The beauty of Pokémon Perler bead creations is you can create any Pokémon by just looking at the pixel art and recreating it dot by dot. (That’s how I made Gengar.) ...

This monolithic representation of Dr. Wily's Skull Castle from fan-favorite Mega Man 2, for example, was created by bead artist and chiptune musician Doctor Octoroc over the course of 6 months.

The most common examples of Perler art you’ll find online are recreations of 16-bit video game pixel art, and it can take hours to lay out all the colored beads into the appropriate pattern by hand.

The speaker-light hybrid has 240 independently controlled LED beads and over 100 preset scenes. Like the Pixel Light, it lets you go the DIY route if that’s your jam.

Govee is launching a new pixel light grid that can display art, animations, ... The portable device has 210 independently controlled LED beads and 600 lumens of brightness.