[Award Winner] Mosaic Tile Map in Photoshop (& GIMP)

[Spazzle]

aye - readability isn't the best, but in terms of art/impact it looks fantastic!

[Ascension]

I think a simple color change on the letters would go a long way, possibly black but otherwise it looks pretty sweet to me.

[overlordchuck]

No way. I just found this and I do believe it's ludicrously awesome.

EDIT: How has this wonderment evaded my gaze for so long?

[Depassage]

Thanks all! I'll try to make those color changes and will post the results.

[Depassage]

Here is my new attempt with slight changes in levels and colors... I think it's better.

[overlordchuck]

Well, I gave this thing a swing, though it's decidedly non-maplike and much more self-portaitesque, and the whole method is pretty freaking awesome.

[Sapiento]

Excellent tutorial.! Have to give it a try soon.

[Coyotemax]

I can't believe I didn't notice this before.

I was looking through and pondering, I'll have to give this a go. i see a few thngs i might do differently, such as turning the text layers into smart objects before I start working on them, but the steps after that might make it redundant. Still, worth a try (after I finish my current map)

[RjBeals]

I just came across this tut also - amazing. The trickery! Looks like real tiles !

[gefafwisppete]

Hi, I've been slaving over some mosaic replica artwork recently, drawing each tile by hand using vector paths. I couldn't find any other way of getting a genuine looking finish without hand drawing 20-30,000 tiles and going through several Wacom nibs! This tutorial is an absolute God-send. I have just started working on a mosaic map and I stumbled across this at the perfect moment, It's going to save me so much time and will hopefully allow better results as I can produce more pieces. Thank you so much, I'm deeply grateful (and so is my wacom).