Rubik's Cube art gallery
A quick tour of what Rubik's Cube mosaics can look like across different subjects and sizes. Every example below uses only the six standard cube sticker colours — white, yellow, red, orange, blue, and green — and would take anywhere from a weekend to a month of evenings to build in real life.
Ready to try your own? Open the generator and drop in a photo, or read the step-by-step build guide first.
Mona Lisa
Classical portrait · 16 × 24 cubes
Warm skin tones map to orange and yellow; the famous dark backdrop resolves to deep blue and green at cube scale.
Einstein
High-contrast portrait · 20 × 20 cubes
Black-and-white source images translate cleanly — whites become white stickers, shadows become blue, mid-tones become green.
Sunset over the ocean
Landscape · 24 × 16 cubes
Sunset palettes are ideal — the source colours already sit almost exactly on the red-orange-yellow arc of the cube palette.
Tech logo
Brand identity · 12 × 12 cubes
Flat-colour vector logos are the fastest wins — no dithering needed, and every sticker maps directly to a brand colour.
Pop-art comic panel
Flat illustration · 18 × 18 cubes
Comic art uses bold flat fills and thick outlines — exactly what the six-colour palette handles best.
Album cover
Graphic design · 20 × 20 cubes
Iconic covers with big shapes and limited palettes scale beautifully. Great starter project — recognisable at 20 cubes wide.
Build case studies
Four of the examples above are documented end to end — cube counts, finished dimensions, hanging weight, build hours, palette decisions and the mistakes made along the way:
- Case study: a 16 × 24 Mona Lisa cube mosaic — 384 cubes, roughly 10 hours.
- Case study: a 20 × 20 high-contrast Einstein portrait — 400 cubes, roughly 10 hours.
- Case study: a 24 × 16 sunset landscape mosaic — 384 cubes, roughly 9 hours.
- Case study: a 12 × 12 logo wall for an office reception — 144 cubes, roughly 3.5 hours.
What makes a good source image?
Every example above shares three traits: bold shapes, high contrast, and a colour palette that lives near the cube's six primaries. Portraits work best when the subject is lit strongly from one side; landscapes work best at sunrise or sunset when the sky already skews red-orange-yellow; logos and album covers work best when they use flat fills.
For a full breakdown of picking source images, sizing, dithering, and mounting the finished wall, see the complete build guide.