Fan Art — Stephen in Perler Beads Edition

Welcome to Fan Art, where we highlight the glorious manifestations of Stephen, as rendered by fans and talented artists.

Today in Fan Art we examine the work of Wisconsin-based artist Steve Moore, who also refers to himself as “PXL8R.” Steve creates portraits of subjects using perler beads, the kind that are super-strong and typically fused together in crafty projects. His work was featured in a recent post on Wired’s design blog, and features the visage of someone you may know:

Image Courtesy of Steve Moore

Moore pixelates regular old pics, and then carefully selects various colored beads to re-create the pixelated image. He will “perler-ate” any image for interested customers, and has quite a portfolio of some famous faces. Do check out Mr. Moore’s other celeb renderings in the Wired post, or at his Etsy shop. There, you can have a custom built Stephen portrait of your very own! Next to Stephen, I am partial to his portrait of Snoop Dog.

What do you think of the perler portrait? What other art mediums will Stephen’s face conquer/ have conquered for him next?