high-level look at my board.

02:05

Organizing boards and grouping concepts by theme

Here are my images with a few extras I generated beforehand.

Now I want to organize these by theme.

[A dark artboard is created on the canvas and a title is typed using the text tool.]

So, I'm going to go ahead and create myself some artboards selecting a dark background, and I'm going to use the Text tool to create a title.

And now I can drag artwork to this board and arrange it to show a curated set to my client.

[The canvas displays three artboards organized by theme, labeled Marine, Floral, and Alien.]

So fast forward, here are three different boards with imagery organized by theme.

I've also dropped the isolated sketches of my handbag and dress onto my boards,

02:33

Applying styles to sketches and refining concepts

[Using sub-prompts, the cursor applies different style references to the handbag and dress sketches.] and using sub-prompts, I'm going to set them as composition references and to try out different styles from my imagery.

[The background removal option is chosen to clean up the generated assets on the board.]

I've also chosen to Remove background in these tests just to keep things clean and consistent.

In a matter of minutes, I really helped bring each of my different concepts to life.

[The cursor clicks Share in the top right corner and selects Copy Link from the pop-up window.]

So, now by simply clicking Share,

03:03

Sharing boards and moving to final design workflow

I can grab a link to send over to my client for feedback.

[The final collection of concept images is shown in a grid view.]

And to fast forward, my client was most drawn to the mushroom dress and the textured fabric handbag.

[The generated mushroom dress is opened in Adobe Photoshop to resize it beside a line sketch.]

So, now by simply opening this image up in Photoshop, I can have it there easily to reference as I go through the process of bringing my illustration to life.

[The finished fashion design illustration is shown on a dark canvas.]

There we have it.

This is just one of the many ways that you can use Firefly Boards to bring your concepts to life.

Until next time.

[Natasha smiles at the camera against the white wall with the framed artwork.]

Bye for now.

Note: Stock assets provided are for practice purposes only. See terms.

What you’ll learn

Gather inspiration and stay organized

Add images, videos, sketches in the mood board maker — or search Adobe Stock right in the app. Use auto-arrange and artboards to group ideas clearly.

Remix and refine your direction

Generate new looks by combining visuals. Use image to image, style and composition references, sub-prompts, and different image or video models to vary the look and suggest new directions. You can even edit with chat prompts!

Bring it all together and share

Try out styles, remove backgrounds, and finalize your boards. Then send a share link or move to Photoshop to keep creating.

Instruction by: Natasha Polozenko
Design by: Natasha Polozenko
Adobe Stock Contributors: Jasmina; Cерг Нечаев; mfz; harryaishi; cynz; InfiniteBackdrops

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