Art
Art
Code used as an artistic material: live coding, glitch, ASCII, pixels, teletext. Collected over years, not assembled this afternoon.
Every row has a note, and the ones marked ▶ open and do their thing in the browser right now — no install, no account.
Nothing matches that.
Pixel art
36 linksEditors, converters, palettes, and archives. Working at a size where every pixel is a decision.
- Asepriteaseprite.orgThe house standard: sprite and animation editor. Paid, and worth it.
- Lospeclospec.comThe palettes. Hundreds of them, with real historical console constraints, ready to import.
- Piskel▶ runspiskelapp.comSprite editor in the browser. Opens straight onto a blank canvas, no signup.
- 2D Will Never Die2dwillneverdie.comBlog and tutorials by an obsessive hobbyist. The knowledge that isn't in the docs.
- Avatars In Pixels▶ runsavatarsinpixels.comChibi avatar maker, layer by layer of clothing and features.
- craftpixcraftpix.netQuality 2D assets, with a free section and the rest paid.
- Cross My Heart▶ runskilledbyapixel.github.ioA whole game in very few bytes, from the TinyCode crowd. Constraint taken to its limit.
- Dither▶ runsdither.neato.funDithering to scalable vector: Bayer, halftone, dots. Clean output for print.
- Dither Image Online▶ runsditherimage.onlineDithering effects with several algorithms and instant preview.
- Game Boy Camera — imagenerator▶ runsimagenerator.netAnother take on the Game Boy Camera filter, faster and with no settings.
- Game Boy Camera Filter▶ runssantein.github.ioEmulates the real Game Boy Camera: four tones, 128×112, and that grain.
- GameBoy Yourself▶ runsruben.cougil.comYour image inside a classic Game Boy, green screen included.
- LibreSpritelibresprite.github.ioThe free fork of Aseprite from when it changed licence. Same spirit, free.
- MagicaVoxelephtracy.github.ioPixels in three dimensions: voxel editor and renderer, free and beautiful.
- morphin▶ runsjavier.xyzAnimated CSS transitions between two images. By an author half of Twitter has bookmarked.
- OpenGameArtopengameart.orgGame assets under free licences. Check each piece's licence — they vary.
- Outsprite▶ runsoutsprite.comEditor focused on workflow: create, modify, and export sprite sheets fast.
- Photo2Pixel▶ runsphoto2pixel.coConverter that processes in your own browser with ONNX and WASM. The photo never leaves your machine.
- Pixel Art Academy — contenido libremedium.comIndex of all the free Pixel Art Academy material, gathered into one article.
- Pixel Art Converter▶ runs3w36zj6.github.ioJapanese dot-art converter, with fine colour-reduction controls.
- Pixel Art to CSS▶ runspixelartcss.comDraw and animate, out comes pure CSS using box-shadow. The frontend's favourite trick.
- Pixel Art Toolsgithub.comGitHub's collection on pixel art tools. A good starting point on the code side.
- Pixel It▶ runsgiventofly.github.ioTurns an image into pixel art with block size and palette control.
- Pixel Jointpixeljoint.comThe veteran community: gallery, challenges, and honest critique. Still alive.
- Pixel Paint▶ runskully.github.ioTiny browser editor. For one quick sprite and nothing more.
- PixelCraft▶ runspixelcraft.web.appEditor and animation on HTML5 canvas, installable as a PWA.
- pixeldudesmaker▶ runs0x72.itch.ioPart-by-part pixel character generator. To populate a prototype in five minutes.
- Pixelicious▶ runspixelicious.xyzConverter with adjustable grid and custom palettes.
- PixelMe▶ runspixel-me.tokyoTurns a portrait into pixel art with a model's help. Comes out surprisingly decent.
- Pixilart▶ runspixilart.comBrowser editor with a community and gallery around it.
- pxls.space▶ runspxls.spaceReal-time collaborative canvas with a per-pixel cooldown. The r/place that never closed.
- Retronatorretronator.comPixel art café, store, and gallery. This scene's social hub.
- rxrx.cloudhead.ioMinimalist modal pixel editor, with Vim-style keys.
- Sprite Databasespritedatabase.netAnother archive of ripped sprites, with different coverage. The two complement each other.
- Sprite Fusion▶ runsspritefusion.comGenerator and editor at exact sizes: 16×16, 32×32, whatever the engine wants.
- The Spriters Resourcespriters-resource.comArchiving video game sprites since 2003. Preservation in its purest form.