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Make bead art from any picture — free, online, no signup. Upload a photo, character, pet or logo and this maker turns it into a Perler / Hama / fuse bead pattern: a color-coded grid plus the exact number of beads of each color. Print it or follow it on your phone, place the beads, iron, done.

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BASICS What a bead art maker does

Making bead art by eye is slow — a single piece can be thousands of beads across dozens of colors, and matching each one from a photo is painstaking. A bead art maker does that translation for you. It maps your image onto a bead grid, snaps every cell to a real bead color, and produces a chart you can follow bead by bead, complete with a shopping-ready count of each color.

This one runs entirely in your browser. There's nothing to install, no account, and your image is processed on your own device — it's never uploaded.

3 STEPS Make bead art from a photo

1
Upload an image
Open the maker and add a photo, character or logo — or pick a ready-made design from the gallery.
2
Choose size and colors
Beads wide controls detail and finished size; max colors controls how many bead colors to buy. Preview updates live.
3
Export the pattern
Download a color-coded chart + bead count by color, then place and iron your beads to match. See the ironing guide.

MAKE What you can make

Once you have a pattern, the same skills make all kinds of pieces:

New to it? Start with our beginner's guide to what beads and boards to buy.

BEADS Which beads it works with

Standard 5 mm midi fuse beads from Perler, Hama, Artkal, Nabbi and other brands are all about the same size and fully interchangeable, so you can use whatever you have. The chart supports both MARD and Perler color code systems, so the codes on your pattern line up with the bags you actually own. Check exact shades on our bead color chart pages.

FAQ Common questions

What is a bead art maker?

A bead art maker turns a picture into a bead pattern: it maps your image onto a grid, matches each cell to a real bead color, and tells you exactly how many beads of each color you need. You then place the beads on a pegboard and iron them together.

Is this bead art maker free?

Yes — turning an image into a bead pattern and exporting the chart is free and unlimited. Only the optional AI photo-to-cartoon step is paid; ordinary image-to-pattern is always free.

Which beads does it work with?

Any standard 5 mm fuse beads — Perler, Hama, Artkal, Nabbi and similar, which are all interchangeable. The chart supports MARD and Perler color codes so they match the beads you own.

Do I need to sign up or install anything?

No — it runs in any browser on phone, tablet or computer with no signup and no install, and your image is processed locally so it's never uploaded.

▶ Make my bead art
Free · no signup · your image stays in your browser
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