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Grid Art



I started by taking a piece of patterned paper and making a grid with a hot glue gun, creating evenly spaced dots. It took a long time to carefully create each dot. I sketched out the basic shape of what I wanted to make, a drawing of Kirby from the video game series of the same name.




















Then I began painting over individual glue dots with different colored paints. First I painted the outline in black and then filled in the shoes, mouth, and cheeks with red.




















 Lastly I filled in the body with pink paint to finish off the image of Kirby, and added white highlights to the eyes as a finishing touch. Overall, I like the final project because of the 3D effect of the bubbles, which gives it a fun shape and texture.

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