How To Create Your Own Photo Mosaics, Part 1

Photo mosaics are rising in popularity all over thewould look a little odd and probably not create your
world. You have probably seen one somewhere suchdesired look.
as in your child's school, your local library, a medicalEvery one of those rectangular divisions will be
office or elsewhere. They are beautiful, large photoreplaced by another image with normal colors. When
mosaics that will catch everyone and anyone's eye.you look at the image at a distance (let's say you
You just can't take your eyes off of theseare using a digital photograph of your favorite cat to
wonderful photos. There is so much to look at andcreate a photo mosaic) you would only see the cat.
so much to discover in a photo mosaic.However, you might notice that the photograph's
So, What is a Photo Mosaic?resolution is a little off, or that something seems to
A photo mosaic can also be known as abe different about this photograph. When you stand
Photomosaic. This is a type of imaging art that isclose to the photo mosaic you will notice that there
completely unique from the rest. A photo mosaic isare many different photographs infused within the
usually made from a digital photograph - this wouldphoto itself. How interesting!
be the best type of image to use. You could also useYou can use many kind of photos for the mosaic
another type of picture, but for the sake of thispart of the digital photograph you want to. For
article, we will focus on creating photo mosaics fromexample, in your favorite cat's photo mosaic you
a digital photograph.could use many different photos of your cat to
To begin, the photograph needs to be divided intomake up your photo mosaic of your cat. So, when
equal rectangular sections, as small as you want themyou see it from a distance, you will see a large photo
to be. They should be small enough to create a greatof your favorite cat. However, when you look closer
visual effect, but not too small so that someoneyou will see many different photos of your cat doing
looking at the finished project could not see them.other things in the equal rectangular sections!
They also should not be too large, because then it