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I Created A Photorealistic Fuse Bead Project Out Of 58,482 Beads
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I Created A Photorealistic Fuse Bead Project Out Of 58,482 Beads

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Greetings from România! My name is Claudiu Alexandru and I use these fuse beads since 2012. In the past, I’ve made a multicolor Lion head also from the smallest pieces (~47k, 17 colors) in 85 hours. After 6 years of that Lion, I decided finally to do something truly realistic from this tinniest fuse bead ( a grain of rice Size, 2,5 mm diameter ). I’ve spent 150 hours doing this and another 10 hours for assembly only using grandma’s tweezers. It was a tremendous amount of patience and careful work bead by bead. This project is from Perler beads (hama brand mini beads 2,5 mm diameter aka a grain of rice size pieces ).

The project has 58,482 pieces, 86 × 43 cm with frame, and 40 colors used. I’ve spent 2 weeks just editing the design. I want realism, and I was focusing on eye detail. Bonus: I’ve added RGB remote led behind each eyeball, and they fit perfectly (swimming Poll round led) For a little bit of touch, or something unique just to use at night maybe. I want to make a custom portrait from this fuse bead.

For people.

Final result

Closer Look 1

Closer Look 2

Far look 1

Far Look 2

Side look

Side Look 2

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Work in progress

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Work in progress 2

Eye detail

Finnish Look without frame

15% done

Almost filled Board

Half Look

Half Look side

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Work in progress 2

Light shades

Eye detail size

Photorealistic perler bead portrait

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Claudiu Alexandru

Claudiu Alexandru

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Handmade artist. I am using fuse bead since 2012 with tweezers to make beautiful art.

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Claudiu Alexandru

Claudiu Alexandru

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Handmade artist. I am using fuse bead since 2012 with tweezers to make beautiful art.

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Hello Pandas! My name is Ieva, though it's often mistaken for the word 'Leva,' and in Lithuanian, it means 'loser' (insert the pain emoji). While I don't take offense if you accidentally call me a loser, I thought I'd share something interesting with you, which I also do professionally at work. Anywayyy, my favorite part here is introducing you to creative people who deserve just as much recognition as famous celebrities. Besides that, I also enjoy memes and funny, lighthearted posts, and occasionally, I find myself drawn to a bit of internet drama.

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Branko Fort
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Which program did you use to create this and how did you adjust it to make it look so realistic? Awesome piece of art!

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hello, it was very complicated i ve spend 2 weeks to edit For final design, adjusted light, sharpness, contrast, Size, etc, i ve used some softwares, and also i ve used gimp, paint.net, photoshop as i told you it was very complicated but i figured out how to obtain realism from this pieces. Thank you very much!!!

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How much this would have cost... and the detail!! This was NOT an easy feat. Awesome job!!!

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I ve invested 300 euro to build that, and alot of time as you see in the article. I will try to sell at an auction When i will obtain Guiness certificate, otherwise i ll estimate my piece around 5k ... ( is my opinion ) i didn t see anyone do that amount of detail or a complex piece like this. Thank you very much!

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Branko Fort
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Which program did you use to create this and how did you adjust it to make it look so realistic? Awesome piece of art!

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hello, it was very complicated i ve spend 2 weeks to edit For final design, adjusted light, sharpness, contrast, Size, etc, i ve used some softwares, and also i ve used gimp, paint.net, photoshop as i told you it was very complicated but i figured out how to obtain realism from this pieces. Thank you very much!!!

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Rwby Couch
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How much this would have cost... and the detail!! This was NOT an easy feat. Awesome job!!!

alexutzu_dubstep avatar
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I ve invested 300 euro to build that, and alot of time as you see in the article. I will try to sell at an auction When i will obtain Guiness certificate, otherwise i ll estimate my piece around 5k ... ( is my opinion ) i didn t see anyone do that amount of detail or a complex piece like this. Thank you very much!

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