This is all Frank's fault. I got my giant zag and just kept looking at him and looking at him and then i thought, man, i would love to wear this thing on my back all over the city, so, i sat down and put the big guy on paper....first with a nice photo, then a drawing (my avatar is a small version from this session), then gridded over and colors assigned to particular spots, then the needle, thread and some beads!!

Voila! i'm very happy with the result. now i got to do a cool background for him. tell me what you think. i've never seen beaded kaiju before...
ps...he's in rough form right now, i won't go back and do the clean up until the whole thing is finished, at which point all the little threads sticking out everywhere will be trimmed and glued.

in the light:



lying down:

wow, that's pretty cool....

it looks like it took a loooonggg time to do that

WOW!!!! beadwork takes some serious dedication......nice.....so what do you plan on attaching it too??

a denim jacket....gives me the perfect excuse to go out and buy a new one now! hehehe

i'm actually gonna create a couple badges and a pocket piece for it too. so, watch for what comes next.....but first a background for the zag....i'm having a tuff time decideing

Dude, move over Disco Stu.

This looks pretty sweet. I want to see the finished product.

You should go with the pink and purple background. I know you love color and that seems to suit it well. The green is a nice pattern but it makes the zag look darker.

Damn that is pretty crazy. Great job!

yeah, i like the pink and purple sun ray background as bert mentioned. looks pretty cool.

won't miss you with that jacket....

Nice job.

I like the pink and purple background as well.

wow that insane, very cool. i have patience for some things, but i dont think i could handle beading.

wow, nice work. At first I thought it was made out of pixel blocks which have a similar look, but beads are much cooler.

Very cool, pdp!
Nice handiwork!

I also vote for the pink and purple background.

one thing i neglecterd to tell you is that they don't make beads in those colors at the size i am using. the reasons are complex but they all essentiially boil down to the fact that brilliant colors, such as fushia, capri blue, crimson, tangerine, etc just don't hold up well in the 8/0 size. the ones you see in those colors at size 11/0 are usually dyed or plated and they all wear/rub off over time, leaving you with a very dull finished bead over time, so i've been rethinking his background and i'll probably go with this, or dsomething close to it.

Looks good, how big will it be when finished. I might want one for the house...

almost exactly 8 x 10"

almost....exactly.....haha

Thanks...

this rules man. great work.

now with background!

wow...i can't wait to see this in person. looks great.

That's some damn fine bead work right there! Looks awesome with the background!

I so reminds me a LightBrite as a kid, bring it to SDCC for show and tell

I dig it! I'd buy one!

totally fucking insane...!!!

dude, you're a freekin' maniac and push toys during the day in order to disguise your true self...!!!

hah'

Very interesting and beautiful work. I am a beader myself, and have done some elaborate and time consuming peyote stitch projects, but never using such a modern theme. Inspiring!