| DTG defines photo mosaics as photographic | | | | that suits you and then learn what the best |
| images or pictures made up of many, usually | | | | steps to make excellent pieces are. |
| hundreds, of smaller photographic images. | | | | |
| Viewed very closely, the small tile images | | | | William Hunt, considered as a photo mosaic |
| can be recognized as individual photos, but | | | | guru presents these simple principles that |
| at a distance, the composite of these images | | | | are essential to creating good photo mosaics: |
| make up an entirely different image. | | | | |
| | | | (1) The large image MUST look good without |
| This exciting branch of art has been going on | | | | too much jaggedness or color distortion. To |
| for quite some time now and has gained a wide | | | | achieve this use more and smaller tiles, use |
| interest from all over the world. The meaning | | | | duplicates, modify the tile images or add |
| of these artworks has a profound effect on | | | | another photo collection. |
| anyone who sees it. It can be a powerful | | | | |
| medium of expression that conveys strong | | | | (2) The small tile images should be |
| emotions. I myself was very moved upon seeing | | | | sufficiently large to view comfortably in the |
| a photo mosaic of US president George Bush | | | | renderings final form. If this is a display |
| made up of all the servicemen that have died | | | | on a computer monitor or a 8x10 print, you |
| in Iraq. Just imagine the many soldiers | | | | will need to use as few tiles as possible and |
| making up that picture and you'll see why it | | | | still satisfy rule(1). If it is a poster size |
| brought out a lot of emotions for all who've | | | | printout you can get by with over a thousand |
| seen it. | | | | tiles. |
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| This type of art is a very effective tool to | | | | (3) If duplicate use of the small tiles is |
| convey different types of meaning whatever | | | | needed, they must not be placed near to each |
| the artist likes. It allows you to make the | | | | other. |
| viewer make connections and this connections | | | | |
| will serve as the medium where you | | | | (4) If the small tile images need to be |
| communicate to them whatever it is that you | | | | modified to achieve 1-3, it should be as |
| want them to know. | | | | little as possible. |
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| Creating photo mosaics has been made easy by | | | | (5) The target image and the small tile |
| new software that has been developed for this | | | | pictures should as much as possible have some |
| particular art. You just need to look for one | | | | coherent theme or connection. |