pet
Pet avatar
Turn a favorite pet into a pixel profile.
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/ image to pixel art
Turn anyimage to pixel art
Transform photos into crisp pixel art instantly. Customize block size, palette, and dithering, then export a sharp PNG. Everything runs in your browser with no signup and no upload.
game
Game character
Create retro-style avatars and sprites.
minecraft
Minecraft world
Convert scenes into block-inspired art.
/ open tool
Drop an image, tune the blocks, export PNG.
local canvasno upload
input JPG, PNG, WebP
output crisp PNG
privacy local canvas only
styles
Full color, retro, or Game Boy
Keep the original colors, snap to a PICO-8-style palette, or compress everything into classic green tones.
builds
Minecraft-scale blocks
Raise the block size for chunky references that are easier to rebuild block by block in a world.
export
Hard-edged PNG output
The preview and download keep image smoothing off, so the exported pixel grid stays crisp.
how it works
A photo becomes a grid, then a palette decision.
Pixvael reads your photo through an HTML5 canvas, samples it in small blocks, averages each block into one color, then optionally maps that color to a limited palette with Floyd-Steinberg dithering. Because the whole conversion happens in the browser, the image stays local and the preview updates as you tune the controls.
faqs
Quick answers
Practical notes about privacy, exporting, and getting cleaner pixel art from real photos.
- Is it free?
- Completely free — no signup, no watermark, no export limit.
- Do my images get uploaded?
- No. The conversion runs entirely in your browser, so your photo never leaves your device.
- What can I export?
- Download the result as a PNG. The pixel art you make is yours to use, personally or commercially.