Finding Your Bead Count Using GIMP 2.8

Hello again! Someone from Instagram had asked me how I figure out my pricing for my sprites, and I explained that I used the bead count to calculate it. This is a little tutorial on how to get the bead count, which is actually a pixel count, for your sprites! I'll be using Earthworm Jim for this tutorial, since it's the sprite they wanted to use! First you'll need to download and install GIMP. At the time of writing, the newest version is 2.8. You can get it here! Once that is installed you want to open the program and get the Histogram window...

Speed Beading - Videos

After much fighting I'd finally gotten a set up that works for recording my beads. And so I went ahead and record a few videos of me beading my sprites! Enjoy! Link and Zelda from Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap Elsa from Disney's Frozen Anna from Disney's Frozen ...

Fuse Bead Taping Method Tutorial - Video

I'm a terrible blogger apparently, and for that I apologize. But I come back bearing gifts! Today I have for you a tutorial on how I tape and iron my bead sprites. I know there are a few tutorials kickin' around for this already, but I do my way slightly differently so I thought I'd share. So here it is! ...

Freezer Paper Stencil Tutorial - 2 Colors!

Years ago I some how came across this (Now defunct.) site called StencilPunks.org, which taught me how to use freezer paper to make stencils to paint onto shirts. I was like, "Wow! How cool is that!" and had my mom buy me some freezer paper on our next grocery trip (Which I actually am still using. So it goes a long way.) It had a whole whack of tutorials on how to do stencils in different ways, and a bunch of stencils. The stencils them selves are being hosted on Tumblr now, which you can find here, but the tutorials seem to be long gone. I know...

Welcome to my blog! Here's a little introduction.

Hello folks! Some of you may know me from around the various parts of the internets, such as Tumblr and Instagram, but for those who don't, I'm Tasha! More commonly known as PkmnMasterTash. For the last year and a bit I've been working with fuse beads to create various pieces of art. I started with just the Perler brand of beads, but half way through my first year I then learned about a newer brand called Artkal. Between the two of them, I have 115 colors to choose from! That makes for a pretty good selection when making sprites, that's for sure. I...