I wanted to do an Astro Boy Rubixel for a long long time. I had some other artwork and I was just not happy with it. Then I decided to spend a few days coming up with something better, and voila, here is the result.
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Setting up a canvas for my next Rubixel, I decided to play around with type and fonts, and what font is more retro than the good old Commodore 64. And if there can be one word that was written more than any other word in the C64 font, it is ‘ready’.
And thus the experiment becomes complete. Short, simple.
A few people requested some high resolution images of Ken and Ryu in full light. So here they are, just click on the images for the high resolution version…
Hadoken! Hadoken! Ken counters with an explosion of energy, firing a fireball back at Ryu from chaos.
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Hadoken! Hadoken! Ryu makes it to Rubixel with his hadoken spamming ways. Inspired by the original Street Fighter II, Ryu summons a fireball that would make Gouken proud.
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Inspired by 8-bit computing, and a big bargain box of 6 sided puzzles, comes Project Rubixel. For me, Rubik was 8-bit, and the majority of the Rubixels created (and on their way) are inspired by classic 8-bit computer games with character. With a few creations already, and many more to come, come back for more shots and information of each artwork. Below is the Mario rubixel that started it all.
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The time lapse has generated a lot of chat, with plenty of people asking questions. So here are a few common q&a, hope it helps.
A: No. That would defeat the purpose, make it look tacky, and it would take a lot longer. There would be very little satisfaction of doing it that way. If you can turn a Rubik’s cube, it’s easy. Peel off 9 stickers, and 9 other stickers, and restick them, probably stuffing it up as you go. No thanks.
A: That again would take longer. You can get all desired conbinations on a single side of a Rubik’s cube.
A: Some yes, others I had done before hand. I was sticking them on the wall as I went, and I wanted the time lapse to have a consistent flow.
A: In fact, I did, I’ll post it. But I was shooting every cube or so, not a real time lapse. That’s why I did a proper time lapse when putting it on the wall. I’ll upload it when I convert it into a movie (and dig up the stills).
But a video of me changing each cube, and then putting it back, wouldn’t look much different. There’d be lots of dead time, so I’d have to speed up the timelapse more to keep it at a reasonable duration.
A: Many yes, many no. A lot of them you only really see what they look like when you first do them. Then when you step back, you realise blue is better, or green etc. Others you make up.
A: In the works, but this is a lot trickier. Creating one that looks decent is going to take a lot of trial and error.
