Some Megaman style Marvel guys
I found a pattern online for these awesome looking Spidey and Gambit.
I’m in a Megaman kind of mood, I think I’ll make more of these!
These were done with regular sized perler beads.
Update: This is the artist who made the Gambit
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Civil War I picked up some mini beads from Michael's. They turned out to be extremely difficult to work with. The beads are really small and my hands are big. I found a pattern online for these awesome Megaman style Cap and Iron man and decided to make them into magnets. Mini beads are excellent if you wanna make full sprites and not have them take up too much space. I put these up in my store and they sold right away. Maybe I'll do some more with these tiny beads.
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Here it is my tumblr family! I now have a store! Check it out!
Any feedback is appreciated since it’s my first store.
Most pieces i’ve made so far are there, so help me buy some more art supplies by buying stuff!!
Thank you all for the love!
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Sneak peak at something I'm working on. I had to stop because I ran out of black beads...:(
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...last one about Bulma, I'm just really excited about it.
So, this is what (i call) “the taping method”. Most bead crafters use it, and I've heard it’s a must when working on large projects. Here are the steps i followed:
1. Get Masking Tape (preferably wide, to cover more areas).
2. Apply layers of tape, pressing hard to make sure the beads stick to the tape.
3. Once you've applied all those layers, you should end up with one single tape blanket, which you're going to once again press in all areas to make sure the beads stick.
4. You’re going to carefully pull up that masking tape blanket (or mat) and flip it.
5. Even if you press hard in every single area, there will be beads that stay on the board, which can be very frustrating and it happened to me. Later on i found out through other bead artisans on Instagram, that you’re supposed to poke a hole in every single bead to ensure that they stay. Sounds like a lot of work right? It is.
6. If you have beads on the board, don't freak out...just take a deep breath and put them back. I took pictures all through this process so that i could use it as reference if that happened to me. By now, you've flipped the sprite, so the masking tape blanket is sort of your peg board now, so you can go ahead and carefully place the rebellious beads back best you can.
7. I cut around the excess tape with an exacto knife. It gets in the way when you're ironing, because remember, the sticky side of the tape is now facing you.
8. Ironing, the most dreaded part of all this. I was actually a lot more comfortable doing this part, because the beads were so secure on the tape, i could take my time ironing and i didn't have to fear them coming off the board, like it’s happened to me before. The challenging part is applying heat evenly to all sides to get a nice consistent melt, but most importantly, to at least melt them enough so it holds. You need to make sure the beads are holding together on both sides everywhere, otherwise your sprite won't last and it risks falling apart when bending...and that can happen with large projects.
9. The trick to the ironing is patience. Take your time, and have a good amount of wax paper ready. Inspect your sprite before you're ready to say “its’ done”. I had to go back and iron multiple sides because they weren't holding.
And thats that! This is everything i did for this adorable Bulma. I love Bulma. Please feel free to ask any questions. This is a great hobby, so if you're just getting into it, id love to help out!
Hard to think I've been doing this for 5 years now.
Enjoy!
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...continued from previous post.
Since tumblr only lets us post 10 pictures at the time, i had to break this into a couple of posts...because i took A LOT of pics.
I’ve posted these so that you can see the direction i went when filling in the colors.
Once it was done, i was excited about the next step.
This is the first time i’ve used “the taping method”. See my next post.
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Hi there! I’m back!
I’ve been getting back into making bead art, and I've been working on a big project...well...big for me, the largest sprite I've done so far.
I’ll be posting that soon, for now, feast your eyes on this awesome sprite by Angryboy, which i made into bead art.
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Working on another little set of Perler Bead Sprites made using the designs by Victor.
Check out his Instagram and his Online Store to get some sweet t-shirts!
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Photo for comparison on what i was trying to make.
Original sprite used for this piece by Daniel
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