Turn any image into pixel art

Pixel Art Converter
Example:
Drop, paste or open an image
Converting…
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What you need

Colours appear after you load an image

Size
Style

Evens out light and colour and smooths grain. On by itself for camera photos.

PNG size

How it works

  1. Drop, paste or open an image. Photos from a phone work too.
  2. Pick a palette and a size: Minecraft blocks, Perler beads, wplace, PICO-8, Game Boy, NES, or an auto palette made from your image.
  3. Export a PNG, with or without grid lines, and build from the color list.

Building in Minecraft? The pixel art generator for Minecraft opens with the block palette.

Questions

Is my image uploaded anywhere?
No. The image is converted in your browser, on your computer. It is never sent to a server.
Which files can I open?
PNG, JPEG, WebP, AVIF, GIF (first frame), BMP, SVG and iPhone photos in HEIC. Images up to 50 megapixels.
What are the color counts for?
They are your shopping list: how many beads, blocks or pixels of each color the picture needs. Click a color to see where it is used.
Can I use it for Perler or Hama beads?
Yes. Pick the Perler palette and the 29×29 size of a square pegboard; the counts tell you how many beads of each color to get.
How do I get a sharp, large PNG?
Choose a PNG size of 4×, 8× or 16×: every cell becomes a block of pixels with hard edges. Turn on grid lines to print a building chart.