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