Pixel by pixel

i’m trying to get an effect by which an object (eg. the letter “A”) is simulated to be drawn/rendered pixel by pixel, or something of a mosaic effect.

the only method i can think of is to arrange squares to fit my object shape and then load them one by one using actionscript, but due to the size of my squares the image turns out not very precise. (in other words, ugly)

i could ofcourse lower down the size of each square, but that’s going to be very tedious and i dont really have that kind of time…

anyone got a solution to my problem? :frowning:
is there any specific code i could use? (newbie at actionscript here, dont know more than just the basics)

thanks in advance