There is no real known inventor, but one man that is believed to be the inventor of photo mosaics. His name is Joseph Francis, and he created a photo mosaic in 1993 while working for R/Greenberg Associates in Manhattan. He made a poster known as the “Live From Bell Labs” created a lot of talk. He created the photo mosaic from a photo of a face. However, his photo mosaic was inspired by an artist by the name of Chuck Close.
How Can You Make Your Own Photo Mosaic?
You can create your own photo mosaics to decorate your home, give as gifts and more. You will need some certain supplies to make a photo mosaic.
Supplies –
A digital camera
Appropriate software
Good color printer
Your one photograph
The other photos you will be using as the smaller images.
There are quite a few different kinds of software that have been created to help you create your own digital photo mosaic.
Here are some software to choose from –
For Windows:
AndreaMosaic
Imosaic
PhotoMosaic
PicToBrick
For Mac:
MacOsaix
PicToBrick
For Online:
Mosaicr
Mosaickr
There is a lot of software to choose from when looking for something to help you create a photo mosaic. However, if you know that you are going to be creating a lot of photo mosaics, you might want to have a company take care of all of it for you. They should be able to print and mail it for you, as well.
Decorate your home and wow your guests! Give one as a gift and be remembered. Your own digital photo mosaics will probably be very personal to you, and you will be able to enjoy them for a long time. If you are going to give one as a gift, it will also likely be personal and dear to the person you are giving it to. Photo mosaics can be a way to easily decorate your home that will add a personal touch to your walls. It will definitely be quite the conversation piece when you have guests, friends or family over to visit.
