Tile Mosaic From a Digital Picture

Started by Jimmy C., September 12, 2006, 04:09:02 PM

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Jimmy C.

This is a neat little program that will let you take digital picture and turn it into a tile mosaic.

http://www.tilecreator.com/software.html
http://www.tilecreatorpro.com/software.html


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Amanda_931

I can definitely see the use for it--especially if you didn't have an unlimited supply of tiles.

One of my favorite quilts--lost in the fire--was a knitting pattern turned into a quilt.  A little dragon meant to go two or three times around a watch cap ended up about seven feet long--and the blocks were only about an inch wide.

But the fabric stash is likely to have enough in the way of colors and textures to do this.

I've played with making tile--or quilt--designs out of photos--most photo editing programs have several ways to do this--crop to a random and fairly small selection of pixels, make that into a symmetrical design, or not.  Or cut the number of pixels per inch while keeping the picture size constant.

Here's an example--existing only in photo form--I've never made it--of the former.  I think it was a stone wall in Key West or somewhere, I did not take the picture.  This was well under 1% of the area of the original.

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RgAAAE4Ug8sGDpFbSZMCSBC5CRnZHNLvD!


jwv

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Jimmy C.

This is so cool..
When I am finished with the house....I think I have found a new hobby!
The hardest part is getting past the mental blocks about what you are capable of doing.
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jwv

Jimmy,

Are you actually doing a tile mosaic in your house?

Judy
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"One must have chaos in one's self to give birth to the dancing star" ~Neitszche


Amanda_931

#5
If you got into mosaics you could do sculptures!  (this hasn't worn too well, had to have major restoration some years back--while I was looking for a picture, I found a rumor that it had been tiled by the children in the nearby special ed school--they might have helped, but hundreds of at least semi-normal adults glued pieces on it)

Oh, yes, it's Fannie Mae Dees Park in Nashville TN




Jimmy C.

QuoteJimmy,

Are you actually doing a tile mosaic in your house?

Judy

No my wife won't let me..   But, The garage...Hmmmm....
The hardest part is getting past the mental blocks about what you are capable of doing.
Cason 2-Story Project MY PROGRESS PHOTOS

Jimmy C.

#7
QuoteIf you got into mosaics you could do sculptures!  (this hasn't worn too well, had to have major restoration some years back--while I was looking for a picture, I found a rumor that it had been tiled by the children in the nearby special ed school--they might have helped, but hundreds of at least semi-normal adults glued pieces on it)

Oh, yes, it's Fannie Mae Dees Park in Nashville TN


That's a little bigger than I had in mind!
I'm thinking more like 48"x48" as the biggest project.
That picture makes me think about tile on the trunk of a tree.
I have plenty of trees. I wonder what my wife would say if I tiled the outside of an old oak tree in the back yard.
The hardest part is getting past the mental blocks about what you are capable of doing.
Cason 2-Story Project MY PROGRESS PHOTOS

jwv

http://strawbaleredux.blogspot.com/

"One must have chaos in one's self to give birth to the dancing star" ~Neitszche


Amanda_931

#9
Gorgeous stuff.  

I may stick with fiber, though.

;)

Those guys' blender page tells you, if you ask, what percentage you are over or under 100 per cent, but if you could see your blend in action, I didn't find that.

The very little I've seen of glass tile makes me think that that's the way to go.

In the past I've always drooled over "art tiles" i.e., ceramic with designs already on them--more like buying prints instead of dyeing your own fabric.


CREATIVE1

And of course, there's always the Master, proving you can't do everything by paint by the numbers.

Amanda_931

But he obviously had lots of colors of tile to play with.  Lots and lots of blending there.

It looks wonderful.  Even if I do love the Dragon Park dragon.

Sassy

Here is a water heater vent with mosaic tile detail from Flying Concrete, looks pretty cool

http://glennkathystroglodytecabin.blogspot.com/

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Amanda_931

#13
Amazing, ain't he?

Here are links to more--second seems to be dozens of pictures from the January workshop.

The vault workshop models and photos looks pretty interesting--also from January, same person posted the google images thing--I always forget to look there.

http://www.geocities.com/flyingconcrete/

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/philipbla/album?.dir=/c66d

http://midcoast.com/~bo/FlyingconcreteWorkshop.html

http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=flyingconcrete&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi


Sassy

Here's another pic of mosaic from one of the links that Amanda posted (Flying Concrete) I also really love their windows & doors.  I can spend lots of time just looking at all the "fantasical" creations they make...  :)

http://glennkathystroglodytecabin.blogspot.com/

You will know the truth & the truth will set you free

CREATIVE1

And back to Gaudi again  (this thread could go on forever)

CREATIVE1

#16
A really beautiful building in Mexico City, with a cool story.  Sorry to hear it is damaged--we ate there may times, absolutely enthralled.
http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/english/cultura_y_sociedad/arte/imprimir.cfm?idsec=14&idsub=52&idpag=515&w=z?mail=

Diggin

I tiled the floor in our old house ... straight tile 'cept for a river of mosaic running down the center about 3'-4' across;  did the mosaic river in "DNA-strand" design;  two long snaky lines intertwining with pictures of stuff in the circles made by the intertwines.  All the way from the "front" (carport) door through the kitchen/main room and down the one hall to the end.

Mosaic tile is cool to do ... but it takes time.  Lots of time.   :o  And I had a big picnic table outside covered with piles of tile, for about ... oh ... 9 months.  

But you can take PRIDE in a creation that will LAST.  
are you really paranoid if they really are out to get you?

Sassy

Pictures?  We like pictures!  Welcome to the forum!

I was just looking at the pictures a friend of mine had taken on her visit to Spain last month - she had LOTS of pictures of the Gaudi cathedral - quite impressive - what a mind!   :o  Beautiful...  
http://glennkathystroglodytecabin.blogspot.com/

You will know the truth & the truth will set you free