Selecting the Perfect Image for RubixCubeArt
Color Tips
Colors in your photos are mapped to either White, Yellow, Orange, Red, or Blue. Green looks best only when it is representing actual green in the photo or logo.
For a face, if the background is white, then teeth and eyes might have some white, while yellow and orange and some red will be used for skin tones. If the background and clothing is darker, then a face will often become mostly white with yellow and orange being used for the facial details.
Photos with Black, Purple, or Brown do not represent well unless you are willing to have Blue map to these darker colors. In some cases, Black will become Blue and Brown might be represented by Red.
In head shots, it is important to avoid clothing that matches the subject’s face or background color. The head will appear to be shaped oddly, or float in the center of the image.
Photo Backgrounds
Photos sent to us for design can be .jpg files of any resolution. We will scale down the photos to form the pixelated image.
Please make sure the subject has a neutral, light background or your project could be delayed if we have to add a Photoshop step to remove background noise.
Busy backgrounds and patterned clothing tend to take away definition from the main subject
Here is an example of a difficult face to pixelate followed by a great photo:
Logos and Clip Art
These can make some really great cube mosaics even at low resolution. Logos with text and more than 5 colors, or logos that depend on Black, Brown, and Purple will not be represented as well.
Flags that are mostly geometric will also represent well at all sizes
Logos with small print will need larger number of pixels for a good outcome.
Perfect choices for pixelated cube art:
More intricate examples that which will require more cubes, but great colors for cube art:
