Johan Karlgrenis an incredible street artist with an eye for creating new views of the world with awesome pieces of pixel art.
This brilliant Swedish artist is essentially using the world as his canvas. Decorating the streets, coastlines and landscapes with handcrafted wonders.
He uses a mix of beads and ingenious imagination to craft incredible little pixel-style visions of some of our favourite cartoon, gaming and TV characters from over the last few decades.
We’ve collated a gallery of our faves for you to enjoy, but be sure tocheck out his Instagram accountand follow him for more.
Remember when the MV Ever Given (Evergreen) got itself stuck in the Suez Canal and caused shipping chaos around the world? Well, like an elephant,the internet never forgets. And neither did Pappasparlor.
The Defender of Grayskull has taken to the streets. We love this one as our favourite pixel artist has managed to find a spot which makes it look like He-Man is calling the power of Grayskull and the lightning has struck nearby.
Everywhere’s a golf course
The great thing about this tiny little pixel creations is a simple change of perspective and the smallest area of the world can seem enormous.
This shot is a perfect example of that as a small strip of grass is turned into a personal golf course
Sonic catching some waves
Even Sonic the Hedgehog needs some downtime. Of course, our nifty little blue friend never slows down though. This shot shows him catching some waves in the middle of the urban jungle.
Luigi in danger
Luigi looks fairly cheerful considering he’s plummeting off the side of the road into the waters below. Totalled automobile will be the least of his problems.
Run! There are some tiny but gruesome-looking zombies loose on the lawn. What are their plans? Let’s not stick around to find out.
Guybrush Threepwood fishing
Guybrush Threepwood is not above a good adventure. The star of the classic Monkey Island series of video games (that originally started in the 1990s) is seen here engaging in a casual spot of fishing.
Why not? Adventuring is pretty exhausting and everyone needs a break now and then.
Nevermind Mario
What awesome pixelated display of classic video game characters would be complete without Mario?
Johan Karlgren, akaPappas Pärlor, went even further with this one though, by using Mario to recreate the iconic cover of Nirvana’s 1991 album Nevermind. The old plumber taking the place of the naked baby and the dollar bill being swapped for a mushroom.
Cookie monster
Some of this art almost creates itself. A blue overflow drain by the side of the road, quickly and easily transformed into the cookie monster with the addition of some wild eyes, a cookie and a single munching arm.
Grumpy cat
Alas, the most famous feline to ever grace the web, Tardar Sauce (aka Grumpy Cat) passed away in May 2019.
This pixel art recreation of her may well be a fitting tribute to the much-loved pussy.
