Game of Life Mosaics

Turn a portrait into a mosaic of Conway's Game of Life still lifes. For best results upload a background-free image (e.g. via remove.bg): the subject on a transparent background.

Detail level
Higher = finer tiles. Level 5 is noticeably slower.
Colour scheme
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Download the subject's still-life pattern as a .cells file you can open in Golly.