{"id":342,"date":"2014-08-01T12:02:31","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T16:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/blog\/?p=342"},"modified":"2025-04-29T14:26:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:26:55","slug":"shape-mosaics-the-next-big-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/blog\/shape-mosaics-the-next-big-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Shape Mosaics: The next big thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>***1\/6\/2015 UPDATE***<\/strong><br \/>\nYou can now place your Shape Mosaic order through <a title=\"Picture Mosaics | The PM Designer Service\" href=\"http:\/\/picturemosaics.com\/purchase\/purchase.php\">our website<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Photo mosaics are a passion of ours. We work hard at pushing the mosaic concept to new heights every day. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re super excited to introduce a new kind of photo mosaic to our gallery: <a title=\"Shape Mosaics - Picture Mosaics Gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/gallery\/?term=style_shape\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Shape Mosaics<\/a>. Rather than building a mosaic based on the color and detail within the source image, these&nbsp;mosaics build a specific solid shape out of your cell images. Perfect for brand logos, silhouettes, and solid shapes.<\/p>\n<p><a  id=\"link-butterfly\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/butterfly.jpg\" alt=\"A shape mosaic of a butterfly, by Picture Mosaics\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/butterfly.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/butterfly-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/butterfly-624x419.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/libs\/jquery\/3.2.1\/jquery.min.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\nvar link = '[insert_php]echo get_page_link(); [\/insert_php]';\nvar listItems = $('#link-butterfly');\nvar loc = window.location.href;\nvar url = loc.split(\"\/\");\nvar lastPart = url[url.length - 2];\nvar page = url[url.length - 3];\nif (lastPart == 'blog'|| ((page == 'page') && (lastPart == parseInt(lastPart, 10)))) {\n  listItems.attr('href', link);\n} else {\n  listItems.each(function(index, as) {\n    as.href = as.getElementsByTagName(\"img\")[0].src;\n  });\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Shape mosaics are created differently than standard photo mosaics. Standard mosaics are created by analyzing the colors and shapes within each cell photo to find where they fit best within the source image. Shape mosaics are created by resizing the cell photos to fit within the source shape. Custom backgrounds can be added to emphasize the source shape.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/jesus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-347\" src=\"http:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/jesus.jpg\" alt=\"A shape mosaic of Jesus Christ, from Picture Mosaics\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/jesus.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/jesus-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/jesus-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/jesus-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/map.jpg\" alt=\"A shape mosaic of a world map, from Picture Mosaics\" width=\"320\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/map.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/map-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.picturemosaics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/map-624x390.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They aren&#8217;t available to order just yet, but we couldn&#8217;t wait to get the word out there. Keep your ear to the ground, we expect they&#8217;ll be ready for Fall 2014!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>***1\/6\/2015 UPDATE*** You can now place your Shape Mosaic order through our website! Photo mosaics are a passion of ours. We work hard at pushing the mosaic concept to new heights every day. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re super excited to introduce a new kind of photo mosaic to our gallery: Shape Mosaics. 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