Project Rubixel

Delicate Genius Rubixel

Rubixel — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:57:07 +0000

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

Astro Boy Rubixel

Rubixel — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:50:37 +0000

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: 675×720×50mm
Weight: 14kg

Ready - Rubik’s Cube Ode to the Commodore C64

Rubixel — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:54:32 +0000

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.

Mario Rubixel

Rubixel — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:20:34 +0000

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

Street Fighter II - Ryu and Ken Rubixels

Rubixel — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:05:16 +0000

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…

Ken Counters - Rubixel Ken

Rubixel — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:37:13 +0000

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

Ryubik - Rubixel Ryu

Rubixel — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:31:16 +0000

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: 920×970x80mm
Weight: 32kg

Welcome to Rubixel

Rubixel — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:01:32 +0000

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.

Statistics:

Character: Mario
Game: Super Mario Bros
Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System
Rubik’s Cubes: 35
Dimensions: 275×385x55mm
Weight: 2.2kg

Rubixel Q&A

Rubixel — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:29:53 +0000

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 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.

Q: … or pull them apart?

A: That again would take longer. You can get all desired conbinations on a single side of a Rubik’s cube.

Q: Are you solving the Rubik’s cubes in real time?

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.

Q: Why didn’t you start off with a blank sheet, of say, blue, and then show you changing them?

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.

Q: So you know what you want to do with every cube before you start?

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.

Q: Why don’t you do a double sided version? Two pictures, one on each side?

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.