[James Falconer]

Inspired by this post, I thought it might be fun to play around with the new #TileArt app for Windows Phone. You can read all about it here.

While you're at it, why not show us your #TileArt in this thread below!? To get started, go ahead and Download #TileArt from the Windows Phone Store, and then let your imagination take over.

Let's see your custom tile layouts and lock screens below!

[Ankit Mohanty]

My tile art start screen!!!

[ttsoldier]

Lumia only :(

[Jazmac]

Might be awesome on my 1520. I'll check it out after work. I don't want my boss mean mugging me tweaking my 1520. lol.

[IIIDefalt]

how do you set/save the tile art?

[Lumiamike]

After trying, the app left me asking... why ?? Just go to settings/start+theme/choose photo .. I must be missing the point or intelligence to figure out how it works even after reading the tut, ??

[Philocrates]

I don't understand how to use this damn app. The tutorial is absolutely horrible and doesn't explain anything. All the pictures on the app download and in the previews show that you can put other applications on top of the tiles you create in the tileart app but I have absolutely no idea how. This is just confusing.

[Philocrates]

Like, seriously. How...



How did you get Cortana, the phone, the store, etc on top of the tile art using this app. This app does not explain diddly squat.

[Joel S.]

So, the app allows you to lay a static image on a series of tiles, which you then pin to the start screen. Set the background to the image you want, and voila, you have the fancy images you see above and in the video.

The app is pretty simple, but setting up the artwork is not. It's not overly difficult, but it'll take some Photoshop work to get things looking as good as the demo video on the front page. If you want to do the static foreground, scrolling background thing like they show in the vid, you need to cut the static images out and then pick a background that fits.

EDIT: It's important to note than in the Sunset Overdrive example, the character is part of the tiles with a transparent background, so he will scroll with the tiles (watch the video on the homepage), and the "game art" is just the start screen background. Cortana and the like all just have transparency turned on.

[Philocrates]

Yeah, none of what you just said made any sense to me.

[Joel S.]

Watch the video. The only thing in the Sunset Overdrive image that's from the app are the tiles which have the character on them. The rest are just transparent live tiles.

[Lumiamike]

Yup, makes sense now, static background set up by normal way of adding background, pin tiles from app with new image tiles, pinned tiles are just blank tiles with images

[Joel S.]

Yup, makes sense now, static background set up by normal way of adding background, pin tiles from app with new image tiles, pinned tiles are just blank tiles with images

Bingo.

[travis_valkyrie]

For those who are still lost

[Lumiamike]

The downside is the tiles laid on top are non functional, limitations of the current O's, would be so much better if the top image tiles just replaced the standard transparency, great lateral thinking by the dev though

[piunch92]

Here is mine related with Regular Show!
I've uploaded all the images if anyone wants to customize his screen as well :)

Download
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resi...int=file%2czip

[Ankit Mohanty]

see the video and you shall get the idea.

[AirSlab]

Guys I'm sorry but I'm literally lost with this app. Can anyone please give some simple step by step instructions?

[Beppe Gissi]

I'd love if tapping on the empty tile wouldn't bring you to the app.

[ramyZgHR]

Looking great, will give it a try tomorrow. :)

[Richard Culverhouse]

So all this really does is allow you to have a pretty grid of tiles that does nothing?!

[dlalonde]

I tried it but I can't figure out how to pin the art to the home screen. Tapping "Pin the tiles" does nothing on my home screen.

[Tareq27]

I tried it but I can't figure out how to pin the art to the home screen. Tapping "Pin the tiles" does nothing on my home screen.

After tapping "pin tiles " just tap on every tile alone . They'll be pinned to The home screen one after The other.

[AnubisJack]

[Beppe Gissi]

So all this really does is allow you to have a pretty grid of tiles that does nothing?!

Yeah, it's useful if you have some blank spaces and you want to fill them.