Battousai Posted June 13, 2009 Posted June 13, 2009 I'm sure some of you are familiar with artists like 8-bit artist (http://www.myspace.com/8bitartist) and Doctor Octoroc (http://www.doctoroctoroc.com/bead-sprites/) - well lately (as in the last year or so) my friends have begun making bead projects (BEES?! No not bees, beaDs. BEADS?!) and lately they finished two extensive projects that I would like to share with you all. As fellow video game enthusiasts you should be able to appreciate these. In terms of time, the two projects combined took 6 months of dedicated work from guys who are working 40 hours and still hold down regular social lives and girlfriends, etc.etc.etc. Without further ado, let's take a look at the pictures! from Chrono Trigger, 40" x 28", over 29,000 beads from Final Fantasy 6, 40" x 20", over 27,000 beads Any comments/criticism welcomed! EDIT: 12/21 Please check out my friend James's blog at http://www.atimewellwasted.com/ for more pictures of amazing beadsprite designs! Here's a teaser: Quote
Battousai Posted June 13, 2009 Author Posted June 13, 2009 Right, I guess I should edit the topic. Err... if I can figure out how to do that. Quote
SoulinEther Posted June 13, 2009 Posted June 13, 2009 Isn't this 16 bit? For the win... Lol.... But all jokes aside, those look awesome. Quote
Evilhead Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 Very cool! Would like to see these in person. Quote
Matt E. Waldman Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 Whoa, very neat! I love the concept behind this. I commend these guys for taking the time to do all that. Bravo! Quote
MkVaff Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 from Final Fantasy 6, 40" x 20", over 27,000 beads Any comments/criticism welcomed! I think the amazingness and intensity of this thing has just melted my brain. I usually don't go so crazy for this type of crap - but damn this not only looks great but brings back so many memories (sheds tear)... I love you 16-bit Squaresoft, and I will never forget you... (sniffle) Quote
Mustin Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 Holy balls, I want that FFVI artwork! Playing the game for the bajillionth time right now. DO WANT!! Quote
halc Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 BEES?! No not bees, beaDs. BEADS?! gob's not on board oh yeah and the pics look great Quote
Toadofsky Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 Awesome work man! Keep it up! Looks very good! I'd love to have one of Metroid myself. Quote
yangfeili Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 These may be of interest. Although they're kind of hard to find. I lucked out and got the last huge set (the 2700 piece cube that they don't make anymore) at a local education museum... and then found another marked down to half price a few months ago at some little toy store in a small town I stopped off at on the way to somewhere else. Quote
Battousai Posted September 8, 2009 Author Posted September 8, 2009 So my friend was back to work making a clock using custom sprites from the various Final Fantasy games. It was a birthday present for our other friend, who did the Chrono Trigger beadsprite I posted earlier. He was very pleased. Quote
friendlyHunter Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 Yikes, it's almost Final Fantasy 6 o'clock! Quote
Vilecat Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 I've wanted to try this sort of thing for a long time. I still have a nice set of Beads from when I was 10yo but I can't find a place to buy bead refills. They have some at Wal-Mart but it's not from the same cie mine are and they don't offer the smaller size of beads I use, only the 3-5yo big ass ones that are incompatible with mine. I don't feel like buying the whole thing again while I could keep using my old one and improve it. There's a website but their online shop doesn't ship outside the US D: Quote
LuketheXjesse Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 So my friend was back to work making a clock using custom sprites from the various Final Fantasy games. It was a birthday present for our other friend, who did the Chrono Trigger beadsprite I posted earlier. He was very pleased. Holy shit I am loving those sprites. Who made 'em? Quote
Battousai Posted December 22, 2009 Author Posted December 22, 2009 Okay, time for a bump! My friend James decided to do beadsprite projects as Christmas presents for many of his friends. For the most part he did a "versus" theme, although for mine he decided to go a little differently. As I get pictures of the others I'll put them up; all of them are really great looking. My personal favorite (excluding this one he made for me) was the SF2 Ryu vs Ken. LuketheXJesse asked: Who made these? Almost all were done by my friend James (http://atimewellwasted.com) Quote
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