| Size | 16 × 16 pixels |
|---|---|
| Colours | 5 · hex colours |
| Total pixels | 141 |
| Difficulty | Easy (2/5) |
| Finished size | 16 × 16 px |
| Licence | CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for personal use with credit |
Materials
| Colour | Code | Name | Pixels | Share | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #CC55AA | 70 | 50% | 70 px | ||
| #331133 | 64 | 45% | 64 px | ||
| #EE99CC | 3 | 2% | 3 px | ||
| #FFFFFF | 2 | 1% | 2 px | ||
| #993388 | 2 | 1% | 2 px |
About this design
The octopus has a dome-shaped head with a pink highlight, two big eyes and two darker spots for cheeks. Below the head, the tentacles split into curling legs, each two pixels wide with gaps between, so they read as separate arms even at this size.
How to use it
Use it in an under-the-sea party, a bath-time picture or a marine biology lesson. It makes a bold fuse bead decoration and a fun cross stitch. Try changing the purple to red or orange in the editor for a different species look.
Size and bead counts
The picture fills 141 of the 256 squares in its grid, within an area 14 squares wide and 14 tall; the rest stay empty. It uses 5 colours: light pink 70 (#CC55AA), darkest pink 64 (#331133), lightest pink 3 (#EE99CC), white 2 (#FFFFFF), dark pink 2 (#993388). Made with 5 mm fuse beads it measures about 7.0 × 7.0 cm and fits on one standard 29 × 29 pegboard. Stitched on 14-count Aida it is about 2.5 × 2.5 cm, or 3.2 × 3.2 cm on 11-count, so add a few centimetres of fabric on every side for the hoop.
Colour plan
#CC55AA does the most work, 50% of the 141 pixels, followed by #331133 at 45%. #EE99CC (3), #FFFFFF (2) and #993388 (2) are used only a little: small details worth marking on the chart so you don't miss them. 45% of the grid is left empty.
Working notes
It is 16 × 16 pixels; at 8× scale it becomes 128 × 128. The busiest row changes colour 14 times.
This is an original CraftPatterns design, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0: stitch it, share it and gift what you make — please credit craftpatterns.app and don't sell the pattern itself. Want to change it? Open it in the pixel art editor.
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