Pinterest Collages: A New Digital Art Practice and a Step-by-Step Guide
Make art from Pins with Pinterest’s built-in Collage feature. Learn to add cutouts, arrange your composition, remix collages, and publish in the app.
Pinterest Collages: Turning Pins into a New Visual Language
Imagine combining a flower from one Pin, a sky from another, and a portrait from your own photographs. Pinterest’s Collage feature lets you bring selected pieces of imagery together directly within the platform. The ideas you save become materials for a new visual story.
Collage itself is not new. Pinterest’s contribution is to bring this creative practice into the visual discovery experience. Instead of simply saving images alongside each other on a board, you can turn objects from Pins into cutouts and rearrange them within a single composition. Gathering inspiration and making something from it become closely connected activities.
Creativity here is about more than choosing beautiful pictures. Making a flower larger than a building, surrounding a portrait with clouds, or bringing objects from different eras into one scene gives familiar imagery unexpected meanings. Relationships between colour, scale, and empty space shape the character of your collage. The result might express a mood, an imaginary place, or an idea you have not yet found words for.
Pinterest collages can also be interactive. Individual elements remain part of a discovery experience connected to their source imagery. Remixing an eligible collage opens up another possibility: seeing how the same starting point changes through someone else’s imagination. The format becomes a space for personal expression and creative exchange.
An outfit idea, a room design, a dream trip, or a completely surreal scene can all provide a starting point. You do not need a polished composition before you begin. Try bringing a few pieces together and looking for unexpected connections. Moving a single element can change the feeling of the entire artwork.
The result is more than a collection of images. It is a composition shaped by your choices. Pinterest Collages connects the habit of looking at imagery with the practice of transforming it. The novelty lies in how this established art form can be created and shared within the platform.
When Did Pinterest Introduce Collages?
Pinterest announced Collages for its main app on 13 September 2023, while the feature was in early testing. On 24 September 2024, it announced remixing and video-sharing additions. Sources: Pinterest’s 2023 announcement and the 2024 collage update.
How to Make a Collage in the Pinterest App
These steps cover Pinterest’s mobile app. Button labels and available editing tools can vary by device and app language.
1. Start Your Collage
Sign in to Pinterest. Tap + at the bottom of the screen, then select Collage. Start a new composition or open an existing draft.
2. Add Pieces from Pins
Tap + inside the collage editor. Search for imagery, browse suggestions, or access your saved Pins. Open a Pin and select the object you want to use. For example, start with a portrait, then add a flower.
3. Refine Your Cutouts
Tap Add to insert a selected object, or Edit to adjust the selection. Where available, use the add and erase tools to refine edges. You can also upload your own photographs and create cutouts from them.
4. Arrange Your Composition
Move, resize, and rotate the pieces. To change their stacking order, press and hold a cutout, then drag up or down. Try placing the flower in front of the portrait to introduce depth, leaving some space around the focal point.
5. Finish the Background and Details
Tap an empty area to change the background colour. Add finishing touches with the text or drawing tools if desired. A limited palette can help visually connect pieces from different sources.
6. Save a Draft or Publish
Review the composition and tap Next. Add a title and description, then publish it as a Pin. You can also save a draft or use the download and sharing options. Finish the composition before publishing: afterwards, only limited details such as the title can be edited.
7. Try a Remix
Choose Remix on a collage whose creator allows it. Replace pieces or add new ones to develop your own interpretation. Published remixes credit the original collage and creator. You can also control remix permissions for your own collages.
For the app instructions, see Pinterest Help — Create a collage and Pinterest Create — Collage guide.
Collage Inspiration
The following six pins are starting points for exploring composition. If a preview does not load, use the link beneath it to open the original pin. Viewing these references does not grant permission to reuse their images.