In this easy pixel tutorial you will learn how to create a pixel art noodles! We will go over the different steps it takes to make your very own noodles made out of pixels!

How to Make a Pixel Art Noodles for Beginners

Are you ready to design your own pixel art noodles? Learning how to draw cute pixel art noodles is more popular than ever! Whether you’re looking to create a simple pixel art noodle sprite for your food simulation game or maybe you just want to share cute new pixel art noodles as part of your pasta collection on social media, this pixel art tutorial will help you make pixel noodles fast and easy.

How to Make Pixel Art Noodles

These are the basic steps for how to make pixel art noodles:

  1. Select a Pixel Art Software such as Adobe Photoshop or Mega Voxels
  2. Create a 32×32 pixel grid
  3. Sketch out an Outline for the shape of the noodles
  4. Fill in the color of the pixel art noodles
  5. Draw a Shade on the noodles to create depth
  6. Fill in the Background with Color

Now that you are familiar with the basic steps on how to create pixel art noodles, we will cover each step visually so that you can follow along on how to create it.

If you are completely new to pixel art we recommend reading our post How to Create Pixel Art: Beginner’s Tutorial

Select a Pixel Art Software

In this beginner tutorial we will be showing you the steps to design your own pixel art noodles regardless of what pixel editor software you prefer to use. Before we begin you will need to know how to create a grid and use the pencil tool in the software of your choice. Once you create your pixel art noodles, you can use the pixel art in other games such as Minecraft or software such as Unity Game Engine. We offer tutorials on the following pixel art editor’s so feel free to pick the one that you feel most comfortable with:

Want to see what pixel art software is best for you? Read our post Top Free Pixel Art Software

Create a Grid

To begin we will be using a simple 32×32 pixel grid to draw small pixel art noodles. Making 32×32 pixel art is a common size when making pixel art, especially for projects like video games. Be sure that your canvas is set to the color White (#FFFFFF). This will be our canvas that we use to draw our pixel art noodles on. Your noodles pixel art grid should have a canvas, also known as a spreadsheet, that looks something similar to this:

A blank canvas for drawing the pixel art noodles

Sketch an Outline for the Noodles

Next we will start by making the outline for the noodles so we can get the overall shape for our pixel noodles. To do this choose the color Black (#000000) and activate the pencil tool in your editor. Since this determines the overall shape, feel free to adjust the outline to what match your game or art project. As a guide, you can use the outline we made below for your noodles or like we mentioned before feel free to design your own.

An outline of the pixel art noodles grid similar to a spreadsheet

Fill in the Color

Now that you made an outline for your pixel art noodles, we will add some color to make it stand out. Fill in the main section of the noodles a yellow color (#F9AF2C) and the bowl section red (#F33834). The chopsticks on the noodles will be a light brown (#F3EAB0). Try matching the picture of our 8 bit pixel art noodles below.

Simple pixel art noodles with solid colors

Draw the Shading

So whenever you create pixel art there are essentially two parts to shading: the highlights and the shadows. We will start with the shadows. We will be applying a shadow to our 32×32 pixel art noodles using a single color. This color will be applied in separate lines on the main section of the noodles. Remember, to create a shadow color for the noodles we will use a darker yellow based on the color we used before (#B78321). We will also add a darker red (#C01719) to the bottom of the bowl of the noodles. Try to match where we put the shadows in the image below.

32x32 Pixel art noodles with shadows to give depth to the noodles

So now that you got the basic idea we will continue adding some depth to our noodles to give it a 3D feel. Let’s create a highlight using the same yellow from the main noodles section, but instead of going darker this time we will go lighter (#F7C758). Remember, this doesn’t have to be the exact color in fact this is an opportunity to make the noodles look like your own. We also applied a highlight to the bowl. Use our image as a guide for your noodles.

Adding highlights to the 8 bit pixel noodles

Great! When you are happy with your shadows and highlights on your noodles, be sure to view your final image. To see your pixel art noodles go ahead and turn off the grid lines to make sure you like the way the noodles came out.

Kawaii pixel art noodles on a transparent background

Fill the Background Color

Finally, let’s change the background color of our noodle sprite to really make our noodles stand out nicely. Select the Bucket fill tool in your editor. For the color enter a very Light Blue (#BCEAFE). Then simply click on the white area outside of the pixel noodles.

Cute Pixel Art noodles on Blue Background

Where to Go From Here

Congratulations! You now know how to create your very own pixel art noodles. Try making a different types of noodle plates such as spaghetti or chow mein.

Bonus: Make 3D Pixel Art Noodles

3D Pixel Art Noodles

Now that you have drawn your own pixel art noodles, you can turn it 3D with Mega Voxels. Mega Voxels contains a 3D Pixel Art Maker that allows you to convert traditional 2D pixels into 3D pixels. Simply download the free Mega Voxels app for iOS or Android.

Then import the pixel art you just made using the Add File button inside of the My Gallery page. And that’s it! Mega Voxels automatically transforms you pixel art noodles into 3D pixel art noodles.

You can now create 3D turntable videos of your 3D pixel art noodles and even view your noodles in Augmented Reality!