Category Archives: 8 Bit Sprites

Zelda “Old Man” Time Lapse Slide Show

Posted on April 18, 2011 by 8bitliving

I thought it might be cool to do a “Stop Motion” video with a series of photos that document the transition from one mosaic to another in order to illustrate how easy it is.  Unfortunatley, I couldn’t figure out how … Continue reading →

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Zelda Flame (Black Background)

Posted on April 16, 2011 by 8bitliving

I had a feeling this would look better, but I needed more black tiles.

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Coming Soon / Suggestions

Posted on April 13, 2011 by 8bitliving

Wow… Thanks to everybody for all the great feedback.  I’ve received enough great suggestions through various channels that I’ve decided to keep a running list in order to keep track of them and give the suggesters something to look forward … Continue reading →

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Zelda Fire

Posted on April 10, 2011 by 8bitliving

I live in a high rise apartment, so I can’t have a fireplace.  This was the next best thing.  I want to try this with a black background but I don’t have enough black pixels yet.

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Megaman

Posted on March 29, 2011 by 8bitliving

My favorite so far… I have since fixed the eyes based on some feedback from the experts. It took about 45 minutes to convert from Mario to Megaman. I took one picture midway through the transformation.

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Zelda’s Link

Posted on March 28, 2011 by 8bitliving

Everyone’s favorite elf.  It turned out great! Based from an image I found here.

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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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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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