A Custom Mood Theme in a Year

Oh no, I missed Thursday 😱 Maybe I should skip ahead to Sympathetic...

This week's Minimum and Medium moods are: Nerdy, Okay, Sad

This week's Maximum moods are: Moody, Pissed off, Rushed

Pissed Off is pretty straightforward here! We've been working our way through the Angry derivatives, and while we're almost done, hopefully that means you've got a good handle on things and how you want to express Pissed Off. Rushed might be a little tricky, but I feel like it's nothing compared to Moody. Just how do you convey that visually, anyway? My Moody fancy rat is chewing on a mood ring, while my Moody pigeon is both tired and grumpy, but I skipped it entirely for my cloud moods on account of the difficulty 😅 Hopefully you'll have better luck!

What do you think, though? Do you have something already in mind for Moody, or do you need to think it over more? Maybe Rushed or Pissed Off is giving you more trouble? Or maybe this is an easy week for you? Let's talk about it!

This week's Minimum and Medium moods are: Determined, Devious, Energetic

This week's Maximum moods are: Enraged, Frustrated, Grumpy

Differentiating Enraged from the upcoming Infuriated has always been a bit difficult for me; they're both pretty extreme forms of anger, but which one is more, and how do I express that? I've tended to aim for more subtle differences when I make big enough mood themes, with Enraged in my Fancy Rats being a mirror of Infuriated with a flaming background, and I'm planning something similar for my pigeon mood theme. The cloud mood theme, meanwhile, has a tornado for Enraged and a flaming tornado for Infuriated!

Frustrated, on the other hand, I feel has some pretty easy-to-grasp energy. If you're working with a fandom mood theme, there's probably at least one scene you can think of where your characters are frustrated by something! Finding something to pull for an original theme can be a bit trickier, but there's options out there. Frustrated is one of the few moods I skipped for the clouds, but the Frustrated fancy rat is trying to fit a square peg in a round hole, and the Frustrated pigeon is dealing with anti-bird spikes!

Finally, we've got Grumpy, another one with last week's Cranky that reminds me of uninterrupted naps. I keep on wishing it were Grouchy, so I could make Oscar the Grouch references 😂 That said, as with Annoyed feeling more "active" than Aggravated, Grouchy feels a little bit more mature than Cranky for me, or at least a little bit older and better able to use words.

Still, those are only my thoughts and impressions! What do these moods make you think of, and how do you plan to approach them with your own mood themes? Do you have an approach in mind for them? And what do you think the differences are between some of the more similar moods we've had these past few weeks? Let's talk about it!

Goodness, time flies so fast; we're already in the final week of Part 3!

This week's Minimum and Medium moods are: Relaxed, Silly, Uncomfortable

This week's Maximum moods are: Hyper, Amused, Cheerful

As with last year, for anyone who's taking the Maximum track and wants to skip December, I'm adding an optional mood to the sixth week of this and the next four parts (total of five optional moods). Anyone who's working on that track and takes the optional moods will be able to skip the last two weeks of the schedule!

This Part's optional mood is: Accomplished

For discussion, I had a lot of fun last year coming up with "Cheerful", who ended up cheering on Dreamwidth users; things worked out extra nicely, in that the mood itself falls under Three Weeks for Dreamwidth! Are any of the rest of you relying on puns or alternate interpretations at all? Have you had any trouble with previous moods, or do you anticipate trouble with these ones? What's the most creative you've had to get with a mood so far? Let's talk about it!

Welcome back for another week's worth of moods!

This week's Minimum and Medium moods are: Nerdy, Okay, Sad

This week's Maximum moods are: Moody, Pissed off, Rushed


I don't know about anyone else, but I am feeling Rushed today. Too many things to do! Probably plenty of time, but does my executive dysfunction care? Not so much.

How about you? What are your thoughts on this week's moods? Are you having an easy time with them, or is it taking more work? Do you need help with any? Let's talk about it!

Ack, I forgot to update yesterday! So sorry about that; I got caught up in writing Dreamwidth tutorials...

This week's Minimum and Medium moods are: Determined, Devious, Energetic

This week's Maximum moods are: Enraged, Frustrated, Grumpy

What are your thoughts on this week's moods? Are they relatable, or are you feeling something different this week? Did ideas for them pop immediately into your head, or are they taking a bit more work? Let's talk about it!

Woo-hoo, I'm finally done with Part 3!

( Part 3 Rats )

These are all the rats I have for Part 3; I hope they make you smile!

The time has come for our next batch of moods!

This week's moods are: Curious, Predatory, Bouncy

These ones seem like fun! A nice variety after the past few weeks of Angry sub-genres, with a lot of room for creativity and interpretation. But what do you think? Do these moods seem like a nice break, or were you just getting into the swing of more miffed moods? Have you got ideas for any of them yet, or are they just not working? Or is it the opposite problem, and you have too many ideas for one or more of them? If so, you might check and see if there are other moods that your ideas might work for; or maybe you want to use one of your superfluous ideas as an icon instead? Let's talk about it!

And so begins the third week of Part 3.

This week's moods are: Infuriated, Irate, Irritated

I don't think it hit me until just now that we'd be getting three angry words in a row that all started with "I"! Figuring out the difference between "Irate" and "Irritated" has the potential to be a bit of a challenge, but I believe in us!

What do you think? Are you prepared to face down three new sub-categories of "Angry"? Are you thinking of skipping around a bit, and getting back to these later? After all, it doesn't technically matter which moods you make images for this week, as long as you make three of them, you'll still be set to complete your mood theme on time. But it can also be nice to know you're working on the same thing as other people. What do you think? Let's talk about it!

It's time for Week 1 of Part 3 of Mood Theme in a Year! To our returning mood-makers, welcome back; and to anyone who's just starting out, welcome aboard!

This week's moods are: Bitchy, Cranky, Cynical

I'm not going to lie, the next few weeks seem a little rough to me! Right now we're going through almost all of the moods that are derived from "Angry"; we had two at the end of Part 2, and we've got another six after this. On the one hand, this is the kind of opportunity where, when you make an image that doesn't quite fit the mood you originally picked it for, you may be able to reuse that image for another mood pretty quickly!

On the other hand, spending close to four weeks focusing on variations of "Angry" seems like it could get a little exhausting. So feel free to take a look at the listed schedule for Part 3 and mix the moods around a little! If you need to take a breather to work on something else so you can figure out the fine differences between "Irate" and "Irritated", but still want t stay on track, skipping ahead to a different mood in this part is a great option.

What do you think? Do you anticipate getting a headache over trying to find nine more ways to make an "Angry" sort of mood in a row, or is your mood theme particularly suited to the task? This particular run of similar moods is pretty extensive as far as these things go, but we've got more similar mood runs in the future; are you dreading or looking forward to any other mood clusters, like filling in the leaves on "Relaxed" or "Silly"? Let's talk about it!