Pac-man Cork Board

Upon arriving at college, I realized that I forgot my cork board back at home. Instead of having my parents mail it to me or even :gasp: going a whole term without a cork board, I decided to make a cheap, geekified version of my own! For less than $10, I made an eye-catching art piece that also has a functional purpose! 

Step 1: Tools and Materials

Tools you will need:
-Scissors or box-cutter
-Tape measure or ruler
-Markers
-Straight edge (if you don't have a ruler handy)

Materials:
- Cork board tiles -- I bought a pack of 4 on Amazon for $6.79
- Tape or other means of sticking the boards to the wall

Comments

[Dumchicken]

yay for stabing pacman in the face with thumb tacks

[grooooovy]

What a NEAT concept! Love it!

[doxsys]

This would make for an interesting kanban board system.

[ZombieDUG]

Love this idea man, really creative.

[ryanninjasheep]

really awesome, but couldn't you make it rounder???

[dominator24]

I could have, but I am absolutely terrible at precision cutting and am not steady at all; it wouldn't have turned out very nicely. Instead I decided to go with the original pac-man graphics, making it easier to cut and still staying true to the game.

[ryanninjasheep]

ah

[annaharris]

[like]

[MichelMoermans]

So cool ^^ "If you do not study.. YOU SHALL NOT PASS!

Best motiviational poster ever, it's hanging on my ceiling when I look up thinking "why do I have to study?" it's the first thing I see :p

Anyway great ible, Perhaps I'll give it a go with a space invaders design :)

[dominator24]

Thanks! I wasn't sure anyone would catch what motivational poster that was; it is one of my favorites as well :)

[LawnBoy1991]

you could probably use the extra "pixels" that are left over to make the bits that Pacman eats. Just for style.

[dominator24]

I thought about that, but then I realized I didn't have enough room on my wall :(

[prototype2213]

I think these are great but I feel as though you should make Pac Man's mouth flat like this < instead os step shaped. Great job. I'm going to recycle my old boards into The Link insignia.

[hintss]

IIRC, in the original, it was pixelated

[prototype2213]

Oh. I guess I should play the original. Again great Instructable.

[limplex]

Lol i did this!! (:

[xSTEVOx]

really cool !

[nursingwear]

looks amazing!

[watermelonhead]

Ahahaha, this is very cool! Imagine all of the possibilities... space invaders... mario... Lol. Anyway, I give it five stars :D

[hottamaleindustries]

I was actually thinking about making space invaders myself lol

[kcls]

That is officially awesome. It's official. 5 stars!

[kcls]

P.S. I gave it 5 stars, but it seems the rating system is messed up. I was the first person to rate it, I clicked on 5 stars, and it went to 3.09 stars. Weird.
 

[valhallas_end]

I may be wrong, but I think Instructables starts everything at a neutral "3" rating, and weights votes from there. It would help keep vote-spamming down. dominator24, you have solved my problem of what to do with 4 cork message boards I'd previously used as a pinboard for an RC balsa aircraft's construction. I never thought of this...although now I sort of want to do Space Invaders or Moon Patrol...

[kcls]

Yeah, I would think that too, but when I voted 5 stars and it went to 3.09, not just 3. I think it has been posted as a bug report before, and I'm sure it's a known problem. Whatever.

[valhallas_end]

Oh no, I meant the instructable starts at a rating of 3, and every vote raises or lowers a weighted percentage based on some formula. When I voted, it went from 3.29 to 3.5. I know of a few sites that have a ranking system where higher-ranked members, when voting on a post, will raise the stars a higher percentage (maybe from 3 to 3.5) than a low-rank member (3 to 3.15). Now I am curious how Instructables does their system, though.

[mikemans]

Amazing! 5 stars!

[dtoma]

Then white board behind it OR use black board paint.

[unigamer]

glad I looked at this when it came up on my feed! it's just too damn sexy :)

[Jayefuu]

Nice.... This would laser cut really nicely ^.^

[stephenniall]

Exactly What i was Thinking ..

[johni2]

Coool!