Will the converted PNG stay sharp when I scale it?

Yes. Export keeps hard pixel edges with no anti-aliasing, so enlarging never blurs — the art scales crisply into game engines, print, and avatars.

Can I convert images on a phone?

Yes. The converter runs in any modern mobile browser with nothing to install; controls and export work exactly as on desktop.

Do transparent PNGs stay transparent?

Yes. Alpha transparency carries through the conversion — transparent areas remain transparent in the exported pixel-art PNG.

/ pixel art converter

Pixel art converter

Convert any image to pixel art right here. Set the grid, pick a palette, toggle dithering, and export a crisp PNG — free, private, no signup.

JPG · PNG · WebPlocal conversionPNG export

Images stay on this device; analytics record tool actions, never image contents or file names.

workflow

1. Upload a photo from your device.

2. Choose block size, palette, and dithering.

3. Download a sharp pixel-art PNG.

/ open tool

Drop an image, tune the blocks, export PNG.

local canvasno upload

input JPG, PNG, WebP

output crisp PNG

privacy local image processing

what it does

Three dials and one promise

A pixel art converter restyles a photograph or screenshot into grid-based art, and Pixvael gives you three dials to steer it. Grid size decides how many blocks wide the piece is — the single biggest lever between chunky-and-bold and nearly photographic. Palette constrains the colors: full color keeps the original hues, the retro 16-color set snaps everything to a PICO-8-style vocabulary, and Game Boy mode compresses the image into four greens. Dithering trades spatial resolution for the illusion of extra shades, scattering block-to-block color changes so gradients survive a limited palette instead of banding. The promise is the export: hard edges and flat colors, no smoothing, every pixel a deliberate square — which is exactly what lets pixel art scale without turning to mush.

formats and sources

Every format, one pipeline

JPG, PNG, and WebP convert through the same pipeline, and each JPG, PNG, and WebP page carries its format quirks. If you think in sources rather than formats, the photo converter handles portraits and pets, the picture converter covers screenshots and mixed sources, and the full walkthrough lives in the image to pixel art guide. Building for a block game instead? The Minecraft pixel art generator maps converted art onto real block colors with a material list.

workflow

Converting takes three moves

Load the image — drag it onto the canvas or browse for the file; nothing uploads. Tune the dials — adjust the grid until the subject reads, pick a palette to taste, toggle dithering if gradients band. Export — download the PNG and use it anywhere: game sprites, avatars, wallpapers, cross-stitch charts.

grids

One dial, many looks

The same source at 8, 16, and 32 blocks wide produces three different pieces — coarse, balanced, and detailed art.

palettes

Color vocabulary is style

Full color for realism, sixteen retro colors for 8-bit authenticity, four greens for handheld nostalgia.

export

Hard edges, forever

The PNG ships without smoothing, so the art stays crisp from sprite sheet to billboard.

faqs

Quick answers

Practical notes about privacy, exporting, and getting cleaner pixel art from real photos.

Will the converted PNG stay sharp when I scale it?: Yes. Export keeps hard pixel edges with no anti-aliasing, so enlarging never blurs — the art scales crisply into game engines, print, and avatars.
Can I convert images on a phone?: Yes. The converter runs in any modern mobile browser with nothing to install; controls and export work exactly as on desktop.
Do transparent PNGs stay transparent?: Yes. Alpha transparency carries through the conversion — transparent areas remain transparent in the exported pixel-art PNG.