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Rick Roll QR Code Generator and Pixel Art Grid

A QR code that opens Never Gonna Give You Up, as a 25 × 25 pixel art grid you can draw on graph paper, build in Minecraft, bead, cross stitch, knit or crochet. Pick the craft, download the PNG, follow the row counts.

Rick Roll QR code pattern

Paste a link or any text and the grid updates to the exact square pattern.

29 × 29 pattern preview
QR code
Version 2 (25×25 modules)
With quiet zone
29 × 29 modules
Squares to fill
320 dark
Graph paper needed
29 × 29 squares — 14.5 cm across on 5 mm paper
Written rows (29 rows)

Listed top to bottom, each row read left to right, including the light border.

  1. Row 1: 29 light
  2. Row 2: 29 light
  3. Row 3: 2 light, 7 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 4 light, 4 dark, 1 light, 7 dark, 2 light
  4. Row 4: 2 light, 1 dark, 5 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 2 light, 3 dark, 2 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 5 light, 1 dark, 2 light
  5. Row 5: 2 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 3 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 2 dark, 2 light, 1 dark, 5 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 3 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 2 light
  6. Row 6: 2 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 3 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 3 dark, 3 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 3 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 2 light
  7. Row 7: 2 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 3 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 2 light, 2 dark, 1 light, 2 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 2 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 3 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 2 light
  8. Row 8: 2 light, 1 dark, 5 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 3 dark, 2 light, 2 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 5 light, 1 dark, 2 light
  9. Row 9: 2 light, 7 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 7 dark, 2 light
  10. Row 10: 12 light, 2 dark, 2 light, 2 dark, 11 light
  11. Row 11: 2 light, 2 dark, 2 light, 3 dark, 3 light, 1 dark, 8 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 4 dark, 2 light
  12. Row 12: 3 light, 4 dark, 3 light, 1 dark, 4 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 2 dark, 3 light, 2 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 3 light
  13. Row 13: 3 light, 1 dark, 4 light, 11 dark, 1 light, 2 dark, 1 light, 2 dark, 4 light
  14. Row 14: 4 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 2 dark, 3 light, 1 dark, 4 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 2 dark, 3 light
  15. Row 15: 3 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 4 dark, 3 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 2 light, 2 dark, 2 light, 4 dark, 2 light
  16. Row 16: 2 light, 2 dark, 2 light, 1 dark, 2 light, 5 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 3 dark, 2 light, 1 dark, 2 light, 1 dark, 3 light
  17. Row 17: 7 light, 2 dark, 2 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 2 light, 3 dark, 2 light, 4 dark, 4 light
  18. Row 18: 4 light, 2 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 2 light, 4 dark, 7 light, 2 dark, 1 light, 2 dark, 3 light
  19. Row 19: 2 light, 2 dark, 1 light, 2 dark, 1 light, 2 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 3 light, 8 dark, 4 light
  20. Row 20: 10 light, 3 dark, 2 light, 1 dark, 2 light, 1 dark, 3 light, 1 dark, 6 light
  21. Row 21: 2 light, 7 dark, 3 light, 5 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 6 light
  22. Row 22: 2 light, 1 dark, 5 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 2 dark, 2 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 3 dark, 3 light, 4 dark, 3 light
  23. Row 23: 2 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 3 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 2 dark, 2 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 8 dark, 3 light
  24. Row 24: 2 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 3 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 4 light, 1 dark, 3 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 3 dark, 2 light, 3 dark, 2 light
  25. Row 25: 2 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 3 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 2 light, 4 dark, 3 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 2 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 3 light
  26. Row 26: 2 light, 1 dark, 5 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 2 dark, 2 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 4 light, 5 dark, 3 light
  27. Row 27: 2 light, 7 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 2 light, 1 dark, 1 light, 1 dark, 2 light, 1 dark, 3 light, 3 dark, 2 light
  28. Row 28: 29 light
  29. Row 29: 29 light

Test it: scan the preview on screen with your phone camera before you start.

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Rick Roll QR code pixel art grid, 29 by 29 squares with numbered lines every 5 squares
The Rick Roll QR code on a counting grid. Scan it with your phone camera — it opens Never Gonna Give You Up on YouTube.

The Rick Roll QR code at a glance

Opens
https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
QR version
Version 2, error correction L
Code size
25 × 25 squares
With 2-square border
29 × 29 = 841 squares
Squares to fill in
320 dark
On 5 mm graph paper
14.5 cm across

The short youtu.be link is what keeps it this small. The full youtube.com/watch link needs 29 × 29 squares at the same error correction, and 33 × 33 at level M.

How to draw the Rick Roll QR code by hand

Draw a 29 × 29 square on graph paper — the 25 × 25 code plus a border of 2 empty squares on every side. Start with the three big corner squares (7 × 7 each, a ring with a 3 × 3 block in the middle): scanners find the code by those, so they have to be exact. Then fill the rest row by row from the written rows under the preview, ticking each row off as you go.

Use a black marker on white paper and fill each square completely; a light pencil shade or a half-filled square reads as white. The code uses error correction level L, which can absorb about 7% damage, so one or two wrong squares in the middle usually still scan — a wrong square in a corner finder usually does not.

Scan it before you show anyone. Hold the phone 20–30 cm away with the whole code and its white border in view. If it does not open, compare your drawing with the PNG one row at a time; 320 squares is a lot to count, and a skipped square shifts everything after it in that row.

Never Gonna Give You Up QR code as pixel art, beads and stitches

In Minecraft, one block is one square: black concrete or wool for the dark squares, white for the light ones and the border, 841 blocks in total. Build it flat on the ground or as a wall and scan the screen from a straight-on view; shadows and fog on the far side can stop a scan.

Switch the tool to Perler beads and the same code fits one large 29 × 29 pegboard; cross stitch on 14-count Aida finishes at about 5.3 cm (2.1 in). For yarn, the knitting and crochet modes keep the squares square on fabric — see the knitted QR code and crochet QR code pages for the yarn-specific settings.

Want a different prank or your own link? Paste any URL in the box — the grid, counts and finished size update straight away.

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