#30 8bit art stuff

Wow, finally finished a project I should've been done with awhile ago, well I was still in school so there was that to take care of so i guess I've just been slacking off since the end of the semester. Anyways, I finally finished turning some drawings my friend Omar made a while ago into 8bit versions. I've been tinkering with 8bit stuff and perler for the past 6 months or so and thought this would be a good project to expand my knowledge of both. Each character takes about 4 boards to make so they won't be too bad too make if I get around to it. This will probably wait until after I make some of my 8bit coasters. I did some changes on the coasters too, color fixes and got the number of each color I would need. On too the characters!

 

Each one has their name or nickname under them and I'm pretty pleased with who they turned out. I might go back over them later and see how I feel about them though since I've made them in bits and pieces (hah!) I've gone back over them each time I made a new one so most are probably in the final stage.

#29 school project - stacking things

So here is test I did for an idea I have for a project for school. I just made a simple gun image, made copies and scaled them from 100% to 10%. It looks alright though if I go with this idea I will probably go with every 5% step starting at 100% since right now it shrinks down a lot near the smaller sizes. I probably wouldn't use the rainbow for a color scheme although it does add a certain humor to the work. I am also not sure of the material to use.
The other idea I have is to do something similar but break apart the shape into smaller less recognizable pieces and do the same scale progression (every 5%). Then I would have multiple stalagmites/stalactites to mess around with in both placement of them, colors and materials.

#28 8-bit classics and coasters

I've been making more perler things lately and while I have pictures I probably won't post them for a bit. What I will do is post some other stuff I've been tinkering with and what I want to do with them. Browsing various forums and seeing what others have worked on has made me want to make some drink coaster sets. I wanted to do something with classic 8-bit Nintendo games so I made a list, narrowed it down and picked ten different games along with ten sprites from those games. I cut those down to fit in a 20x20 pixel border since 20x20 is a decent size for a drink coaster. Click the link and you'll see what I've done!

#27 Perler and 8-bits

I've had recent bit of inspiration and decided to try my hand at some perler bead work. I've done a couple of things before based on 8-bit characters from Super Mario 2 and despite the time it takes to set up the beads the stuff usually comes out looking really nice. My current idea is to make coaster sets based on a variety of games. I've already picked out the games and the sprites I want to use. The coasters will be 20 pixels by 20 pixels. I'm going to start with one of the games and hopefully that will improve the speed I work at and my skill at melting the beads.

#26 Sketchup!

I've started using Sketchup this semester for my 103 class and after messing around with it I've grasped the most basic of concepts. It is an easy to use program with respectable learning curve. I was at work the other day talking to my friend Omar and he was talking about a frame he was trying to make and I figured since I am also taking a woodshop class I might be able to make one. I also thought it would be a good idea to test out my Sktechup skills and create a 3D mock-up to see how things would fit together. I haven't completed it yet there are some splines to add in and possibly adjust the internal edge for the spline cuts on the corners. As it is now I think it looks pretty decent. Here's a link, I'm still learning about the upload model option. I thought it would put it into the 3D warehouse but apparently it put it in with the Google earth stuff...

*correction, it uploaded to the right place :)