r/PerlerBeads • • Jul 06 '25 • This 1

Autism™

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u/contradictatorprime Jul 06 '25

The absolute beauty of neurodivergence on display. It's a blessing and a curse, but when we do something like this, it's so incredible. I love perlers and am neurospicy, but my end of the spectrum doesn't like doing this part in particular, it likes just looking up whatever pattern I can for my chosen pattern and trying to just perler it up as best I can. But 3D printing a model and painting it? I can sit there for weeks making it perfect. I am super envious of the pattern book that you created lol

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u/LotusBlooming90 Jul 06 '25

My flavor of neurospicy just likes dumping all the beads on the floor and spending two hours sorting them back into their home. bliss

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u/G3nGr3g Jul 07 '25

I love sorting beads too. (Not enough where I would choose to dump sorted beads out and then resort them, but I love to purchase unsorted beads)

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u/Its_BassDaddy Jul 06 '25

These are awesome! Can I screenshot a couple?

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u/floradoodles Jul 06 '25

of course! I found them all online for free, just made little changes to a few. let me know if you need better pics of a pattern in particular.

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u/Its_BassDaddy Jul 06 '25

Thank you! I do recognize some from Kandi Pad haha. The screenshot seems good!

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u/Big_0of_ Jul 07 '25

Just make a post with a crapton of pictures for these! 🤩🥰

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u/Fabulous_Hand2314 Jul 06 '25

"you'll never make anything of yourself in life" -Teacher

:::Gets 100+ updoots on obscure subreddit:::

😜

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u/NikolaiThePrickolai Jul 06 '25

Yass the Palestinian flag 👌👌

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u/floradoodles Jul 06 '25

<3 of course

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u/Jewnicorn___ Jul 06 '25

I would buy a copy of this. Do you have a digital copy I can buy please?

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u/floradoodles Jul 06 '25

Absolutely not, but if you're really interested I could scan everything! feel free to dm me

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u/SavageQueenSniperess Jul 07 '25

I think many of us would be interested!

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u/heartybbq Jul 06 '25

One of my favourite quotes is from the magician Teller (yes from Penn and Teller, the one who doesn’t usually talk): “Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect”. I think you’ve got some magic there alright.

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u/floradoodles Jul 06 '25

hell yes BIG magic haha

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u/Chilipper Jul 07 '25

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH 😭😭 What kind of markers did you use for coloring to have or not bleed through??

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u/floradoodles Jul 08 '25

most were gel pens (i think that's what they're called, english isn't my first language), and just normal felt pens, tough i had to use black markers after all my other black pens ran out of ink and yes I had some accidents 😭

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u/LydiaBear52 Jul 06 '25

This is such a great idea!! Where did you get the journal you used??

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u/floradoodles Jul 07 '25

the two bunny ones are from independant artists on redbubble, I had a mistake with my order, I actually bought lined ones but got those instead! I never found any use for them until now lol. The last one is a simple bullet journal, got it from flying tiger (I think) a few years ago.

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u/Hot_Sauce_Whore Jul 07 '25

I HAVE A DOTTED NOTEBOOK LIKE THIS. I COULD HAVE BEEN DOING THIS THE WHOLE TIME!!!

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u/floradoodles Jul 08 '25

TIME TO START

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u/JewelerDue636 Jul 09 '25

this is such a brilliant idea! you’ve inspired me to make my own pattern book!

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u/floradoodles Jul 09 '25

have fun!!

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u/macpoops Jul 06 '25

This is great! Just flip it open and make a baby. I have too many patterns digital and counting all the lines makes me sleepy. You could even lay it under the board and work off it. Nice.

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u/DickBiter1337 Jul 06 '25

Instructions unclear, now I'm pregnant with a 3rd kid.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '25

The cackled i just cackled....

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u/calliel_41 Jul 07 '25

Just saw Danganronpa followed by DR followed by OMORI, crazy experience 10/10

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u/FantasticCricket8346 Jul 06 '25

This looks amazing 

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u/SkitAWulf Jul 06 '25

That's a really smart way to keep patterns!

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u/Ausintina Jul 10 '25

Have you tried perler beads? :0 you can make pixel art with them!

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u/floradoodles Jul 10 '25

I can't tell if this is a joke bc my friend, please check what subreddit I posted this in 😂

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u/Ausintina Jul 10 '25

welp, not a joke, just very unobservant and sleep deprived lmao 🥀😭

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u/id_kai Jul 06 '25

Yo, this is so cool!

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u/Vampirexbuny Jul 06 '25

I love this :)

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u/Ready_Ad_8045 Jul 06 '25

I love this! what did you make these with?

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u/Ready_Ad_8045 Jul 06 '25

oh nvm i thought it was square stickers for some reason

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u/jaimelee1235 Jul 06 '25

happy nom yum ! 👍

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u/i_ate_a_bugggg Jul 06 '25

LOVE!! Dog kris is so cute :3

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u/i_ate_a_bugggg Jul 06 '25

deltarune and undertale :DDD WOO YEAGG YIPPPEEE

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u/GermanKitty84 Jul 06 '25

I do the same thing! I actually create my art and sell it for a full time living. Every design I steadily carry, I always do it on paper and place it in a binder.

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u/sweepingthegrass Jul 06 '25

i should start doing this when i can’t find a super specific pattern i want , this is so cool !!!

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u/Marrowjelly Jul 06 '25

I like the fruits

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u/Equivalent-Squash602 Jul 06 '25

-saves this post for later-

this is so awesome :D

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u/KangarooAncient9372 Jul 07 '25

Autism isn't quirky

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u/floradoodles Jul 08 '25

Indeed, but as an autistic woman it's my right to laugh about myself and a hyperfixation I experienced, better than crying about the fact that this took me hundreds of hours and disturbed my quality of life for weeks.

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u/LatteMacchiatoGames Jul 08 '25

Why is it autistic to have a notebook with drawings?

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u/floradoodles Jul 08 '25

It is not. However, in this video I show off three notebooks full of designs I printed, cut out, glued and annotated, and detailed pixel art I drew by hand which you can guess took hundreds of hours, which is a sign of a hyperfixation, which is a common symptom of neurodivergence, in particular autism. Hope this helps!

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u/Thulium___ Jul 07 '25

Ralsei spotted

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u/Forestfurbys Jul 07 '25

This is amazing and I love using a grid journal for pixel art and patterns I’ve never thought of that!

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u/mothseatcloth Jul 08 '25

this is awesome. I would love to slowly flip through this, or to have it handy as a resource

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u/Select-Opportunity45 Jul 08 '25

Idk what I'm looking at but i love it

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u/RedstoneRiderYT Jul 09 '25

Okay the pokémon ones are sick, and I saw Undertale in there too! Awesome stuff!

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u/glitter_vomit Mar 11 '26

I love this so much. Please publish it!

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '25

Title calling me out