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Prettiest crafts ever made

5:09 PM on 01.17.2007   |   Faith

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Not only I am impressed at how pretty and detailed each and every one of these beaded, video game sprites are, but I am also amazed that a guy made them.

Adam "Foglera" posted his incredible video game sprites collection which is made entirely from plastic beads on his Flickr account. We've seen these kinds of beaded crafts before, but not this many in one place. I remember making these things when I was a kid and I’m starting to think I need to take the craft up again.

Check out the full gallery at Foglera's Flickr page.

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heix's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:06
heix
*touch* Nintendo power rising....
Serpentish's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:07
Serpentish
I'd pay good money for the Mario in the boot. I knew I should've paid attention during arts and crafts at school.
Toneman's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:10
Toneman
I used to make stuff like this when I was little. You arange the beads how you like, then take an iron to them.
Serpentish's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:12
Serpentish
Sounds magically simple. I might have to make a pit stop at Michael's later.
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:12
Jordan Devore
That coloring of Birdo is freaking spot on.
Knivy's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:13
Knivy
These are pretty cool, maybe i should try to make some, although i have very poor crafting skills u.u.
Cruds's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:23
Cruds
a little tutorial would be nice, think I start with something simple like Pong.
nightmareci's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:23
nightmareci
These aren't that hard to make, but I'm impressed how well he go the colors on all of them. That's really the hardest part, in this case.
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:25
Topher Cantler
Black mage ftw!
Faith's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:26
Faith
They are easy to make - you get a bead board with little prongs to arrange the beads on and then you flip the finished product onto wax paper and then put another piece of wax paper on top and then iron the beads until they melt together enough to remain glued together.

Lesson over and don't forget to buy my book "Video Game Sprites made easy!"
Joseph Leray's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:29
Joseph Leray
These are so full of win.
Pepillou2's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:30
Pepillou2
where can I get some of those beads??
Serpentish's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:40
Serpentish
I'll wait for the paperback version Faith.
Faith's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:42
Faith
Any craft store and probably even places like Walmart in the craft or toy section.
Cruds's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:51
Cruds
what's wax paper exactly. is it the same thing used for hair removal.
fra_diavola's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:53
fra_diavola
They looks awesome, no doubt about it. But what a complete wazte of time which could've been spent playing gamez. guy has patience though.
Cruds's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:53
Cruds
nevermind, I see now it's not sticky paper
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 17:59
BahamutZero
great now I have legend of zelda music in my head (theme from death mountain)
Pedro Blandino's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 18:42
Pedro Blandino
he/she used "pixelblocks" to make those.
http://www.pixelblocks.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/pbonline

those thing's are soo BA.. but they cost allot :(
Nintendork's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 19:30
Nintendork
Looks like my girlfriend will have a new project...
These things are awesome, I only wish I had the patience to make something like this.
Faith's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 19:54
Faith
Pedro, he used these - http://www.perlerbeads.com/.

Even called his gallery Perler Bead Crafts
Pedro Blandino's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 19:58
Pedro Blandino
yea, sorry. i edited my post and removed "of used" between she and used by mistake.. when i noticed it was to late :P
CatalystMan's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 21:24
CatalystMan
Nintendo, Nintendo, Nintendo.....Disgaea?
Pepillou2's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 21:55
Pepillou2
"Any craft store and probably even places like Walmart in the craft or toy section."

...Oooh la la
Thanx Faith! I NEED 'em
djnexus911's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/18/2007 02:58
djnexus911
I bought a 9.00$ bead set a couple weeks ago, but the thing is the graph you put the beads on wasnt big enough for the charecters, and after making maybe 3 of them youd be running outta beads, so im sure it could get pretty expensive,
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