Tips & Inspiration

Not sure if your photo is right for a mosaic? Run through 8 quick checkpoints — sharpness, contrast, subject, light and more — and pick the photo that turns into the most striking custom mosaic.

A step-by-step beginner's guide to making a photo mosaic: read your pixel design and the numbered grid, place tiles with the tweezers, work from a corner and from the top, and learn how long each size takes. No paint, needle or thread — just place coloured tiles on the right squares.

Photo mosaic art is a mosaic of your own photo, built with coloured tiles on a numbered grid. We explain what it is, how it differs from classic tile mosaic and diamond painting, and who it's for.