Why limit your crafting to ‘real’ life when there’s a whole virtual world out there to bend to your will! (cue maniacal laugh MUAHHAHAHA!) The residents of the minecraft server Ambar (owned by Angry Dinosaur) have created these glorious pixel art sculptures depicting some of their favourite Nintendo characters. Also, check out that rainbow bridge, … Continue reading Minecraft Pixel Art Sculptures
This book cover idea is so simple, yet so awesome, I’m slightly upset I didn’t think of it first! Way to go Icoeye for beating me to it… now I wish I had more books of the same size to properly pull this effect off! (Think of the design potential… Space Invaders, Mario, anything 8bit = … Continue reading Pixel Book Covers
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to go back and fully watch some of my favourite TV series (instead of mindlessly watching whatever TiVo suggests). This weekend Hubby and I started Avatar: The Last Airbender (anyone else remember when you could say Avatar and people wouldn’t think you meant the James Cameron movie?). This … Continue reading Pixel Bead Aang
Shanna Hampton just let us know that her husband’s geeky-cool Etsy shop, Pixel Party is barrelling towards their 500th sale, and number 500 will win a prize! The Geek Bracelet pictured on the left is among some really cool pixel art, so get that order in if you want a chance at being number 500! … Continue reading Pixel Party Offer For 500th Sale!
Happy Mother’s Day to all you crafty moms and geeky moms and crafty geeky moms from Geek Crafts. Smash Magazine posted this article on pixel art as part of their Monday inspiration series. This cupcake painting by Ashley Anderson is my favorite example. There’s also a great list of resources at the end of the … Continue reading Pixel Art article
This is an interesting idea – it’s called Woodpixel. It’s a commercial product that lets you create your own pixel art. It comes with 100 wooden blocks with a different wood tone on each side and it comes with a holder to hold the 100 blocks in place. This would be a great way to … Continue reading Woodpixels