Make pixel art and animated sprites online

Draw sprites, icons, and small animations on a crisp pixel grid. PaintLasso Pixel Studio combines pixel tools, palettes, selections, and a frame timeline, with local saving and exports you can take into a game or share as an image.

Start small and control every pixel

A 16 × 16 or 32 × 32 canvas gives you a manageable first project. Draw a silhouette with the pencil, fill the main colors, and zoom in to clean the edges. Check the image at its original size as well as zoomed in; a sprite should read clearly at the size people will see it.

Keep colors consistent with a palette

Choose a small set of colors and reuse them throughout the sprite. Add a lighter and a darker color for the parts that need depth. Use selections to edit a specific region, and duplicate a frame before trying a variation you may want to keep.

Animate with frames and onion skin

Duplicate a pose, move a few pixels, and preview the result. Onion skin helps align consecutive frames, while the frame rate controls how quickly the sequence plays. Our sprite animation tutorial walks through a short practice loop.

Export the artwork and keep the editable project

• PNG: the current frame, with integer scaling for crisp pixels.
• Animated GIF: a loop for sharing.
• Sprite sheet: frames arranged in one image.
• Project JSON or ZIP bundle: an editable backup and project assets.

Game engines have their own import settings. Check frame dimensions, padding, and nearest-neighbor filtering when you import a sprite sheet.

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