Pixelated Pixie
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Pixel art, illustration, and hand-made bead sprites.

The portfolio of Liz Shine. Commercial illustration alongside small-batch Perler-bead sprites and personal pixel-art projects. Etsy drops every six weeks, commissions open most months. Twenty-something years of staring at the grid.

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Three work threads.

20+yrsstaring at the grid
3000+sprites shipped
0AI-generated frames
~6wketsy drop cadence
Retro gaming setup with colorful pixel displays and classic controllers

Origin story

The first art I cared about was 16-bit JRPG sprite work in the mid-1990s. The constraint of the pixel grid — fixed palette, fixed resolution, fixed sprite size — felt clarifying rather than restrictive. Twenty-something years later the constraint still works. The Perler bead side started as a hobby for friends; it grew into the part of the practice that pays the studio rent.

Find me on Instagram for daily-ish posts, on Etsy for the bead-sprite drops, on YouTube for the longer process videos, and right here for everything else.

Colorful pixel art mosaic with vibrant digital illustration patterns

>>> [email protected]

For commissions, licensing, custom Perler designs, or just to chat about pixel art and beads. I read every email.

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