Category preset · food & bento

Tomodachi Life Food Pixel Art Maker

Convert sushi, cakes, bento boxes, drinks, and snacks into Palette House food pixel art for your Miis. The tool below is pre-tuned with Balanced + Atkinson — flat colour blocks for the food shape, gentle dithering for highlights and shadows.

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Recommended settings
StyleBalanced (32×32 grid)
Brush in-game8 px
DitheringAtkinson
Edge enhanceOn for photos
Saturation+15 to +25

Food → pixel art

1 · Source image

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Drop a PNG / JPG here

Or click to browse

No image? → Try the demo gradient

2 · Pick a style

Detailed = 64×64 grid · Balanced = 32×32 · Retro = 16×16 · Chunky = 8×8

3 · Dithering algorithm

4 · Adjustments

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Pixel art

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Upload an image on the left, or click Try the demo gradient to test the dithering algorithms.

Output specs

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Tips · food sources

Painting tasty food in the Palette House

  1. Crop to fill the frame. A photo of a plate on a wooden table wastes 70% of the canvas. Crop to just the food.
  2. Pick references with one or two dominant colours. Sushi (white rice + bright topping), cupcake (frosting + wrapper), donut (glaze + sprinkles) — all read in seconds at 32×32.
  3. Boost saturation for cartoon look. Tomodachi’s food categories lean cute. +15–25 saturation pushes pastels and brights into Mii-appropriate territory.
  4. Turn on edge enhance for photos. Sharpens silhouettes so toppings and details stay legible at low resolution.
  5. Plan a "menu" of 3–5 designs. A bento, a drink, a dessert, a snack — feed your Miis with a cohesive set, then see them eat each one.

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Food pixel art · FAQ

How to make Mii-friendly bento, sushi, cakes, and drinks.

Why is food in Tomodachi Life pixel art so popular?
Tomodachi Life lets you feed your Miis custom food designs. A well-painted bento or pastry shows up in dozens of in-game scenes — high return on a 10-minute painting effort.
Best preset for food?
Balanced (32×32 grid, 8-px brush) with Atkinson dithering. Atkinson preserves the bold colour blocks of cartoon food while smoothing the subtle highlights that make food look appetising.
Should I use photo references or cartoon illustrations?
Cartoon illustrations beat photos at this canvas size — they're already simplified to flat colour regions. If you must use a photo, turn on Edge enhance and bump Saturation by 15–25.
What food categories work best?
Sushi (high colour contrast), cakes and desserts (recognisable silhouettes), bento boxes (clear grid of items), drinks with toppings (bubble tea, parfaits). Avoid soups and stews — they downsample to a brown blob.