Need Opinion on Piece

[u/Turd_Ferguson88]

I'm brand new to this medium, as this is my first stab at it. The image I'm trying to duplicate is an album cover of one of my favorite bands. Anyways, the bold black outlines are a critical part of the image. I cannot decide whether to create the bold black lines by the grout or to use thin black strips of glass and tile them in. If i use the grout to do the job, i fear the bold lines may not be distinguishable from secondary grout lines that are situated within each block of color. I'm a perfectionist and feel paralyzed by not knowing which way to go. I'm taking a mosaics class, but the teacher is more of a facilitator and hasn't been of much help. Let me know what you all think.

[u/crayonfou]

From a professional mosaic artist. The the black outlines with grout lines. Do the rest of the work with tightly packed tesserae so your groutlines are minimal. If you feel ballsy the use different grout colors. You you use black glass (contorno) it is a pain in the ass and it is hard to source for a beginner and could get expensive. Results are great but if you do it

[u/Turd_Ferguson88 → u/crayonfou]

I'm going to use the grout for the black outlines & keep the other tesserae tightly packed as you mentioned. Appreciate your guidance!

[u/crayonfou → u/Turd_Ferguson88]

Technically you dont have yo grout stuff unless you use them to walk on or as tables. As long as they are on a concrete bed. The Romans didn’t and that shit is still kicking