PixelMaster

Photo to Pixel Art Converter — Grid, Palette and PNG

Crop your subject, choose a processing mode and compare the real output. Classical processing preserves image structure; it does not promise hand-drawn pixel art.

Draw pixel art on a blank canvas

Your project settings

Crop around the subject before using a small grid. This is classical image processing, not AI redrawing or automatic subject segmentation.

Original heart sample

Or test a real, complex photograph

Portrait: NASA public domain; cat: Stefan van der Walt; coffee: Rachel Michetti (both CC0). Processing examples only, not author or NASA endorsements.

Your result

Crop your subject, choose a processing mode and compare the real output. Classical processing preserves image structure; it does not promise hand-drawn pixel art.

Photo to Pixel Art Converter — Settings and outputs

  • Project constraints

    Use image-q quantization and perceptual matching with a 2–64 color budget; versioned brand palettes use CIEDE2000 material matching.

  • Live review

    Compare four resolutions and custom width with identical background handling.

  • Usable output

    Choose photo, pixel art or seven versioned bead palettes; download PNG, alpha-aware cells and actual material codes with source attribution.

Conversion steps

  1. Set your actual constraints

    Crop your subject, choose a processing mode and compare the real output. Classical processing preserves image structure; it does not promise hand-drawn pixel art.

  2. Check the calculated result

    Use image-q quantization and perceptual matching with a 2–64 color budget; versioned brand palettes use CIEDE2000 material matching.

  3. Keep the output and your settings

    Choose photo, pixel art or seven versioned bead palettes; download PNG, alpha-aware cells and actual material codes with source attribution.

Questions about this tool

Are my images uploaded?
No. Image decoding and conversion run locally in your browser.
What does a larger preview change?
Only the display scale. It does not add detail to the converted pixels. The downloaded file uses your chosen pixel dimensions and enlargement.

Learn before you refine

Practical guidance for this workflow

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