My two great loves: Buzz Lightyear and Doctor Who… especially David Tennant’s incarnation. These guys are made from Perler Beads. David was created from a bit of work done over at Esty by weelittlestiches… and the Buzz follows the same style, but is original.
This Buzz says, “I don’t care what anyone says… bow ties are NOT cool!”
I got interested in creating things with Perler Beads once I saw that folks were using them to recreate 8-bit sprites from old video games. Perler beads are little plastic beads that you place on a spiked mat. When you get them arranged the way you want you fuse them together by melting them a bit with an iron. They end up looking a lot like pixels.
I created the pattern in Photoshop using a 29×58 pixel canvas. Then using two 29×29 pin tiles, I put him together… twice. I spilled him all over my lap on my first attempt at making it to the iron. I’ve included the pattern below if anyone out there wants to make their own.
This Buzz says, “I put the craft in spacecraft.”
