8 Bit Living

Zelda Flame (Black Background)

Posted on April 16, 2011 by 8bitliving

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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

Photoshopped - Real mosaic coming soon!

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 too. Some of these I still will need to get some new paint colors for, but it will be worth it.

Anyway, here is a list of 8 bit mosaics I plan to create in the near future…

Zelda Flame with black background (Black pixels are drying now)
8×4 Duck Hunt (The duck will be almost as tall as me)
Kirby
Mark (Monster Party)
Samus Aran (Metroid)
Creeper from Minecraft

Any other suggestions? Feel free to add them in the comments!

Posted in 8 Bit Sprites, Mosaics, Mosiac Project, Not Sprites | Tagged 8-bit art, Nintendo, pixel art, Sprite | 3 Comments

Zelda Fire

Posted on April 10, 2011 by 8bitliving

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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.

Posted in 8 Bit Sprites, Mosaics, Prototype 1 | Tagged 8-bit art, Sprite, Zelda | 1 Comment

Spearmint

Posted on April 7, 2011 by 8bitliving

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Now that I’ve set up “Double Wide”, I need to put it to good use. Because I don’t have enough pieces of any one color to serve as a Sprite background, I decided to try something more “decorative.” I did happen to have a lot of light blue and white pixels – and a decent amount of the light green, dark blue, and dark green to compliment them. All in all, I’m pretty pleased with it. This looks more like something you would see at a furniture or decoration store. I’ll call this one “Spearmint” because of the colors. The 4×8 size is pretty impressive.

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More Pixels, More Problems…

Posted on April 6, 2011 by 8bitliving

After much procrastination, I went ahead and manufactured 4 more 24×24 inch “grids”. I installed 2 on either side of my existing 4×4′ square – effectively doubling the size. Moving forward, I’ll dub this installation “Double Wide.” After my new batch of pixel/tiles I should have enough to make something interesting.

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Pixel Factory 2

Posted on April 5, 2011 by 8bitliving

My need for new pixels is never ending. I have some great new ideas for new mosaics, but I’m always one color or a few pixels short. I started up the pixel factory again.