MotionShine01 / Mirror
Symmetry for free
Turn on mirror drawing and every pixel lands on both sides, the quick way to draw faces, ships and characters.
Free tool
Pixel art maker, square by square.
Draw sprites, icons and little scenes on a pixel grid from 16 to 64 squares. Use the pencil, eraser, fill bucket, colour picker, lines, boxes and circles, and turn on mirror drawing for perfectly symmetric characters. Add frames to animate, with onion skin to see the last frame and a live preview, then save a sharp PNG at any size, a sprite sheet or an animated GIF.
Right-click erases. Keys: B pencil, E eraser, G fill, I picker, L line, R box, O circle.
Frames
Preview
Save
Canvas
Your drawing is kept in your browser and never uploaded.
Made for sprites
Crisp at every size.
02 / Frames
Animate in place
Copy a frame, change a few pixels, and the onion skin shows the last frame faintly so movement stays smooth.
03 / Scale
No blur
Exports are scaled by whole steps with no smoothing, so a 32 pixel sprite becomes a sharp 512 pixel picture.
Questions
Good to know.
How do I make pixel art?
Pick a small canvas like 16 or 32 squares, choose a colour and click squares to fill them. Start with an outline, then fill and shade.
Can I make an animated GIF?
Yes. Add or copy frames, change each a little, check the preview, and press GIF. Set the speed with frames a second.
What size should I export?
1x keeps the true pixels for games; 16x or 32x makes a sharp picture for posting or printing.
Can I turn a photo into pixel art?
Start from a picture shrinks it onto the grid for you to tidy by hand. For automatic results, try the pixel art converter.
Is my drawing saved?
Yes, in this browser, as you draw.