Personalised Gaming Gifts: What to Check Before Ordering
A practical maker’s guide to ordering personalised gaming gifts, covering custom details, dimensions, deadlines, proofs, delivery and returns.
Gaming Wall Art Ideas for a Grown-Up Games Room
Practical gaming wall art ideas for creating a grown-up games room, from choosing an anchor piece to spacing, lighting, framing and small-space displays.
Best Gifts for Retro Gamers: A Thoughtful UK Guide
A practical UK guide to thoughtful gifts for retro gamers, including handmade gaming art, collector displays, books, hardware, experiences and budget ideas.
Deltarune Chapter 3 Shadow Box: Bringing TV Time to Life
A closer look at my handmade Deltarune Chapter 3 TV Time shadow box featuring Kris, Susie, Ralsei and Tenna in layered pixel art.
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Shadow Box Art
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker has one of gaming’s most distinctive visual identities. Its rolling blue sea, bold character shapes and storybook colour make it instantly recognisable, even from a single silhouette. This handmade Wind Waker shadow box brings Link and the King of Red Lions together in a layered composition inspired by […]
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs Pixel Art Shadow Box
This handmade Cadillacs and Dinosaurs shadow box translates a fast-moving 1993 arcade scene into layered physical artwork. The objective is not simply to print a screenshot and place it in a frame. Each character, enemy and section of scenery has to be separated deliberately so the finished piece gains depth without losing the compact energy […]
Super Mario World Shadow Box: Yoshi’s Island 2
Watch the layered Mario and Yoshi scene come to life This short video shows the real depth between the handmade cardstock layers and the finished frame from changing angles. Your browser does not support embedded video.▶ This Super Mario World shadow box recreates a scene inspired by Yoshi’s Island 2, the early Dinosaur Land level […]
Doom Pixel Art Shadow Box: Handmade 3D Game Scene
A Doom pixel art shadow box translates the claustrophobic corridors and demon sprites of the 1993 PC classic into real physical layers. The result is not a flat screenshot in a deep frame: background architecture, enemies, the weapon view and interface-inspired details are separated to create genuine spacing and shadow. See the Doom shadow box […]
Alex Kidd Pixel Art
An Alex Kidd in Miracle World pixel art shadow box celebrates one of the Sega Master System’s most recognisable adventures. Alex, the blocky landscape and colourful enemies are separated into physical layers, giving the compact 8-bit scene depth while retaining the direct visual language of the original game. Why Alex Kidd in Miracle World is […]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Pixel Art
See the Sonic 2 ending shadow box in motion The video reveals the spacing between the handmade card layers and how the ending scene changes as you move around the frame. Your browser does not support embedded video.▶ Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Pixel Art: Ignite Nostalgia with Sonic’s Power! Are you ready to journey back […]