Ever since I showed him the first Rubixel of Mario, Michael Kordahi was always a natural selection for a personalised Rubixel. Enter the Delicate Genius Rubixel. More info on Delicate Genius Blog.
Statistics:
Character: Delicate Genius
Game: Delicate Genius Blog
Platform: Michael Kordahi
Cubes: 255 Cubes
Dimensions: 675×765×50mm
Weight: 14kg
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.
Statistics:
Character: Astro Boy
Game: Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Platform: Gameboy Advance
Cubes: 240 Cubes
Dimensions: [...]
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 [...]
The biggest Rubixel yet goes full circle back to Mario, this time in modern form. Check out the timelapse below:
Statistics:
Character: Mario
Game: Super Mario Galaxy
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Cubes: 456 Cubes
Dimensions: 1300×970×50mm
Weight: 27kg
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.
Statistics:
Character: Ken
Game: Street Fighter II
Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
Cubes: 342 Cubes
Dimensions: 920×970×80mm
Weight: 32kg
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.
Statistics:
Character: Ryu
Game: Street Fighter II
Platform: Arcade
Cubes: 342 Cubes
Dimensions: 920×970×80mm
Weight: 32kg
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 [...]
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.
Q: You just peel the stickers off don’t you?
A: No. That would defeat the purpose, make it look tacky, and it would take a lot longer. There would be very [...]
