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! ...