Pixel Perfect HeARts

Pixelated Valentine graphics (left to right) showing: thought bubble, vase of flowers, be mine, calendar, and red heart
✨ Creative activity: Design pixelated Valentine graphics using conditional highlighting in Numbers. Then capture a screenshot of your creations and share as a message with a friend — or create 3D versions with AR and Reality Composer.

📋 What you’ll need:  iPad with Numbers, Pixel Art template, optional Reality Composer App (download here)

👤 Participants: Solo

⏰ Time needed: 30+ mins

🗂️ Resource:  Create Pixel Art

➡️ Instructions: 

  1. Think of a Valentine image that you would like to pixelate.
  2. Open the Pixel Art template.
  3. Use the key to choose a color, then enter the corresponding number into the cell.
  4. To customize your colors, tap Format > Cell > Edit (in the conditional highlighting menu), from here you can change the colors.
  5. When you’re finished take a screenshot of your creation and share with a friend.

🗺️ Go further:  Use your 2D pixel art for inspiration and recreate your Valentine graphic in Reality Composer using the cube shape. Experiment with different colors, materials and finishes as you create. Place your designs using AR mode — or export your USDZ files, add them to a Freeform board and create an interactive message to share with a friend. ❤️ 



 

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3 replies

January 30, 2025

The students I work with love Pixel Art! What a fun way for them to create graphics for Valentine's Day. Students could also find the area of their designs. Love this!

January 30, 2025

It’s great to see Numbers used for a creative art activity! This would be a great introduction into using the formatting tools in Numbers before working with spreadsheets too, a cool way to learn these skills!

January 30, 2025

I never would’ve thought of using Numbers for art activities. Thinking about ways to use it with Conditional coding for math/art activity.

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