Archive for January, 2009

Remember back when Sonic, Tails, and Knux were affectionately referred to as “the Triple Threat”? No? Ah, well. I’m old and crotchety. In any case, I took great care in preserving this legendary team in beads. My biggest sprite to date that didn’t fall apart at any point during its creation. Huzzah!

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I’ve wrangled a herd of colorful bead sprite Yoshis from Super Mario World 2 – Yoshi’s Island. Definitely my favorite game starring Yoshi! Although the sprites from the SNES game feature the Yoshis all having the same color red/brownish boots, I took the colors from the N64 Yoshi’s Story game to make these particular bead sprites. I did a little research and found that, in illustrations and in the GBA remake of the game, a couple of the Yoshis wear different color shoes from the Yoshi’s Story game, particularly the light blue and pink Yoshis. I thought this “idle” pose was pretty cute, and for these I’ve left out poor baby Mario. No more CRYING!

Ahem, anyway, I am selling these cuties at our Etsy store!

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I always loved the game Dr. Mario. One of my favorite puzzle games for sure! The viruses were really cute considering they are… ya know… viruses. The blue one always looked like a bunny to me.

Anyway, I made them from the SNES version sprites. The little bit of extra colors really makes the shading look nifty. They are up for sale as a set on my Etsy Store.

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Well this is interesting… recall how I mentioned that, after Tinkerbell, Aero the Acrobat would be my next Munny? Well apparently I fibbed hardcore.

Amy Rose is not by far my favorite Sonic character, or even one I find easy to tolerate in the least bit. But, being infected with an infatuation for Sonic the Hedgehog in general, I found myself in the possession of certain Amy Rose merchandise. I had two dolls, until I couldn’t stand how oppressively butt-ugly one of them was– you know, one of those boardwalk/midway prizes that glares at you with its misshapen cock-eyes. Hideous. So I ripped her dress off and threw her into a garbage bag. Good gravy, that sounds serial killer worthy. In any event, I have the doll’s dress, just saving it for a cloudy day. Then I realized it would fit pretty nicely on a mini Munny. (I happen to keep a fair amount in reserve.) And this was the result, so far.

I’m pretty happy with the shape so far- it was a difficult design since I had to pad her head up with tin foil for those quills. And I was a little apprehensive about shaving off the Munny’s ears, so instead I covered them with her quills. Unfortunately her back quill looks a little wonky, but a good sanding should help that out a bit.

Once I finish her up I swear I’ll finish Aero!!

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Well, here she is, Miss Tinkerbell. A Christmas gift for my boyfriend’s mom, and my first completed mini-Munny

Her hair was sculpted with Super Sculpey and painted, along with her body, with Acrylics. There’s a green ribbon in her hair and her wings were salvaged from a dragonfly plushie. Her facial features are detailed with black Prisma Color paint marker. I had to mount her to a base because, despite being filled with tin foil, her darn bun was too heavy for her body.

I’m proud of her but admittedly also not-so-proud, because as I had a deadline with her, I might have had to “hurry” a “little bit”. (Don’t tell mom.) But I did learn from the mistakes I made with the Super Sculpey and the paint, and everything else. So I will keep trying because it was very enjoyable to see a finished product.

Next up is Aero the Acrobat who I’ve been working on intermittently for the past few months.

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Simple but effective- I have made a little stand for my bead sprites. I’ve made quite a few now and they’re all laying flat on their faces… I thought it would be cool to have them stand upright. I puzzled over it briefly and came up with a very rudimentary device, but hey, it works great! I was originally going to put it on a large, circular base but it stands up perfectly on just the small rectangular one, and does not visually take away from the sprite on display. I may adjust the dimensions of the stand slightly in the future, but I’m pretty happy with the result for a first shot.

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I love these cute little guys, and Chip n’ Dale’s Rescue Rangers was one of my all time favorite NES games. I modified the sprite colors slightly for these two since I did not have that crazy red color they used for their fur, and I used light brown instead. Also Dale’s shirt is now red instead of the same color as his fur. Artistic license I say! *cough*

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There was a Perler Bead spriting newb. Her name was Geek-Mythology, sometimes Vilsy, always perplexed and befuddled.

Actually it’s not so bad. I have found the joys of creating video game sprites from Perler fuse beads, and am having a jolly good time so far. I’ve been at it for about a week and I’m pretty hooked. It has been a nice break from my normal digital drawing.

Here are my first attempts at the craft. Gau from Final Fantasy VI looking as though he’s found a fire hydrant was my first. Weird choice I suppose. The others are hopefully recognizable! More on the way as I spiral into bead oblivion.

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