Item setup plan

Tomodachi Life Food Item Grid Planner

Use this plan when creating food-themed pixel art: pizza slices, coffee cups, sushi, fruit, and other appetizing designs for room decor, posters, or clothing.

Workflow order

Follow these steps before exporting so the grid stays practical to copy by hand.

  1. Choose a warm color base — browns, oranges, yellows, and reds.
  2. Simplify the food shape into a bold recognizable silhouette.
  3. Use 32x32 for most food items; 24x24 for simple icons.
  4. Leave a clean background around the food shape.

Cleanup checks

Use these checks after color matching and before the numbered export.

  • Remove cool-tone artifacts that make food look unappetizing.
  • Ensure the food silhouette is recognizable at small scale.
  • Check that warm tones dominate the overall palette.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Use these shortcuts after the Grid Maker is open. They pause while a text field is focused.

?Open this shortcut guide
PPencil tool
FFill tool
EEraser tool
IPick color
MMove canvas
+Zoom in
-Zoom out
Ctrl/CmdZUndo edit
Ctrl/CmdShiftZRedo edit

Esc closes menus and dialogs.