Bead Sprites I've made
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L DUB K! badass as usual. You are really making me want to replenish my bead stock, that and time are the main reasons I haven't done any lately. I like that you made the Iori too, I want to make an NGPC style Kyo sprite, since I like him better. excellent work my man.
Nice thread!
Some of the bead sprites you show are impressive, I like that big dragon and the lava dinosaur of SMW.
I would like to do an eightman sprite but I don´t know how to start planning it, do you do some kind of sketch before starting the sprite to see how many boards are needed??
What size of beads do you guys recommend to initiate in this hobby?
Some of the bead sprites you show are impressive, I like that big dragon and the lava dinosaur of SMW.
I would like to do an eightman sprite but I don´t know how to start planning it, do you do some kind of sketch before starting the sprite to see how many boards are needed??
What size of beads do you guys recommend to initiate in this hobby?
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Whoa, how did I miss this thread? Excellent work, LWK!
I need to get into bead art. I bought a Gemini Man bead fridge magnet at a con and I really want to start making my own.
I need to get into bead art. I bought a Gemini Man bead fridge magnet at a con and I really want to start making my own.
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These are not mine, but I thought you guys would appreciate them
http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/ResumeDPosition/Perler%20creations/?start=0
http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/ResumeDPosition/Perler%20creations/?start=0
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These are not mine, but I thought you guys would appreciate them
http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/ResumeDPosition/Perler%20creations/?start=0
shmup sprites! there's some great stuff in there Chem, thx for sharing
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Wow that Morrigan from DS must be like 3 feet tall. I've done a couple of these but ran out of certain colors really quick using just the mixed case of beads. Do you order certain colors individually for certain projects?
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nothing amazing, but I made this for the prize of the September Beat-em-up of the Month.
Pretty cool.
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sorry to piggyback on your thread LWK, but I think it's the most recent in terms of Necro-bumping 
I tried to make Bond's ship from Ibara, since I love the style of the game but can't afford the PCB or PS2 version, It only came out ok imo, I had to compromise on alot of colors and I'm pretty sure they don't even make some of the colors that are in that sprite. At least it ironed well.
I tried to make Bond's ship from Ibara, since I love the style of the game but can't afford the PCB or PS2 version, It only came out ok imo, I had to compromise on alot of colors and I'm pretty sure they don't even make some of the colors that are in that sprite. At least it ironed well.
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sorry to piggyback on your thread LWK, but I think it's the most recent in terms of Necro-bumping
I tried to make Bond's ship from Ibara, since I love the style of the game but can't afford the PCB or PS2 version, It only came out ok imo, I had to compromise on alot of colors and I'm pretty sure they don't even make some of the colors that are in that sprite. At least it ironed well.
nice, I just made my first one last night, ironing is still a mystery to me as to how much to melt, I melted the crap out of a megaman last night till it was a mess. Do you iron both sides or just one or what?
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thx buddy!
sorry to hear about your Megaman. ironing is very tricky and takes a lot of practice/patience. I personally iron both sides because I noticed that the initial side always curves inward from the heat and doing the opposite side helps to even it out a bit. I also put em between heavy books while cooling to help prevent too much curving.
Some things that have worked well for me,
1) Finding the right temp on the iron is probly the most important, not sure but I think I set mine at about half heat.
2) I try to get all the beads to stick to the paper before removing it, and when I do remove it, I go EXTREMELY slowly so I can re-iron any areas that aren't connected. I've messed up and thrown away alot sprites during this phase.
3) not sure if everyone does it, but I like Pressure while ironing, I press down very hard on the beads, so far this has worked well for me, but might not be for everyone.
I'd also recommend doing some very easy nintendo and 8 bit sprites to practice ironing so it won't too big a deal if it doesn't turn out, and it never hurts to have a bunch of those around anyway
good luck man, post up when you make some more, I wanna keep going to if time permits, hopefully I can do some the size of LWK's someday.
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Pretty cool perler bead sprite art Mugi, I like it!
I've been meaning to get into doing perler bead art, since I love doing sprite art anyway. Might have to check out some kind of starter kit on Amazon or something.
thx man! it can be time consuming but, if I have the time I really enjoy doing em. Your local craft store(like Michaels or AC Moore) should have the boards, ironing paper, and some basic colors like black, white, red etc. You'll have to special order to get the more specific colors like sand (flesh tone). I try to figure out which colors I'll be using before making an order. It's a very easy hobby to jump into, and pretty inexpensive too!
yep, that was the month I hosted
I made the R-type ship for the Progear winner, and the Soldier Blade ship for the winner of that game.SuperMegaUltra
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Wow! That's some gorgeous artwork, LWK and Mugicha! Color me impressed!!