Kawaii Background
Make a kawaii background from 15 cute motifs of our own: a cloud, star, heart, strawberry, cherries, a cup with pearls and a straw, a rice ball, cat, bunny and bear faces, a mushroom, a moon, a rainbow, a flower and a sparkle. 13 of them have a tiny face: two round dot eyes, two blush marks and a small smile. Scatter them at random from a seed number, with a size mix and a gentle tilt, or set them in a grid or half-drop. In the scatter no two motifs touch, not even across the edges of the repeat, so the tile joins its neighbours with no seam. Pick six colours (ground, three motif colours, face and blush), then download a background PNG at an exact pixel size (phone 1170 × 2532 or 1080 × 1920, desktop 1920 × 1080 or 2560 × 1440, square 1080 × 1080), a seamless SVG tile at real size, a 300 DPI PNG or a full-size PDF with a motif key. Nothing is uploaded.
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Page 1 is the pattern at full size with a 1 in test square; page 2 is the motif key. The SVG tile is one repeat and joins edge to edge; the background PNG is drawn at the exact pixel size you pick.
Motifs and layout
Colours
Print and screen
Runs in your browser with our own code: nothing is uploaded or saved. You may use what you make here, including commercially, with no credit needed.
How to make a kawaii background
- Choose a preset, or pick a motif set and a layout.
- For a scatter, set how many motifs, the repeat size, the size mix, the tilt and a seed (change the seed for a new arrangement); for a grid, set the columns, rows and spacing.
- Set the motif size and the smallest gap between motifs.
- Pick the six colours.
- Download the SVG tile, a background PNG, or the PDF; print at 100% and check the 1 in test square.
What you can use it for
- Phone and desktop backgrounds at an exact size
- Video call, stream and slide backgrounds
- Stationery, sticker sheets and scrapbook paper
- Gift wrap, cards and party printables
- Website and blog backgrounds (SVG tile)
- Fabric and notebook cover mock-ups (real-size tile, full-size PDF)
The 14 presets
| # | Preset | Motifs | Layout | Motifs per repeat | Repeat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pastel sweets on cream, scattered | Sweets | Scatter | 22 motifs | 6 × 6 in |
| 2 | Sky: clouds, stars and moons on baby blue | Sky | Scatter | 22 motifs | 6 × 6 in |
| 3 | Animal faces, pink and peach | Animal faces | Scatter | 20 motifs | 6 × 6 in |
| 4 | Hearts and stars on lilac | Hearts and stars | Scatter | 28 motifs | 6 × 6 in |
| 5 | Garden on mint, half-drop | Garden | Half-drop | 4 × 4 | 5.6 × 5.6 in |
| 6 | All motifs in a grid, white | All 15 motifs | Grid | 5 × 3 | 6.5 × 3.9 in |
| 7 | Cloud only, half-drop on sky blue | Cloud | Half-drop | 2 × 2 | 3 × 3 in |
| 8 | Strawberries on pink, scattered | Strawberry | Scatter | 18 motifs | 5 × 5 in |
| 9 | Night sky on navy | Sky | Scatter | 26 motifs | 6 × 6 in |
| 10 | Cups and rice balls, grid on cream | Sweets | Grid | 5 × 2 | 7 × 2.8 in |
| 11 | Bear faces, half-drop on butter yellow | Bear face | Half-drop | 2 × 2 | 2.8 × 2.8 in |
| 12 | Tiny sweets, dense scatter | Sweets | Scatter | 60 motifs | 6 × 6 in |
| 13 | Black and white, all motifs | All 15 motifs | Scatter | 30 motifs | 6 × 6 in |
| 14 | Fabric scale: 15 cm scattered repeat | All 15 motifs | Scatter | 24 motifs | 15 × 15 cm |
Each preset only fills in the fields; change any setting afterwards.
The 15 motifs
| Motif | Face |
|---|---|
| Cloud | 2 dot eyes, 2 blush marks, 1 smile |
| Star | 2 dot eyes, 2 blush marks, 1 smile |
| Heart | 2 dot eyes, 2 blush marks, 1 smile |
| Strawberry | 2 dot eyes, 2 blush marks, 1 smile |
| Cherries | 4 dot eyes, 4 blush marks, 2 smiles |
| Cup with pearls and a straw | 2 dot eyes, 2 blush marks, 1 smile |
| Rice ball | 2 dot eyes, 2 blush marks, 1 smile |
| Cat face | 2 dot eyes, 2 blush marks, 1 smile |
| Bunny face | 2 dot eyes, 2 blush marks, 1 smile |
| Bear face | 2 dot eyes, 2 blush marks, 1 smile |
| Mushroom | 2 dot eyes, 2 blush marks, 1 smile |
| Moon | 2 dot eyes, 2 blush marks, 1 smile |
| Rainbow | No face |
| Flower | 2 dot eyes, 2 blush marks, 1 smile |
| Sparkle | No face |
All motifs are our own drawings. Page 2 of the PDF draws each motif used, large, from the same shape data.
Background sizes (first preset)
| Background | Pixels | Repeats across × down |
|---|---|---|
| Phone | 1170 × 2532 px | 2.03 × 4.4 |
| Phone | 1080 × 1920 px | 1.88 × 3.33 |
| Desktop | 1920 × 1080 px | 3.33 × 1.88 |
| Large screen | 2560 × 1440 px | 4.44 × 2.5 |
| Square post | 1080 × 1080 px | 1.88 × 1.88 |
Which tool to use
| You want | Use |
|---|---|
| Cute motifs with faces as a seamless background | Kawaii Background (this page) |
| A wallpaper from your own photo or text | Phone Wallpaper Maker |
| Round dots only | Polka Dot Pattern Generator |
| Bold 1980s shapes and squiggles | Memphis Pattern Generator |
| Simple CSS backgrounds | SVG Pattern Generator |
Also handy: the Phone Wallpaper Maker, the Polka Dot Pattern Generator and the SVG Pattern Generator.
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Frequently asked questions
Are these characters from a show or a brand?
No. Every motif is our own simple drawing: a shape with two dot eyes, two blush marks and a small smile. None is copied from, or named after, any character, franchise, shop or product.
Will the background repeat without a seam?
Yes. A motif that runs over an edge of the repeat carries on from the opposite edge, so copies placed edge to edge join with no seam. Our tests compare the pattern one repeat over by sampled colour, for every preset.
Do the motifs ever overlap?
No. Each motif fits inside a circle round its centre, and the maker keeps every two circles at least the gap apart, measured round the repeat, so no motif touches another, even across an edge (the first preset keeps 0.12 in between 22 motifs). If you ask for more motifs than fit, it places as many as fit and says how many.
What does the seed do?
In the scatter the seed picks each motif, where it goes, its size and its tilt. The same seed and settings always give exactly the same background; a new seed gives a new one.
What sizes are the background PNGs?
Phone 1170 × 2532 and 1080 × 1920, desktop 1920 × 1080, large screen 2560 × 1440 and square 1080 × 1080 pixels, each exactly that size. The pattern is drawn at 96 pixels per inch of the size you set.
Is the tile the exact size I set?
Yes. The SVG tile is written in inches or centimetres (the first preset is 6 in square), and the PDF prints the pattern at full size with a 1 in test square to check your printer.
How is this different from the phone wallpaper and polka dot makers?
The phone wallpaper maker builds a wallpaper from your own photo, colours or text. The polka dot maker repeats plain dots. This page scatters cute motifs with faces, keeps them apart, and gives the same pattern as a tile, a PDF and several background sizes.
Is it free?
Yes. There is no sign-up, no watermark and no limit.
Is anything uploaded?
No. Everything is drawn by JavaScript in your browser and nothing is sent anywhere.