tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68324027666131324062024-02-07T18:02:25.251-08:00PixelBlock ArtPhoto blog of the pixelblocks creations I am building at work.Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-41775752178740137732019-10-24T11:21:00.001-07:002019-10-24T11:22:08.764-07:00I'm jealous!Lazy Artists Will Love This Plastic Bead Printer That Automates Your Arts and Crafts (<a href="https://gizmodo.com/lazy-artists-will-love-this-plastic-bead-printer-that-a-1839322579" target="_blank">Gizmodo</a>)<br />
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This is amazing!Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-46979796782065881342019-02-17T20:37:00.000-08:002019-02-17T22:59:09.471-08:00A tale of two Samuses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Whooooooooo boy has it been a while. I think there were digital cobwebs and dust on these authoring tools I had to clear off. Hey there! It's been a while. I've been busy with Real Life Stuff™. Still employed by a certain fruit-themed technology company (we're very small I doubt you've ever heard of us) but in a new position that doesn't give me a <b>ton</b> of time to work on PixelBlock stuff, but I'm thinking real hard about getting back into the biz.</div>
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<li>LEGO obviously will survive us all. Our great great great great cyber-grandoffspring will be playing with LEGO that will still fit on bricks centuries old. PixelBlocks... might be dead any day now if they aren't already, but apparently you can still buy sets on Amazon for like $40 so who knows. Having a medium that is discontinued certainly limits the options and possibilities for future art, so switching to a medium that will always be around seems like a smart move.</li>
<li>PixelBlocks are sure pretty to look at with back light, but without light streaming through them the colors don't quite pop as much. They are translucent, vs LEGO's being mostly opaque. Truer color representation in more light levels for LEGO.</li>
<li>Differing color palettes. PixelBlocks doesn't really have a good representation of purple, there's really only one shade and it's very bright. I've love a darker purple to go with dark blue and dark red. I've had to throw out ideas I've wanted to build because I didn't have a good purple with which to build it in.</li>
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However it turns out LEGOs are actually more expensive than PixelBlocks, almost by a factor of <b>two</b>. Maybe LEGO could cut me a break and give me a discount if I ordered in bulk? LEGO 1x1 bricks cost 7¢ each, while PixelBlocks are around 4¢ each. When you are building sets that number in the hundreds of pieces, it adds up!</div>
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The <i>two</i> Samuses I speak of are the <b>PixelBlock Samus</b> and the <b>LEGO Samus</b>. This is a comparison between them and a peek behind the curtain into my process. I'm still considering going into LEGO in spite of the cost difference, maybe on a trial basis. Maybe just for a piece that needs a whole buncha purple!<br />
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Above, Samus 1 is the original sprite image courtesy of Nintendo. I doubt they willingly provided this anywhere and am relying on some sprite sheets that have probably been extracted from the game data. Samus 2 and 3 are direct translations from the 16-bit color palette to my custom PixelBlocks (2) and LEGO (3) color palettes. I had Photoshop do its dirty work on the original and what you see are the uncorrected results. I don't love how dark orange and green her midriff is on the PixelBlocks result and the LEGO result has way too much brown in my opinion. The Varia suit is Orange and Red, with some yellow underpinnings from the vanilla Power Suit. It's not dark green or brown! So I manually painted the original sprite with my custom palette by hand to achieve a different result that I like a whole lot better. The LEGO piece is still a bit too khaki for my liking, I think I prefer the PixelBlocks color palette for Samus over the LEGO one. It's harder to see the differences in detail when you are looking at the pixels in 1 to 1:<br />
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Here it is easier to see the Adjusted PixelBlocks Samus (4) looks closer to the Original Samus(1) than the Adjusted LEGO Samus (5) does. However if I leave the green in her torso on 3 and pop her visor a bit, that might look decent too.</div>
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Samus has 847 pixels in her. A PixelBlocks Samus would cost $33.88 in raw materials, while a LEGO Samus would cost $59.29. You can't put a price on art, unless it is your hobby and you still need to feed your family. That said, if someone wants a LEGO Samus around 18 inches tall I could happily build you one for $80.<br />
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That's all for now, if I get some inspiration I'll make some new pieces to showcase here.Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-41293998380866886912013-08-24T12:47:00.001-07:002013-08-24T12:47:34.437-07:00Spider-Man<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/9586021940/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2831/9586021940_35a9f4e4ef.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/9586021940/">Spider-Man</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Slow day at work.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-13585538813521105372013-08-01T14:09:00.001-07:002013-08-01T14:09:40.642-07:00Chinese Flag<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/9418918596/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2869/9418918596_7f43ca07eb.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/9418918596/">Chinese Flag</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> This was a request from a coworker. Nearly used all of my red, and I had to scale down the design a couple times to complete it. The proportions aren't quite where I want them, but to give the stars any detail (other than single dots) it will have to do.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-56596523882346601152013-08-01T11:56:00.001-07:002013-08-01T11:56:22.374-07:00Heart<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/9418172854/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7407/9418172854_7c055c2366.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/9418172854/">Heart</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> This was to be my first commissioned piece, a wedding coordinator contacted me and wanted a cake topper for a couple. I'm a victim of my own thoroughness; the bride apparently followed the instructions on my blog for my process and made her own! I made this last year, I'm taking it apart today to cannibalize the colors I need for my next piece.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-60040255858191396972013-08-01T09:07:00.001-07:002013-08-01T09:07:59.390-07:00It's on now.<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/9414387777/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7361/9414387777_3655e6ff3e.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/9414387777/">Light Yellow, Dark Blue</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> The final two colors from the pixelblocks color palette, Light Yellow and Dark Blue, have been notably missing from my collection. Today a generous coworker donated a set that contained every single color, including these two.<br /><br />I'm going to start making pieces again, starting with a request from this coworker. Look for it soon.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-59306409643278012582011-10-12T09:07:00.001-07:002011-10-12T09:08:31.754-07:00RIP Steve1955-2011<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFJ48IhdmFMsKeHT95MXhZu14TSAX8CbZN82NHMSbWkE40jDXwJIfAon338aGv8u6WzBjBx0JoYmEBOmijNvg35nHruhRkPy21HzFuLcsz7hklLos5fOMOmS_CYeVJ4Olf_7SAxJpenAy/s640/blogger-image--1079400448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFJ48IhdmFMsKeHT95MXhZu14TSAX8CbZN82NHMSbWkE40jDXwJIfAon338aGv8u6WzBjBx0JoYmEBOmijNvg35nHruhRkPy21HzFuLcsz7hklLos5fOMOmS_CYeVJ4Olf_7SAxJpenAy/s640/blogger-image--1079400448.jpg" /></a></div>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-50351925585093682702011-05-18T11:41:00.001-07:002011-09-09T06:37:45.650-07:00Golden Axe<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/5733998167/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2387/5733998167_5180d5eb20.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br />
<span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/5733998167/">Golden Axe</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-65039133062886753152011-05-18T11:14:00.001-07:002011-05-18T11:14:18.158-07:00Mossy Cobblestone<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/5734471528/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5261/5734471528_0c8f472279.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/5734471528/">Mossy Cobblestone</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-5345821860109036552011-05-18T09:22:00.001-07:002011-05-18T11:14:35.523-07:00Cake:lie<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/5734172098/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2002/5734172098_1c67e95395.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/5734172098/">Cakelie</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> The cake is not a lie… in Minecraft.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-73976333069389421522011-05-11T07:46:00.001-07:002011-05-11T07:46:30.339-07:00Diamond Pickaxe<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/5709775793/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/5709775793_d95c9d4803.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/5709775793/">Diamond Pickaxe</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> When you absolutely must tunnel through 8 miles of solid rock as fast as possible, trust none other than the one and only Diamond Pickaxe™.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-63511961646761275652011-05-11T07:45:00.001-07:002011-05-11T07:46:30.340-07:00Iron Sword<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/5709775919/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3175/5709775919_328c10cc29.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/5709775919/">Iron Sword</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> It's dangerous out there. You'd better take this with you.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-12530991948302637152011-05-11T07:37:00.001-07:002011-05-11T07:39:45.066-07:00That's a nice everything you've got there...<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/5709776103/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3112/5709776103_a4cf4d89a7.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/5709776103/">Creeper</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> It's been far too long since I've uploaded anything here. I just haven't been inspired to make anything, and when lately when I did get inspiration I find I don't have the blocks I need. I have every pixelblock color except light yellow and dark blue, and the pixelblocks company is seemingly going dark. Their website has slowly lost features (Digital Stained Glass, then the store where you could order individual colors) and currently just displays a "coming soon". I'm hoping this just means they are scaling back their web presence to focus on other things, but I fear the worst.<br /><br />Anyway, I've been playing a $#&! ton of Minecraft lately, and since the game is very retro in graphics the art assets are perfect to translate to pixelblocks art. It's a bit tough considering it uses 3D models, and my works are mostly 2D, but I've made it work. To kick off this set, I've started with the iconic Creeper.<br /><br />For those not in the know and haven't played Minecraft, the Creeper is a creepy (eh, see what I did there?) looking green creature that silently moves across the landscape looking for things to explode. It does so by exploding itself, and has a short countdown before it detonates. They have no arms, 4 stubby legs, and sometimes just stare at you from a distance if you make eye contact. Always carry a bow and arrows and pepper that sucker from a distance.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-66158931613402339792010-05-30T00:24:00.000-07:002010-05-30T00:34:01.122-07:00Contact infoI was going through my blog settings and noticed I had setup the contact email to go to an address I don't check often, my MobileMe account @mac.com. Some of the messages sent to it were forwarded to my primary email account @gmail.com, but after reviewing my junk mail folders for my MobileMe account I see that some messages that have been sent to me over the past couple years went unanswered. For that I apologize; I typically respond to emails sent to me as some of my followers may know. If you've reached out to me in the past and found my lack of answer displeasing, by all means don't hesitate to try and contact me again. I've fixed the glitch.Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-84375743744834203402010-04-08T15:27:00.001-07:002010-04-08T15:27:46.418-07:00Kratos<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/4503263415/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2684/4503263415_c514ecc75b.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/4503263415/">Kratos</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> And now for my pièce de résistance. My buddy who is a huge God of War fan requested Kratos. I searched around for a sprite and found one on a DeviantArt page from someone claiming to be an artist on the cell phone God of War Game. Turns out it converts really well to my PixelBlocks palette, but I ran out of light grey and grey building it! I had to add some more white to some areas, I don't think you'll really be able to tell. I am really happy with how it turned out, I plan on keeping this one for some time.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-36656064095958586972010-04-08T15:04:00.001-07:002010-05-21T09:26:40.218-07:00Ninja Gaiden<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/4503263623/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2801/4503263623_ca98170557.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/4503263623/">Ninja Gaiden</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden. Yet another request. I'm happy with how this one turned out.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-17005611681847470222010-04-08T15:02:00.001-07:002010-05-21T10:01:50.985-07:00Battletoad<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/4503895168/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2800/4503895168_4ce0ef1042.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/4503895168/">Battletoad</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Another co-worker request. I chose Rash from Battletoads. I picked a cool pose, but unfortunately it wasn't able to stand up on its own in the real world. Way too top heavy, didn't balance and the leg was very skinny so it was floppy too. I stood it up against my iMac and another monitor, snapped the picture, then took him apart for parts.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-30880097476300527692010-04-08T15:00:00.001-07:002010-05-21T09:25:50.387-07:00Fire Mario<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/4503895390/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4503895390_05fcb38bcc.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/4503895390/">Fire Mario</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> It's been a while since I made any creations, and a co-worker suggested I make the fire suit Mario from the NES Super Mario Bros. Skin tone is pink instead of a light tan; having a limited color palette has this effect. Overall I don't think the piece suffered for it.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-49371737501325687842009-12-31T09:28:00.001-08:002009-12-31T09:28:39.508-08:00RROD<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/4231725804/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2788/4231725804_5ecd329dbe.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/4231725804/">RROD</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> RROD FTL.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-17543128801854243242009-12-26T13:16:00.001-08:002010-05-21T10:00:52.486-07:00Minish Link<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/4216304945/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4216304945_abc043b43c.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/4216304945/">Minish Link</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Link, from the Gameboy Advance Title, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. Slow day at work allowed me the time to do this between calls.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-78617335744318317312009-10-21T08:40:00.001-07:002010-05-21T09:26:02.084-07:00Luigi - Red Shell<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/3800714765/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3533/3800714765_383543abc0.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/3800714765/">Luigi - Red Shell</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Forgot to post this to the blog when I made it.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-77615552126973720832009-10-21T08:29:00.001-07:002010-05-21T09:26:02.085-07:00Cape Mario - Case<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/4031577657/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2628/4031577657_752732c807.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/4031577657/">Cape Mario - Case</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> So, I've been experimenting with creating a display case for my PixelBlocks creations. Ideally, the case will have two purposes: One, to protect the piece while it ships through the mail, and Two, to serve as a frame for displaying it. It has to be clear plastic, to let light through, yet firm enough to stand up on its own. I like how this turned out, and best of all it was cheap. The screws and bolts and washers were $2, and the plastic sheets were $2.50. I think I'm going to drill more holes, for a total of 8 all the way around so it is really well contained. As it stands, the plastic bows out a bit because the corners are tightened down, and I think if I put 4 more holes in the middle, between each corner it should really hold it in place. It's either that or some beads of hot glue in the corners of the piece. We'll see, I'm going to take it home with me and play around with it some more. I know for starters I'm going to need shorter bolts, as it stands there's at least half an inch protruding from the back.</p><p class="flickr-yourcomment">I'm one step closer to having a piece I can ship through the mail, get your credit cards ready!</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-79671914176558289622009-02-01T17:31:00.001-08:002009-02-01T17:32:00.794-08:00WALL-E mk.2<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/3104109391/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/3104109391_58be635756.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/3104109391/">WALL-E mk.2</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Now that WALL-E is out on DVD I was able to get a screencap of the end credit sequence to get the pixelated WALL-E and EVE. Turns out the sprites are pretty complex, I had to clean them up a bit and manually convert the colors to my PixelBlocks color palette. Unfortunately I ran out of dark grey so had to make his eyes black and dropped one of his arms. He turned out way bigger than I expected and have come to the realization that I don't have nearly enough white to make a companion EVE for him.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-3720463389349138132009-02-01T17:29:00.001-08:002010-05-21T09:26:14.437-07:00Goomba<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/3236238339/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3407/3236238339_a2f92e8b29.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/3236238339/">Goomba</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> I really like how the Goomba turned out. Dark orange is the perfect color to use for their tone.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832402766613132406.post-1218782421371665012009-02-01T17:28:00.003-08:002010-05-21T09:26:14.438-07:00Piranha plant<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/3236192269/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3534/3236192269_5ae990eb0f.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dash16/3236192269/">Piranha plant</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dash16/">dash16</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> This one took a lot of blocks, and ran out of green so I couldn't make the pipe any bigger.</p>Dustin Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848686386480772371noreply@blogger.com0