Making Process
In Pixel Kira's own words
I picked this emoji because it’s the one I use most. Figured if I’m going to spend a week placing beads it should at least be something I actually like.
The Studio made the pattern part pretty easy — I uploaded the emoji, set the circle grid to 80×80, and it handled the conversion. I went through the colors a few times using the batch replace tool to get from 38 down to 17. The yellow tones took the most tries. You’d think yellow is yellow but apparently there are about twelve of them.
Building it was meditative, honestly. Three or four evenings after work. The hardest moment was realizing around row 55 that I’d misread the pattern for about four rows. Had to pull those out and redo them. The coordinate numbers on the printout saved me from making it worse.
The finished piece is on my desk. My partner thought it was a sticker at first, which I’m taking as a compliment.
