static BufferedImage tilesToImage(L<BufferedImage> tiles, int columns) {
  if (empty(tiles)) null;
  int rows = idiv_ceil(l(tiles), columns);
  int tw = first(tiles).getWidth(), th = first(tiles).getHeight();
  int w = tw*columns, h = th*rows;
  BufferedImage img = newBufferedImage(w, h);
  
  int i = 0;
  for y to rows:
    for x to columns: {
      if (i >= l(tiles)) break;
      BufferedImage tile = tiles.get(i++);
      copyBufferedImage(tile, img, x*tw, y*th);
    }
  ret img;
}