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Posted: Feb 26th 2007 6:49PM (Unverified) said

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When I first saw these images a few years ago I knew I HAD to have this art! I undertook the task of re-creating some Rubiks Cube / Mario art for myself.

First up was designing the pixel map I was going to use, first I searched for "mario sprite" and came up with some good results to start with, then I painted my pixel map using only the 6 colors available to me on a cube.

However, my first pixel map was going to require 9 rows of 6 cubes each, 56 cubes. At $10 per cube my dream art project was going to cost me $560 dollars.

I thought I was defeated, however my friends told me not to give up on my dream so I came up with a better pixel map (of Mario in a different pose) and came up with a plan that required only 24 cubes.

$240... Still too much for an art project.

In the end, my desire to bring two of my favorite 80's icons together allowed me to find a unique situation to the cost issue. Once I had my cubes in one place I was able to assemble my art project in a very short amount of time.

If anybody would like to commission a work from me, let me know! I'm happy to sell out! Fair warning I'm pretty prima donna, so I'll be expensive. But, I'm fast!

Mario
http://homepage.mac.com/durvivor/cube/IMG_3840.jpg

Mario w/ DS Lite
http://homepage.mac.com/durvivor/cube/IMG_3842.jpg

Posted: Feb 26th 2007 7:09PM GewurztraminerX said

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Yeah, good thing they come packaged pre-solved =P

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