Doctor Octoroc’s wonderous video game bead art

I remember working with perler beads as a child. Nothing elaborate – just flat designs from kits that my mom would later iron to make permanent. Never did I even imagine that works of video game art, like the ones by Doctor Octoroc were even possible. Just look at the Gamecube (pictured above) that he created!

Doctor Octoroc creates perler and hama bead sprite creations in his spare time. Incredibly elaborate creations. He not only creates large bead sprites or scenes from games, but also creates 3D replicas of consoles and custom sprite creations. (I didn’t even know they had that many different bead colors!)

I can’t even begin to fathom the kind of time and effort that must go into creating such masterpieces. For example, the caption on his Mega Man Gutsdozer creation (pictured above) states that it uses 16,000 beads on six different layers. His custom Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Link sprite is made up of 6,645 beads.

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