Sleepy face pixel art

A drowsy yellow face mid-yawn, with a Z drifting off the top corner.

Preview of the finished sleepy face pixel art
How it looks finished (rendered from the chart)
Pattern details
Size16 × 16 pixels
Colours4 · hex colours
Total pixels214
DifficultyBeginner (1/5)
Finished size16 × 16 px
LicenceCC BY-NC 4.0 — free for personal use with credit

Materials

ColourCodeNamePixelsShareAmount
#FFCC2213864%138 px
#3322006631%66 px
#DD991184%8 px
#5599EE21%2 px

About this design

The eyes are two flat lines, the mouth is a round yawn and a single blue drop of drool hangs from one corner. A small Z escapes from the top right corner, the comic-strip shorthand for sleep.

How to use it

Use it for a “do not disturb” door sign, a sleepover invitation or a bedtime routine chart. It is a fun cross stitch for a pillowcase corner. Pair it with the moon patterns for a bedtime set.

Size and bead counts

The picture fills 214 of the 256 squares in its grid, within an area 16 squares wide and 16 tall; the rest stay empty. It uses 4 colours: light yellow 138 (#FFCC22), black 66 (#332200), dark yellow 8 (#DD9911), blue 2 (#5599EE). Made with 5 mm fuse beads it measures about 8.0 × 8.0 cm and fits on one standard 29 × 29 pegboard. Stitched on 14-count Aida it is about 2.9 × 2.9 cm, or 3.7 × 3.7 cm on 11-count, so add a few centimetres of fabric on every side for the hoop.

Colour chart for sleepy face pixel art with a bold line every 8
Colour chart preview. The PDF adds symbols, row and column numbers and the full key.

Colour plan

#FFCC22 does the most work, 64% of the 214 pixels, followed by #332200 at 31%. #DD9911 (8) and #5599EE (2) are used only a little: small details worth marking on the chart so you don't miss them. 16% 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 9 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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