Page 1 of 2

Yes, my thumbs hurt after... (added a few more)

Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 6:32 am
by bobert
hello everyone,
Before I started trying cross stitching, I made pixel art projects out of thumbtacks I colored with sharpie markers. I just thought I'd share the one I did for my wall. I decided to make it monocrhome-ish rather than just having all sorts of colors up on the boards. It was originally suppose to be 12 pieces, and will be eventually, but I figured I'd qualify that in case anyone was wondering why megaman's square is the only gray one.

Re: Yes, my thumbs hurt after...

Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 9:09 am
by susanne
that's so cool! I believe that your thumbs can only hurt after this...but the result is very nice :good:

Re: Yes, my thumbs hurt after...

Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 1:27 pm
by JennyDork
ive never seen anything like it , its really nice .

Re: Yes, my thumbs hurt after...

Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:18 am
by Turqoizyoshi
Woah, I love the monochro finish! Lol, how the computer finishes the project! Good job! :cool:

Re: Yes, my thumbs hurt after...

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 2:53 am
by Lord Libidan
very cool. nice simple way of doing a great piece of art.

Re: Yes, my thumbs hurt after...

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 12:35 pm
by bobert
I figured out how to use the spoilers thingie so I'm gonna go ahead and post a handful of other thumbtack dudes I've done.
Spoiler
boredom.JPG
boredom.JPG (31.04 KiB) Viewed 8146 times
ness.JPG
ness.JPG (27.51 KiB) Viewed 8148 times
bugs.JPG
bugs.JPG (23.9 KiB) Viewed 8144 times
shyguy.JPG
shyguy.JPG (29.71 KiB) Viewed 8146 times

Re: Yes, my thumbs hurt after... (added a few more)

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 12:59 pm
by mud
Poor mans mosaic.
Looks great :)

Re: Yes, my thumbs hurt after... (added a few more)

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 12:45 am
by Asinine
That's so awesome, and I love the monitor's effect too! :thumbsup:

Now I'm gonna think about thumbtacking stuff...

Re: Yes, my thumbs hurt after... (added a few more)

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 5:25 am
by Rozez1982
Those look awesome! Now is your monitor see through or did you just take a pic of what would normally be covered up by it? I like the effect.

Re: Yes, my thumbs hurt after... (added a few more)

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 9:02 am
by bobert
Hehe, no it's not see through. It's kind of a pain to get the effect just right. Even after about 10 pics I couldnt get one to line up 'just right', but yeah you just take a pic of what would normally be behind the monitor. You can do it with just about anything, and it gives you that cool see through effect. If anyone is wanting to try it I recommend taking several pictures before putting your monitor back in place.