I recently tried something called Dream Studio at an event, and it was amazing. At first, I thought it was just another SketchBot type photo booth, but it turned out to be way more fun. Instead of taking a normal sketched portrait, it turned me into a sketch of a character I chose – right there on the spot!

This year’s PBX was so much fun! There were many new and exciting products debuted. I was very excited to visit the Picture Mosaics Booth to see their new products and the changes they have made to their SketchBot. SketchBot is ‘The AI Robotic Sketch Artist’ that uses the latest mesh of A.I. and machine learning to draw guests’ portraits. I also noticed there was another company has tried to release a similar product. So in this post I will review Sketchbot vs the “other” solution.

For all those do-it-yourselfers out there, this is for you…
Originally before selecting a mosaic service to create my mosaic, I tried several different mosaic software programs, with not much success (read my intro for details). Recently, I again scoured the web and found 4 seemingly popular online mosaic creation sites that would create my mosaic right online – how cool! I loaded the same source and cell images into each tool along with similar settings for sizing and coloration. My results are summarized below. I hope you find this review helpful 🙂

The Final Mosaic

Picture Mosaics A “true” photo mosaic Low colorization and optimal cell size Less than 3 minutes

EasyMoza A decent photo mosaic; “striped” effect throughout Good cell size; noticeable colorization Roughly 5 minutes

Mosaically Not a great photo mosaic; too much lost detail Noticeable colorization; small cells Roughly 6 minutes

Print Mosaic A generally poor photo mosaic Heavy colorization; small cells More than 10 minutes

Photo Upload Options

Mosaic Output & Sharing Options