Cut Out a 3-Dimensional Papercraft Metroid Scene
Bring pixel art to the third dimension with this easy cut out technique.
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Papercraft Pixel Workshop
Artist Aram Bartholl noticed that kids didn’t seem to understand the “retro-pixel-look,” so he held a delightful workshop at his son’s school, in which they made pixelated models of images from video games.
New Method for Vectorizing Pixel Art
I especially like the new streamlined Space Invader shapes. I always wondered what they really looked like.
Flashback: Random Screen
I love low-tech emulations of high tech objects, and when they employ recycled materials, what could be better? This week’s Flashback comes from the pages of the very first volume of CRAFT, published back in 2006. Aram Bartholl showed us how to make a 16-pixel display from old cans, tea lights, paper, and wire. Check […]
Dead pixel massage
Mobile phones on bar tables deserve what they get. But that doesn’t make it suck any less when you’re the drunk with the dead pixels. Ask MAKE subscriber Tim Watson. When his iPhone got a party night beer bath, he was faced with either replacing his screen or trying one of the free utilities or […]
