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Easter Foil Pokemon Pixel Art!

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 4:29 am
by icedragonj
Every year at easter I compulsively save my easter foil thinking 'it is so pretty! I will make something awesome with this' But after a few months of getting in my way it usually ends up in the bin. However this year I actually did something!

http://twitter.yfrog.com/h7kbkeeluj?sa=0

http://twitter.yfrog.com/h6zjnceaj?sa=0

sorry for the image links, but it is late here in aus and I can't be bothered doing it properly... maybe tomorrow.

I did it by cutting up a bunch of 1cm squares from food boxes (a taco kit and a box of crackers) and then covering them with foil from my easter eggs before sticking them down with double sided tape. I didn't get any black easter eggs, so I just used black card for the black pixels.

What do people think?

Re: Easter Foil Pokemon Pixel Art!

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 4:39 am
by howardmoon76
I like them a lot.
Well done :thumbsup:

Re: Easter Foil Pokemon Pixel Art!

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 4:51 am
by Pyper
Neat idea, they look good

Re: Easter Foil Pokemon Pixel Art!

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:08 am
by blackmageheart
Ooh, I always saved Easter egg foil like a magpie...but like you would get rid of them after a while. Now I know what to do next time! :D

These look great! I love the colours, especially on the Jigglypuff :)

Re: Easter Foil Pokemon Pixel Art!

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:39 am
by RMDC
You strange people and your foils. Our bunnies dye our eggs, or just give us horrible unrecyclable hinged plastic eggs.

I love the idea, and it's executed brilliantly. :nod

Re: Easter Foil Pokemon Pixel Art!

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 5:39 pm
by icedragonj
Thanks everyone! I'm glad you like them too.
I finally got around to taking some pictures...

2nd gen starters
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2nd gen
2nd gen
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eeveelution original trio
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eevee
eevee
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jigglypuff
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jiggly
jiggly
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I am still not out of foil, so probably more to come, but working on my sampler at the mo.

Re: Easter Foil Pokemon Pixel Art!

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 1:05 pm
by m4pl3g1rl
I love those!

Speaking of horrible hinged unrecyclable plastic eggs there is another choice for 'em. Upcycle! I found that lots of folks use real eggs for embroidery. Then I found someone who uses plastic eggs to do the same thing. It's time consuming since you have to put all the holes in and seal the egg shut and all that, but is pretty stuff.

But now I want Easter foil. Too pretty.

Re: Easter Foil Pokemon Pixel Art!

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 6:06 pm
by RMDC
m4pl3g1rl wrote:I found that lots of folks use real eggs for embroidery.
I am terrified that this is a real thing.

Re: Easter Foil Pokemon Pixel Art!

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:13 pm
by Kareesh
RMDC wrote:
m4pl3g1rl wrote:I found that lots of folks use real eggs for embroidery.
I am terrified that this is a real thing.
That's crazy! I think I would end up breaking the egg....

Re: Easter Foil Pokemon Pixel Art!

Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:38 am
by elsewhere721
RMDC wrote:
m4pl3g1rl wrote:I found that lots of folks use real eggs for embroidery.
I am terrified that this is a real thing.
:shock: OMG... Wow. Now I can never unknow that is a thing...