Convert an image into pixel art
Upload an image, choose a canvas size and refine the result. Export a PNG when you are ready.
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Animation Pixel Art: A Clear Finished Illustration Suitable For A Short Loop
Start with a clear finished illustration suitable for a short loop. Keep a clear finished illustration suitable for a short loop readable at native size. Preserve clean background gaps before adding tiny highlights.
Animation shapes and illustration ideas
12 licensed illustration conversions at 128 × 128, including one whole-image floating GIF. Compare silhouettes, outlines and color choices.
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Make it your own.
Three ways to start. One pixel editor.
Create an animated GIF
Add or duplicate frames, adjust the timing and preview the loop. Export your animation as a GIF.
Open the editor ↗Draw a custom pixel icon
Start with a blank canvas. Use the drawing and fill tools, then export your icon with a transparent background.
Open the editor ↗Pixel art. In real life.
See how creators use the app and make their displays their own.
Keep creating with Divoom.
More ideas, more tools and a place to share.
Find inspiration in the Pixel Gallery
Browse community artwork and save the designs that catch your eye.
Keep refining your artwork
Draw, edit and animate in the Divoom app.
Join the conversation
See what other creators are making and share your own work.
Notes from the community.
Divoom app reviews from Google Play.
Jamall Mason
★★★★★
“the community is nothing short of Perfecto…”Read on Google Play ↗Excerpt from original review
JIMMY “DJ JAMMERZ” GREEN
★★★★★
“had my divoom ditoo for years now and its so cool seeing all the new pixel art…”Read on Google Play ↗Excerpt from original review
Victor White
★★★★★
“divoom is a wonderful app, the community is great, and there are so many styles of artwork to view…”Read on Google Play ↗Excerpt from original review
Cole Tippins
★★★★☆
“Very nice Pixel Editor and community, although the app is oddly buggy sometimes”Read on Google Play ↗
Ciaran
★★★★☆
“pretty easy to create and find some cool designs other people made too”Read on Google Play ↗
Heather Hibbs
★★★★★
“Fun community with lots of picture options, you can also create your own”Read on Google Play ↗
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Animation pixel art questions
How can I keep animation readable at small sizes?
Keep a clear finished illustration suitable for a short loop readable at native size. Preserve clean background gaps before adding tiny highlights. Compare the a clear finished illustration suitable for a short loop against the background at native display size before adding extra highlights.
Which animation details should I simplify first?
Keep the a clear finished illustration suitable for a short loop recognizable and simplify small texture marks first. Keep a clear finished illustration suitable for a short loop readable at native size. Preserve clean background gaps before adding tiny highlights.
What moves in the animation GIF?
The whole illustration shifts in a short floating loop. Individual parts are not animated independently.
Create your own animation pixel art
Build the a clear finished illustration suitable for a short loop on a 32- or 64-pixel logical grid, then enlarge to a 128 × 128 export. Remove fine interior texture before changing the main silhouette.