Draw, Generate & Animate Pixel Art — All in One PlaceA free online pixel art maker with a pro-grade editor, AI sprite generation, animation, and image-to-pixel-art conversion. In your browser, even offline.
A Real Pixel Art Editor, Not a Toy
Layers · Palettes · Selection Tools · 100-Step Undo
Everything a pixel artist expects, running instantly in your browser. Draw on canvases up to 1024×1024 on a custom engine that stays smooth as your art grows — then export as PNG, animated GIF, or native Aseprite files.
- Up to 150 layers with visibility and lock toggles
- Custom palettes — build them, load .hex/.gpl files, or extract from your canvas
- Offline-first: every stroke saves locally, syncs to the cloud when you're back
- Imports .aseprite, .pixelz, and JSON projects
Type a Prompt. Get a Sprite.
Purpose-Built AI Models — Real Pixel Art, Not Blurry Upscales
Describe what you want, pick a style, and generate up to 4 variants per request in the editor's AI panel. Every result lands as an editable layer, so AI is your starting point, never your ceiling.
- 19 styles in the editor — Retro, Watercolor, Cartoon, Isometric, MC Item, and more — across Fast, Plus, and Pro tiers
- Generate into any region of your canvas with the AI Area tool
- Reference images guide composition and palette
- You own everything you generate — commercial use included
Bring Your Sprites to Life
Frame-by-Frame Timeline · Onion Skinning · GIF Export
Animate on a proper timeline with onion skinning, per-frame layers, and instant loop preview. Or hand a still sprite to AI, describe the motion, and refine the generated frames by hand. Export the finished loop as a GIF in one click.
- Duplicate, reorder, and scrub frames on the timeline
- Onion skinning shows ghosted neighboring frames
- AI animation generates in-betweens from a single sprite
- Export animated GIF with transparency, or a numbered PNG sequence
Turn Any Image into Pixel Art
Upload · Pixelate · Reduce Colors · Remove Background
Drop in a photo, logo, or render and PixelZ converts it into clean pixel art — automatic grid detection, a color-count slider for real palette reduction, and a magnifier compare view. Then polish the result in the editor.
- Automatic pixel-grid detection for existing pixel art
- Palette reduction keeps sprites readable — 8 to 64 colors
- Accepts PNG, JPEG, WebP — even GIF
- Drag the result onto any canvas to keep editing it as a layer
Pixel Art Is Now 3D
Draw orthographic views of an object — front, side, top, up to six — and PixelZ builds a voxel model you can rotate and edit in 3D. Export 8- or 16-direction turnaround spritesheets, a 360° rotation GIF, or an OBJ model for Unity, Godot, and Blender. The 3D editor is currently in beta.
2D views in — spinning voxel model out
The Details That Make It a Pro Tool
The polish you only notice when it's missing — fast, safe, and organized by default.
From Idea to Sprite in Three Steps
- 1
Open the Editor
Open the editor in your browser — no account, no credit card — and land in a full workspace with layers, tools, and palettes.
- 2
Draw or Generate with AI
Draw by hand with pencil, bucket, and lasso — or describe a sprite and let AI generate it.
- 3
Export and Share
Save as PNG, animated GIF, or Aseprite, and post finished art to the community gallery.
Made with PixelZ
Hand-drawn, AI-generated, and everything in between — made by the PixelZ community.
Learn Pixel Art
Practical, no-fluff guides — from your first sprite to walk cycles and AI prompts.
How to Make Your First Pixel Art
From a blank canvas to a finished sprite in the PixelZ editor — canvas size, palette, the four tools you actually need, outlines, and shading.
12 min readHow to Generate Pixel Art That's Actually Usable
The prompt structure and style choices that consistently produce usable sprites in PixelZ's AI tools — plus how to finish the result by hand.
7 min readHow to Animate Pixel Art (The Right Way)
Frame-by-frame animation on the PixelZ timeline — the two-frame idle, onion skinning, a four-frame walk cycle, every shortcut, and a clean GIF out.
8 min readQuestions, Answered
Upgrade When Ready.
Start free. Unlock more power as you grow.
The full editor is free.
Every drawing tool, animations, layers, and AI generation. No credit card. Sign up takes ten seconds.
- 20 credits per month
- Up to 20 projects
- Cloud saving & sync
Need more credits? Paid plans below.
Starter
Great for hobby pixel artists
- 220 credits per month
- Up to 50 projects
- Cloud saving & sync
- All editor tools
Pro
For power users and creators
- 500 credits per month
- Unlimited projects
- Cloud saving & sync
- All editor tools
Max
High-volume production tier
- 1100 credits per month
- Unlimited projects
- Cloud saving & sync
- Priority support
- All editor tools
Your Next Sprite Is One Prompt Away.
No account needed · 20 AI credits/month on the free plan