Tag Archives: 8-bit art

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 – Starting the Base

Posted on March 14, 2011 by 8bitliving

Been pretty busy the past few days.  My fiance is coming to town and I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t appreciate the way my living room has been transformed into a workshop.  I’m pushing hard to finish the first foam core … Continue reading →

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New Wood Tiles

Posted on March 7, 2011 by 8bitliving

Just got some new wood tiles in the mail today.  I had already gotten some samples of some pretty nice “rounded” squares but I wasn’t sure if rounded corners were really the way to go.  Even though the squared corners … Continue reading →

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Flex Iron aka Rubber Steel

Posted on March 1, 2011 by 8bitliving

I’ve been struggling for a while thinking about what would make the best base for my mosaic tiles.  It must be: Magnetic Cheap Preferably lightweight Finding this combination hasn’t been easy.  I could buy a 4×4 piece of steel for … Continue reading →

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The Mosaic Project

Posted on February 26, 2011 by 8bitliving

This probably should have been my first post… Do you grow bored with your apartment furnishings and decorations – perhaps changing them frequently? Do you consider your self “artistically inclined”? Are you a do it yourself-er? Did you grow up … Continue reading →

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Ideas in Excel

Posted on February 20, 2011 by 8bitliving

There are probably a lot different tools for drawing 16×16 images but I found a quick solution that works surprisingly well.  I just use a standard spreadsheet and multiselect/set all the columns to squares.  After that you can easily change … Continue reading →

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