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Hobbies Flickr Mosaic Swap

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Hobbies Flickr Mosaic Swap
Swap Coordinator:hairycarrot (contact)
Swap categories: Themed  Miscellaneous  Newbie 
Number of people in swap:9
Location:Other
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:September 18, 2008
Date items must be sent by:September 23, 2008
Number of swap partners:2
Description:

I've done several Flickr Mosaic Swaps, and they were really fun. The best part is they are free, so anyone can participate. You don't need a Flickr account or a BigHugeLabs account, but they are free to get.
You will have 2 partners in this swap. You will send your partners an email that contains your mosaic or the link to your mosaic on the internet. Your mosaic will be between 12 and 25 images. Feel free to make more than one. Since this is totally free and digital, this is international.
The swap date is only a few days after the sign up date, since this doesn't involve the mail. You can even make your mosaic ahead of time.

Search Flickr for photos of your favorite hobby. You could even include some of your own pictures if you like. Then, create a mosaic with fd's flickr toys at BigHugeLabs.
To create the mosaic, pick the first option, "square tiles", and then specify dimensions. The smallest it could be is 12, and the largest should be 25. This leaves you many multiplication choices for rows and columns. It does not have to be a square!

Some examples:

  • 2x6 =12
  • 4x3 =12
  • 3x6 =18
  • 2x12 =24
  • 8x3 =24
  • 5x5 =25

You can see there are many more possibilities. Choose whatever is interesting.

To share your mosaic, you can upload it to your flickr account or blog, or you can email it directly to your partners. Either way you will email 2 partners about your hobby mosaic.
When you create your mosaic, the mosaic maker creates a link list to the original images. Don't delete it! If you're uploading the mosaic to flickr or a blog, include the credits with the post. If you're emailing it, copy and paste that info into your email text.

This is an easy and fun swap. Writing interesting and fun explanations to your partners about the pictures is probably worth a heart. Make your mosaic with love!

I don't intend to drop people before assigning partners, unless you have a really bad rating on email swaps. Contact me if you have any questions.

Discussion

JennaLo 09/ 9/2008 #

Mine is ready to share!

myhalfofthebrain 09/20/2008 #

What fun to get to learn a new skill for this swap. I've always wondered how those mosaics were made!

cathepsut 09/21/2008 #

Done! Can't wait to receive mine....

unspoken 09/21/2008 #

Ops! I made a mosaic with one pic of each of my hobbies, can I send this?

aubreyrae 09/22/2008 #

I totally just went and made the mosaic without re-reading the descriptions...

I only did 4 pictures =(

This is my first swap, and I'm learning. I definitely need to be reading closer.

Sorry =(

hairycarrot 09/23/2008 #

That's okay! You can make another one; It's free.

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