☆ HAMA Bead Pixel Art Is So Cool! ☆ #Retrogaming #PixelArt #GamersUnite

13 Feb 2017

☆ HAMA Bead Pixel Art Is So Cool! ☆ #Retrogaming #PixelArt #GamersUnite

When it comes to HAMA Beads and Bead art I have been an admirer from afar for a while now.

I always loved the sight of fellow gamers creating well-known sprites from well-known video games.

There are some truly awesome works of bead art out there that inspired me to give it a go myself and I'm happy to say that I'm now a HAMA wanna be artist.

I got started by trawling the forums to see where was best to obtain the all important tools of the trade such as beads, pegboards and ironing paper. I came across a forum which recommended HAMA suppliers across the different regions of the world and for the UK it pointed to Craft Merrily (https://www.craftmerrily.co.uk/)

Here I was able to buy a nice big tub of around 10000 mixed beads, a pegboard and some ironing paper all for around £15

I then visited Homebase and bought a 21 compartment screw tidy box to store my beads in for around £4

I was now ready to enter the world of video games bead art as I had all the gear (but no idea!)

I watched a few YouTube video tutorials on the subject Hama bead art techniques and worked out the potential pitfalls (especially the ironing part) and now I was ready to begin my first creation.

I started small and simple with a single SpaceInvader and the result looked great, simple but great. At this point, I felt that I'd completed my trial run and wanted to have a go at something slightly more complex.

Next, I moved onto a Green Mario Mushroom (1Up) and this time I ironed it. I was really pleased with the outcome and decided I'd stick to the Mario Mushroom theme by creating 3 mushrooms. A green, a red (Big Mario) and a blue (Small Mario).