I've been getting into making mosaics out of Perler beads. Perler beads are a brand of colorful little plastic beads that can be arranged on pegboards.

After a design is laid out, you can iron over the top of the beads to fuse them together, making a solid mosaic.

While Perler beads are marketed as a children's craft product, there are plenty of adults taking this style to the next level.

Here's what I am working on now (not yet ironed):



For more info about this art style, check out

Deviantart Bead Sprites

Pixelgasm

Sprite Stitch Blog

Perler Beads Official Site

Cool! A friend of mine is addicted to these :)

Wow!

Made another :)

Oh my goodness these ROCK!

I was just playing with these today with a kid I babysit for. I totally thought of CL's as I was doing it. I loved all their color choices! I want to get some of my own!!!!

I love what you have done with yours manekineko!!

Thanks guys! They're super fun, you should get some!

Just finished this one today:

Wow, Mane. This is so cool. I like your work.

The process reminds me of cross stitch. I bet cross stitch patterns would work for some of this stuff.

Some of the work on Deviant Art is quite good. Thanks for sharing all this info.

Mai from King of Fighters, no background yet

Mai from King of Fighters, complete

wow! this is breathtaking, manekineko!
i love the pixelated look these
have. definitely brings back some fond
childhood memories. :)


thanks for posting the info and pictures.
once again, great job! these are fantastic! :D

Well hey thanks!

KICK. ASS.

Couple of new ones :D