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About Me Member Pixel Artist SerenaAzureth24/Female/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 7 Months
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Wow! I'm thrilled with the great feed back! ^.^

Tue Sep 22, 2009, 3:49 PM
  • Mood: Zest
  • Listening to: Locus
  • Reading: Turn Coat
  • Watching: Gurren Lagann
  • Playing: with beads, many many colorful beads.
  • Eating: Blueberries
  • Drinking: Water
Let me start off with saying "Thank you." Over the past couple months I've had quite a few of you contact me with commissions and I've done my best to finish them each in a timely fashion and send them out. I normally had only sold things in Chicagoland Art Shows, local comic book stores, and Etsy from time to time, but you all have helped me branch out and send my art all the way to places such as Japan and Italy! <3 I really enjoy all the great feed back I've received from everyone and as always will do my best to answer questions on the wonderful "know-hows" of Bead Sprites. ;)

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Howdy all! My name is SerenaAzureth and I am a Bead Sprite Artist.

What is a Bead Sprite?

Bead Sprite: Originally a small bitmap image, as used in portable videogames or created digitally by pixel artists, taken and made into tangible items using fuseable beads.

I remember being in girl scouts as a kid and playing with these beads where you would put random colors on a pegboard, make something like your initials or a bird, put a piece of parchment paper over them, and then melt it all together with a iron. Now as an adult those beads have come back to me again. Yah, I could still spell out my name, but why stop there when I can make any pixeled creation my heart can think of!

Video games are usually the best choice when it comes to Bead Spriting, as all digital games are made from pixels; some with a lot more, some with less. ;) But one doesn't have to stop there! You can see from my Gallery that even photos can become great pixel creations in bead form. The sky's the limit! <3

Have fun browsing about my page! ^.^

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For all my sprites I use a combination of Perler, Hama, and Nabbi Fuseable Beads for a wide color palette and superior quality.


I am currently open for commissions to make Bead Sprite Magnets and frameable Bead Sprite Art!!!
Yeah!!!!! :)

If there is anything you like of mine or would like made just let me know. I always like working along with ideas.


Pricing may vary (depending on size) the general break done is usually this:

Tiny sprites (about 3in.) : $3.00
Small sprites (about 5in.) : $5.00
Mid-Range sprites (about 8in.) : $8-$10
Medium sprites (about 14in.) : $12-$17
Large sprites (about 20in.) : $20-$25
Extra-Large sprites (25in and up) : Prices start at $27 and go up.

Again, prices do vary since almost all sprites are not perfectly square! ;P

I accept Paypal currently as my primary form of payment, but I really do love collecting and trading art so if you're ever interested in one or more of my pieces and have something cool you'd like to trade for it send me an email.

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  • Current Residence: Chicago-Land, IL, U.S.A.
  • Interests: Bead Spriting, Pixel Art, Old School Animation
  • Favourite cartoon character: Sonic, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Swat Kats, Really I love about all animation characters. ^.^
  • Personal Quote: Who ever said "nothing is impossible," never tried to slam a revolving door...
  • Tools of the Trade: Perler Beads, Hama Beads, Nabbi Beads

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:icon8-bit-painter:
any straight man would like that alice costume just as much as i do. hahaha.
:iconchikyumisaki1617:
OMG your bead art is amazing can i ask do you double melt your beads? like front and back because that makes it look amazing

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I'm just one hell of a butler >3
:iconpixel-artists:
thanks for joining and welcome to the club! =)

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:iconakumath:
Thanks for the favorite.

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:iconjuno-gemini:
I absolutly love your bead work! I remember doing those when I was younger in middle school, and our craft store here dosent sell them as far as I know, yours are just lovely, like yanking a sprite right out the video game system...mayhap as soon as I get my bills cleared Ill ask for a commison :3 Id just love to have a peice of your work just seeing how nice the one in your gallery are :D

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:iconmirsad77:
damn B! your pixelart rules so hard! awesome work! so im watching you!^^
:iconscorpion2008:
hey love ur stuff :)

can u advice me on what sort of frame i need to frame bead sprites i seen pictures of your zelda and a few others framed :) are they stanadard picture frames or special kind of frames?

any help would be great thanks
:iconserenaazureth:
Well, when I flat-iron my pieces they usually end up being thin enough that they can go into any frame well, but if you only sort-of iron your bead sprites, like where some holes remain and the beads still look kinda thick, then you need a picture frame that has "little tabs" that bend over the backing of the picture frame and not the frames that have the "push lock" tabs. The "push lock" tabs are made for thinner pieces that will fit snuggly like a piece of cardboard behind a frame, and I have actually broke two frames like this before trying to shove my things into it. :P Lucky for me those frames were cheap ones I bought from Walmart, but were still a pain to break. Also, to make sure your sprite doesn't move about inside the picture frame, invest in getting some "Mounting tabs" which are little double sided stickers that you put all over the back of the sprite and then mount into place where ever you want in the frame. They usually cost like $3.00 for a whole roll and you can find them in the picture frame section at most hobby stores or with crafting supplies. Hope this helps! ^.^

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<3 Hurray!!! I'm currently open for commissions! <3 ^.^
:iconscorpion2008:
thanks alot :)
great help ^_^

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