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For this piece, I wanted to try something new. I stumbled across a channel on YouTube that creates pixel are using painted backgrounds and perler beads. After watching several videos, I got inspired to make my own pixel artwork. 

I started out by creating a pattern, but soon found out I would create a lot less headache for myself if I just free-handed the design using the masking tape method. This method is done by placing the beads onto the sticky side of the masking tape so that they stay in place while you iron them. I really liked this method, though it was tedious. 

For the background, I chose to do a somewhat abstracted staircase using the sponge technique I've used before. I didn't want to have a background that was too detailed due to the fact that the focal point of the piece is pixelated and had details omitted from it. In the end, I actually like that not all of the beads fused together to close up the holes. This allowed for me to place color onto the background so it could show through the holes once the beaded piece was glued to the background.