Minecraft’s New Hanging Signs Used For Clever Artistic Designs

An artistic Minecraft fan has managed to put together an impressive gallery of creative images by using only Hanging Signs as a medium.

A Minecraft player has constructed a gallery of images made only with the in-game item, the Hanging Sign. Minecraft‘s various tools and features have helped players create several amazing projects that range from passionate fan homages to grand original designs. One of the more impressive projects is a gigantic city built by 500 Minecraft players after 11 years of dedicated work.

While players often use Minecraft’s Hanging Signs to display text, Reddit user Nukeri recently found another creative use for them. Using several blank signs of different materials, Nukeri meticulously arranged the items to make stylish art inlaid within white hollowed borders. Nukeri’s Hanging Sign gallery include some impressive portraits of Minecraft player characters Steve and Alex and a full silhouette of Perry the Platypus from Disney’s Phineas and Ferb. There is also what appears to be a violet astronaut from Among Us and a very colorful pattern piece to further demonstrate the artistic potential of the new items.

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An Ingenious Minecraft Gallery Made Out Of Hanging Signs

Even though the gallery is newly made, Nukeri expresses excitement over seeing what others could do with this Hanging Sign concept. Given the creative tenacity of some Minecraft fans when a new trend takes hold, such as Minecraft’s Froglight lanterns from the 1.19 update, there’s certainly potential for impressive works in the future. When asked how the idea came about, Nukeri explained that it started while they were using hanging signs to decorate the side of a house. Nukeri also detailed part of the creative process behind the gallery in the comments, including why Hanging Signs were preferable to regular Signs. The answer is that Hanging Signs don’t require anything behind them to be mounted, making the designs much easier to see.

The concept of the Hanging Sign technique is one of the more intriguing methods of creation seen in Minecraft. Though simple in style, it’s easy to see how other clever minds might go further with this method of creative delivery, if they haven’t already. Given enough time and motivation, it may not be long before someone uses Hanging Signs to replicate famous art like Van Gogh’s Starry Night in Minecraft. While certainly an ambitious example, Minecraft fans have proven capable of delivering a lot with very little multiple times.

Nukeri’s Hanging Sign imagery is another example of how simple designs can be very creative in execution. While these minimalistic projects may not be as majestic as other Minecraft builds, they illustrate the brilliant range of creations brought to life over Minecraft’s decade-long existence. It’s uncertain if more Hanging Sign art will be made in the future, but as long as there are Minecraft fans, anything is possible.

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Source: Nukeri/Reddit