Author Archives: 8bitliving

Mario-Redux

Posted on March 27, 2011 by 8bitliving

Finally got the colors right!  I recreated Mario on the new Metal base boards

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Prototype 2

Posted on March 26, 2011 by 8bitliving

The Foam Core/ Flexiron base was a success from a functionality standpoint.  However, the time it takes to cut the flex iron into pieces and stick them on the board is not insignificant.  The obvious alternative is to simply use … Continue reading →

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Pixel Factory

Posted on March 25, 2011 by 8bitliving

I have a ton of ideas for different mosaics.   Unfortunatley, new ideas usually requires new color which means I need to start up the Pixel Factory again.  I’ve got this down to somewhat of a science now… “Brown Mustard” (Mario) … Continue reading →

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Space Invaders

Posted on March 22, 2011 by 8bitliving

I’ll spare the details, but I made another trip to Home Depot,  got some more paint samples and painted some a few new batches of squares.  Because the first Mario’s colors were kind of weird, I wanted to change it … Continue reading →

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First Incarnation of Mario

Posted on March 20, 2011 by 8bitliving

Now that I have a decent stock of colored tiles, I started work on my first 4×4′ 8-bit sprite.  I always planned to use the original Mario for my first legit piece.  I found a good reference image on DeviantArt … Continue reading →

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Painting Tiles

Posted on March 20, 2011 by 8bitliving

The unpainted “natural” wood tiles definitely looked nice, and I may revisit them later but we are here to make some 8-bit art.  For this, we’ll need more than one color tile. Selecting paint colors was actually much more complicated … Continue reading →

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Prototype 1 – Making Tiles

Posted on March 16, 2011 by 8bitliving

Now that I have finished my magnetic base, it’s time to start making some tiles… I already determined a while back that a 2×1.3″ magnet will sufficiently hold one of my 3×3″ squares to a 2×2 square of Flex Iron.  … Continue reading →

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Prototype 1 – Finishing the Base

Posted on March 16, 2011 by 8bitliving

Now that I have the base pieces ready, It’s time to put this baby together and hopefully mount it on the wall. I decided to make this base fold up “Trivial Pursuit” style.  Hypothetically, I can connect the four quadrants … Continue reading →

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