Experimenting with grid layouts

 Below are different grid layouts for task 2;

9"x 9" Layout 1

9"x 9" Layout 2

Breaking out of the 3"x 3" proportions with these few;

12"x 12" Layout 1

Couldn't have a spare square leftover so I made a 3"x 6" rectangle to fill the gap;

12"x 12" Layout 2

Or how about a total disregard for the look of the original image? I tried the Mosaic filter in Photoshop, this creates square mosaics from colour values in the image. Here's a few below;

9"x 9" Mosaic 1

9"x 9" Mosaic 2

 I was trying to match up some of the squares to each like they where part of a puzzle;

9"x 9" Mosaic 3