Your pet already runs the household. Now it can star in your next bead project. Drop in a photo of your dog, cat, rabbit, or bird, and PerlerBeadAI turns it into a ready-to-bead pattern in about a minute — with the grid, the colors, and the exact bead count for every shade worked out for you.
From photo to pegboard in three steps
1. Drop in your favorite pet photo. Nothing is uploaded — the pattern is computed right in your browser.
2. The pet preset does the tuning. A 50-peg width and a 12–14 color palette is the sweet spot where a muzzle, ears, and eyes stay recognizable in beads.
3. Export and bead. Print the pattern, grab the per-color shopping list, and start placing beads.
What makes a good pet photo?
- The face fills at least half the frame — beads are pixels, so give the important pixels room.
- A plain, light background converts cleanest; the pet preset can drop it automatically.
- Natural light and sharp eyes. If the eyes are crisp in the photo, they survive in beads.
Made for pet people
Beading it yourself? Open the free editor with the pet preset already loaded and start from your own photo.
Making a gift? A framed bead portrait of someone’s pet is the kind of present that gets kept. Premium adds high-resolution print export for large frames and multi-board portraits.
Your photo never leaves your device. Every pattern is generated locally in your browser — nothing to upload, nothing we could keep.
Pet pattern FAQ
How many beads does a pet portrait need?
A 50-peg portrait uses roughly 2,000–3,000 beads across 12–14 colors. The usage list shows the exact count per color before you buy a single pack.
Which bead brands work?
Any standard 5 mm midi beads — Perler, Hama, Artkal, or MARD. The palette switcher in the editor matches your pattern to each brand’s color codes.
My photo has a busy background. Will it work?
It will, but simpler is better. Crop to the face first, or let the pet preset drop a plain light background for you.
Is my photo uploaded or used for AI training?
No. The conversion runs entirely on your own device, in your browser. We never see, store, or train on your photos.