After trying to create my own photo mosaic and trying many online services, I decided to put together a review site to help remove some of the confusion in trying to create custom photo mosaics. I could not find any valuable reviews online, then again, I guess this is not the type of product you would expect to find on Amazon.com or any other large online superstore. Hopefully you find this review site helpful in creating your own custom mosaic.
Recently being in the market for a new car, I stumbled upon these two very cool mosaics when visiting their brand's Facebook pages. I added my photo and really felt like I was part of the brand experience. I never realized that a mosaic could really offer such a unique consumer-brand building experience, but these two mosaics do just that.
A friend recenlty forwarded me this very cool social photo montage experience. The application was built for Intel's new line of processors; although I am not sure how it directly relates to the processors, it makes a great impression. Nevertheless, the ending part of the on-the-fly video results in a very amazing mosaic that is built from all of your Facebook friends. Although it doesn't seem like the "Intel robot arms" are actually placing the photo's in the correct spots (sorry, just my mosaic eye), the overall effect is very cool!
I happen to be walking through Times Square last weekend, when I stumble upon one of the most stunning mosaics I have ever seen. It was at least 70 to 80 feet tall and made up of varying sized photos (also known as multi-size-cells by the creators). The mosaic was promoting eHarmony 10th Anniversary. After a little digging and surfing, I found that our friends at Picture Mosaics were behind this breathtaking photo mosaic billboard. They also created an online interactive version is just as impressive. You can learn more about the mosaic and campaign here: http://www.i-newswire.com/world-s-largest-multi-size-cell/60641
Once in a while an online mosaic project catches my eye, and this one is definitively did! I think I have already spent over 4 hours just looking and reading about all of the users posted travel photos. I can't think of a more interesting or captivating way to show so many photos at once than in a mosaic, and this mosaic is no exception!
For all those hard core Harley-Davidson fans, an interactive online mosaic has been created. Thousands of Harley-Davidson fans uploaded photos to be included in the Harley-Davidson 2010 motorcycle catalog an online interactive version. be sure to check it out here: http://www.h-d-mosaic.com
Last Updated ( Monday, 10 August 2009 )
365 Mosaic Project
Written by Melissa
Friday, 07 August 2009
I recently stumbled upon a very neat personal project where a photographer took photos of her family everyday for a year. She then compiled all of these photos into one amazing photo mosaic, be sure to check it out here: http://amandakern.wordpress.com/2009/08/06/205-days-of-365-mosaic
Last Updated ( Monday, 11 July 2011 )
Super cool video mosaic!
Written by Melissa
Thursday, 23 July 2009
I typically do not make direct posts about any of the services or products I have reviewed, but this was just way to cool to not make a post. If you haven't recently visited Picture Mosaics, be sure to take take a second to a look at their homepage feature video... I've already watched it over 20 times :-) Very impressive!
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 11 August 2009 )
Mosaic 101: Quick and Dirty Mosaic Pitfalls
Written by Melissa
Monday, 12 January 2009
If you are new to photo mosaics or just simply enjoy looking at them then this article is for you… I wanted to share a few quick thoughts. I am making the assumption that if you are reading this you have seen a few photo mosaics (in person, on the web, or on TV) and that you know that a photo mosaic is a group of photos (photo tiles or cells) arranged in a certain way to assemble another larger image. However I have found that much can go wrong in this effort if the colors and shapes of the photo tiles/cells are not analyzed correctly. To correct these short falls, some software applications and services “cheat” or create fake mosaics by using one of the two unfortunate methods below.
