Once I have the piece all laid out on the board, I use two pieces of wax paper. “I find it’s easier to stay on track that way. “I first do the outline of the piece then I work my way through each color, one at a time,” he said. He also decides what music he wants to listen to while doing it, which helps him stay focused. To make the bead sprites, Wynne first figures out what character he wants to make and how many pegboards he needs. “It started out for fun and just because I always wanted things in my room or kitchen that were related to video games,” he said. Tyler Wynne ( “8BitNerd” on Etsy) re-creates the sprites from popular Nintendo series like The Legend of Zelda and Pokémon (the games he grew up on) as 2D bead work - a good choice for someone who, like Wynne, “can’t draw or paint to save my life.” He typically makes two a day. The process is different for every style, but the motivation behind them is the same: to turn a love of video games into something tangible. GamesBeat spoke with the artists to learn more about how pixels on a screen can evolve into so much more - and what it takes to transform these digital images into two-sided crafts and fully embodied creations.
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