Learn how to create your very own brick path custom designs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH). Read on to learn how to create different styles of brick designs including rounded and glossy bricks!

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How to Create a Brick Tile

Resulting Look

If you are not satisfied with the brick path in the game, why not create your own brick path designs? This is how it looks like when laid out on the ground.

Steps to Create a Brick Tile

1	Enlarge We will use the default palette. Starting from the top left, draw an inverted L. This is 16 pixels wide, and 8 pixels tall.
2	Enlarge Draw a smaller inverted L under the existing one. You can refer to the image above. This is 10 pixels wide and 8 pixels tall.
3	Enlarge Repeat the steps until you finish the top half.
4	Enlarge Do the same procedure to complete the lower half.
5	Enlarge With orange selected, fill in the 2 whole bricks at the left side.
6	Enlarge Using light green, fill in the following tiles.
7	Enlarge Fill the remaining tiles with yellow.
8	Enlarge Frame the green tiles with dark blue.
9	Frame the orange tiles with light blue.
10	Enlarge Frame the yellow tiles with indigo.
11	Enlarge Change red's color. Hue: 3rd from the left Vividness: 5th from the left Brightness: 5th from the right
12	Enlarge Change orange's color. Hue: 3rd from the left Vividness: 1st from the right Brightness: 5th from the right
13	Enlarge Change yellow's color. Hue: 3rd from the left Vividness: 4th from the right Brightness: 4th from the right
14	Enlarge Change green's color. Hue: 4th from the left Vividness: 6th from the right Brightness: 7th from the left
15	Enlarge Change light blue's color. Hue: 3rd from the left Vividness: 1st from the right Brightness: 6th from the right
16	Enlarge Change dark blue's color. Hue: 4th from the left Vividness: 3rd from the right Brightness: 8th from the left
17	Enlarge Change indigo's color. Hue: 3rd from the left Vividness: 4th from the right Brightness: 5th from the right
18	The brick tile is complete!

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Round Bricks

This design has rounded corners for the brick. We recommend this for users who are going for a cute look. You can change up the colors however you like!

How to Create a Round Brick Tile

1	Enlarge Draw the tiles using red and orange as shown in the image above.
2	Enlarge Draw dots on the corners with red. This will round up the edges of the bricks.
3	Enlarge Paint the shadows and highlights of the bricks using yellow and light green.
4	Enlarge Let's change red's color to the cement color. Hue: 2nd from the right Vividness: 6th from the right Brightness: 5th from the right
5	Enlarge Change orange's color to the main color. Hue: 2nd from the right Vividness: 6th from the right Brightness: 1st from the right
6	Enlarge Change yellow's color to the highlight. Hue: 2nd from the right Vividness: 6th from the left Brightness: 1st from the right
7	Enlarge Change light green's color to the shadow. Hue: 2nd from the right Vividness: 8th from the left Brightness: 1st from the right
8	Enlarge The round brick tile is complete!

Glossy Bricks

This is a more feminine style of bricks. Use this for a neat and glossy look.

Custom Design Editor Drawing

After Color Adjustment	Before Color Adjustment
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You can use the photo on the right as a guide before changing the colors to your desired ones. The important thing is that the highlights pop out.

Textured Bricks

Round-style bricks with a rough stone texture. We recommend this for users who are going for a realistic feel.

Custom Design Editor Drawing

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Dots of different shades are randomly placed on the canvas to give a rough stone look.

Additionally, if you add shadows beneath the bricks, it will look more three-dimensional.

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