Turbo perler bead/pixel bead "art"

PunkCryborg · 07/05/2011, 12:13 AM

I made this earlier, it's a Bonk smiley. Yeah it's dorky but I'm an adult and I can do whatever I want.

If anyone else has any to share feel free to post it on here! I'll add more as I make more. Any requests or suggestions is appreciated.

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Sparky · 07/05/2011, 12:43 AM

hahahaha... very nice!!!... you guys are the best.
Now what could i make out of all my wine corks

Arkhan Asylum · 07/05/2011, 01:03 AM

There were these made by a friend at the CCAG:

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blueraven · 07/05/2011, 02:35 AM

That is Epic. I love all of the bead characters. Awesome Job!

Which game was the guy under Scrooge?

csgx1 · 07/05/2011, 02:49 AM

Quote from: blueraven on 07/05/2011, 02:35 AMThat is Epic. I love all of the bead characters. Awesome Job!

Which game was the guy under Scrooge?

Looks great! Very nice.

The guy under Scrooge looks like "Guy" from Mighty Final Fight.

lord_cack · 07/05/2011, 08:03 AM

Master Higgins is epic

thrush · 07/05/2011, 11:02 AM

Quote from: elabit on 07/05/2011, 12:13 AMI made this earlier, it's a Bonk smiley. Yeah it's dorky but I'm an adult and I can do whatever I want.

Well said! And great job on the Bonk smiley! ^_^

PunkCryborg · 07/05/2011, 10:20 PM

that's my old drink coaster in the top of the pic, the bonk smiley is my new one: /pcgs.png

PunkCryborg · 07/05/2011, 10:21 PM

I want to do an R-type ship like the one in Arkhan's pic and other ships from shooties like the soldier series and darius

Arkhan Asylum · 07/05/2011, 10:27 PM

the bonk smiley coaster is a nice idea actually.

I want to make the lucky cat from KC.

Tatsujin · 07/05/2011, 10:43 PM

Quote from: lord_cack on 07/05/2011, 08:03 AMMaster Higgins is epic

Yeah wanted to say that. The Meijins high jump made of those perler bead 100% pixel accurate is such awesome.

PunkCryborg · 07/05/2011, 10:46 PM

what to do next???

Tatsujin · 07/05/2011, 10:48 PM

Quote from: elabit on 07/05/2011, 10:21 PMI want to do an R-type ship and other ships from shooties like the soldier series and darius

I always wanted to do the first Boss from R-Type like this, since this is (to me) kind of the coolest, most epic and scariest boss in any 2D video games to date.

PunkCryborg · 07/05/2011, 11:00 PM

if you did it pixel by pixel it's take up a whole wall

NecroPhile · 07/06/2011, 09:53 AM

That's pretty dang cool. I especially like the one of Pitfall Harry.

SuperPlay · 07/06/2011, 02:46 PM

Nice work :=)

I need to dig out my old bead art set ;-)

PunkCryborg · 07/13/2011, 12:08 AM

My newest piece
Silver Hawk from Darius

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hizaygizirlz · 07/13/2011, 12:32 AM

Thats good stuff.

Sensato Kuro · 08/22/2011, 08:20 AM

Quote from: elabit on 07/05/2011, 10:21 PMI want to do an R-type ship like the one in Arkhan's pic and other ships from shooties like the soldier series and darius

That also is one of my favorite boss of all time. Too bad it's such an easy boss. I would have been even more memorable if it was tougher.

Great jobs on the bead arts guys. 16-bit bead arts look so damn good, like that Master Higgins.

dingsbums · 02/18/2013, 02:12 PM

Sorry for the NecroPhile bump but I didn't find another fitting thread

I think I never posted pictures of my bead wall around here so here it is:

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roflmao · 02/18/2013, 02:17 PM

That's amazing! I can't wait to see it finished. Looks like you're making great progress!

PunkCryborg · 02/18/2013, 02:22 PM

Whoa I've seen pics of that before but didn't realize it was your Dingsbums

NecroPhile · 02/18/2013, 02:49 PM

Holy crow! That's all made out of these bead things? Sa-weeet!

Tatsujin · 02/18/2013, 04:41 PM

Unbelievable cool and also one of the best instant scenery of all video games you have chosen there.

Aggie Tsubi · 02/18/2013, 05:25 PM

Holy cow, I've seen a lot of perler game sprites, but never anything that insane. Amazing work.

I have a friend that makes bead sprites. For me and my fiance, he made TwinBee (from Rainbow Bell Adventure on Super Famicom) and Haohmaru from the Neo Geo Pocket Color version of Samurai Shodown. They're really cool.

Myself, I've never tried working with perler beads, but I've been doing cross stitch my whole life and have started getting into sprite stitching. I have nothing to show just yet, though (and my first couple planned projects aren't NEC-related anyway).

HercTNT · 02/18/2013, 08:09 PM

Does anyone remember "shrinky dinks". Been trying to find some myself for awhile. Love the bead art, would also like to see something like shrinky dink keychains.

jeffhlewis · 02/18/2013, 08:42 PM

Quote from: dingsbums on 02/18/2013, 02:12 PMSorry for the NecroPhile bump but I didn't find another fitting thread

I think I never posted pictures of my bead wall around here so here it is:

You do any freelance work?? That looks awesome!

Corredor X · 02/18/2013, 10:14 PM

Wow, man, that's incredible!

Carparama · 02/19/2013, 10:34 PM

I didn't notice what that was as I clicked on the 2nd page first. Amazing!

majors · 02/20/2013, 08:25 AM

Quote from: dingsbums on 02/18/2013, 02:12 PMSorry for the NecroPhile bump but I didn't find another fitting thread

When I saw the new activity, I immediately thought of re-posted your progress from AO. Then come to see it was YOU that was "rise from your grave" this thread. Now go get more beads, man...I need more R-Type on your wall!

MrFlutterPie · 02/20/2013, 01:35 PM

This bead art is awesome!!

TheClash603 · 02/20/2013, 09:16 PM

Just looked at this for the first time and it is outta control awesome! Finish it today so I can look at it!

esteban · 03/10/2013, 07:58 AM

STATUS: dijibums R-Type wall punched me in the face. DUDE, THAT IS GOING TO WEIGH ~800 pounds when it's completed. AWESOME. What is that... 90 stone? Just joking, I have no idea.

Quote from: HercTNT on 02/18/2013, 08:09 PMDoes anyone remember "shrinky dinks". Been trying to find some myself for awhile. Love the bead art, would also like to see something like shrinky dink keychains.

They still sell the product, but it has a generic name by arts-n-crafts manufacturers... just ask at the local "Michael's" or equivalent in your neck of the woods. I made some PCE shrinky dinks but I can't remember if I posted pictures here or not... (it was several years ago).

dingsbums · 03/12/2013, 02:41 PM

Since you guys gave me so much nice feedback => here is an update

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psychobear · 03/12/2013, 03:09 PM

Looks good, how many hours have you put into this.

esteban · 03/12/2013, 08:22 PM

Quote from: psychobear on 03/12/2013, 03:09 PMLooks good, how many ~~hours~~ decades have you put into this.

Fixed that.

Tatsujin · 03/12/2013, 08:26 PM

LOL

Keeping up the great work dingsbums

PunkCryborg · 03/12/2013, 08:36 PM

Man that is just incredible. Can't wait to see it finished!

Tatsujin · 03/12/2013, 11:12 PM

i wish i had that much of spare time

but i really dig that subject, because for me the r-type's lvl 1 boss screen is one of the most important game moments ever

jeffhlewis · 03/12/2013, 11:17 PM

Quote from: psychobear on 03/12/2013, 03:09 PMLooks good, how many hours have you put into this.

shit, how much did it cost? haha

TheClash603 · 03/12/2013, 11:27 PM

Most impressive!

RoyVegas · 03/12/2013, 11:36 PM

Along with everyone else I'm curious not only how much time but also how much money you think you have invested in this art. All I can really say is that I seriously think it looks amazing!

How exactly were you able to make it look so damn good? It must of taken a serious amout of preperation.

dingsbums · 03/13/2013, 03:35 PM

Quote from: psychobear on 03/12/2013, 03:09 PMLooks good, how many hours have you put into this.

I started with my room on 2nd July 2011. In hours I can't exactly say it but let me say it this way => a LOT of hours

I have a complete thread on ArcadeOtaku about the process (but you have to be a member there to see the thread)
http://forum.arcadeotaku.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=16714

Quote from: Tatsujin on 03/12/2013, 11:12 PMi wish i had that much of spare time

I work 9 hours a day & I also wish I had more spare time to finish it faster

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Quote from: jeffhlewis on 03/12/2013, 11:17 PMshit, how much did it cost? haha

When the picture is finished it will have nearly 400000 beads which means 400 packages each with 1000 beads. And each package costs 1 Euro = 400 Euro for the beads. But I have to glue the beads to the wall (and you need a strong glue for that). A can of that glue costs 10 Euro and I need 10 cans of that glue = 100 Euro for the glue. So the picture costs 500 Euro when finished (+ a LOOOOOOT of time) => I think that's not that bad

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PS: Thanks for the nice comments guys - believe it or not that keeps me going on that thing because sometimes you can get really sick of it

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Aggie Tsubi · 03/13/2013, 05:17 PM

When you finish, you should show it to the people who run spritestitch.com. I'm sure they'd love to put it on the main page.

roflmao · 03/13/2013, 11:09 PM

WOW! Keep it up! Very impressive.

Nec.Game.head · 03/16/2013, 04:13 PM

Holly Molly ! You nerds are seriously getting down with your bead art especially you dingsbums !! That room as is already looks amazing .. lol The best Ive ever done with bead art was making fruity ass raver bracelets for myself back in the days .. lol I got alot of self improvement and patience to work on before I can achieve great nerdiness like that .. Great work you guys !!! Oh by the way this pic is NOT of me I promise ! LMFAOL !

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MrFlutterPie · 03/23/2013, 02:33 PM

Quote from: dingsbums on 03/13/2013, 03:35 PMWhen the picture is finished it will have nearly 400000 beads which means 400 packages each with 1000 beads. And each package costs 1 Euro = 400 Euro for the beads. But I have to glue the beads to the wall (and you need a strong glue for that). A can of that glue costs 10 Euro and I need 10 cans of that glue = 100 Euro for the glue. So the picture costs 500 Euro when finished (+ a LOOOOOOT of time) => I think that's not that bad .

PS: Thanks for the nice comments guys - believe it or not that keeps me going on that thing because sometimes you can get really sick of it .

You are both insane and a hero!

Impressive doesn't even begin to describe what you are doing.

Tatsujin · 03/23/2013, 10:39 PM

I hope for you that you never have to move out of this room ;)

roflmao · 03/25/2013, 11:23 PM

I picked up a bead kit for my 5 yr old son today and we had all sorts of fun playing with it. I ended up with this awesomely-mutated version of Bonk!

Sorry for the distant shot - It's really hard to make out close up.

The kit came with a square peg board that is only 14x14 which makes finding notable sprites an interesting experience. I was going for the 1-Up version of Bonk seen in the lower right-hand corner of the screen, but somehow I mangled the left side of his face, and now it looks like he's hungry for brains to me. ZOMBIE BONK!

EDIT: Technically, I guess it's the RIGHT side of his face and the LEFT side of the bead-thingy.

Tatsujin · 03/25/2013, 11:32 PM

Now go for a fullscale r-type 1lvl boss