[img]http://netdna.walyou.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/super-mario-bros-soda-can-art-image.jpg[/img] One of my favorite forms of art is physical pixel art, where you make sprites using things that arne't pixels, and it comes together really neatly. FOr instance with these soda boxes. I like to walk around arts and crafts stores, I like a lot of the things there, and I like to buy things there too. But some months ago I saw something that really got me an idea. [img]https://cdn-consumercrafts.netdna-ssl.com/content/images/product/large/33900-1.jpg[/img][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/Toastypk/plasticcanvas_zpsqwdtlxld.png[/img] This is a plastic canvas, basically a plastic grid with holes. You take thread like yarn or embroidery and you put them through the holes, essentially making physical pixel art. The diagonal lines that you put thread through essentially make one "pixel". I drew an example. I picked a smaller hole size because embroidery thread is smaller, and even better, it has LOTS of color choices. The other cool thing about all this is that it's AMAZINGLY cheap. The strands of embroidery cost literally 40 cents, and the canvas itself is less than a dollar too. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/Toastypk/m-stitch_zpstcoz0r89.png~original[/img] For practice I worked on the M from Super Mario Bros 3. 8x8 pixels, so a max of 64 loops in the canvas. Bigger sprites would take even more. I'm working on the stanard standing SMB Mario sprite now. with 16x16 pixels, that's a max of 256 loops! I even got four different shades of green cause I want to make something Game Boy styled. Anyway what do you think?

Sounds pretty interesting! Good to see you trying out the new forms of art! Though, there's a thing that's quite similar to it and it's called perler beads. http://www.8bitdad.com/2013/08/29/making-retro-video-game-pixel-art-with-perler-beads-17551/ And it's apparently, quite popular and I used to make these stuff when I was a kid.

While perler beads are alright, I'm more interested in using other materials, like the soda boxes.

My mom used to like doing things with plastic canvas. It's an interesting medium, and if you like pixel art, you might enjoy it. (Also, I would feel like a completely horrible person if I took a case of Pepsi away from the Mario display and made the whole thing fall down.)

This is thoroughly awesome! Nice job on the Pepsi Mario. I've seen some neat things done on those plastic canvases as well.

Those are some nice psychical pixel art you made, Parakarry. I really like them, especially the Mario that you made out of Pepsis. I would like to see you do more of these. :) Maybe I should try this kind of thing someday. Also, I agree with what VinnyVideo said about feeling bad if they were to accidentally make the Mario display fall down.

No no no no no that soda Mario isn't mine. I just got that on the internet as an example of the style of art I'm talking about. Making things from pixels but using something that isn't actually pixels.

Oh, okay. I'm sorry about mistaking you for making that soda Mario. That doesn't change what I think about your great physical pixel art, however. :)

[quote="Parakarry"]No no no no no that soda Mario isn't mine. I just got that on the internet as an example of the style of art I'm talking about. Making things from pixels but using something that isn't actually pixels.[/quote] My mistake, though it still stands that it's rather badass.

[img]https://s23.postimg.org/682wb6qsb/IMG_1575.jpg[/img] Big experiment. It begins. The tools are in position.