Smiling Cat Pixel Art: Curved Mouths & Playful Grins

A small curved mouth and an exaggerated grin create very different cats. Compare a friendly standing gray cat, a large-toothed cartoon and a loose ink face study.

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Wide smiling cat pixel art composition comparing the selected licensed illustration shapes

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3 licensed smiling cat illustration studies converted to 128 × 128. One example uses a locally assembled whole-illustration bobbing GIF; this does not animate separate body parts.

Gray standing cat pixel illustration with green eyes and a small pink smile
Loose black-and-white smiling cat pixel face drawing with a wide toothy grin
Brown seated cat pixel cartoon with a very large white grin and curved tail in a gentle whole-illustration bobbing GIF

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A closer look at 16 × 16 pixel art

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Divoom app reviews from Google Play.

Cole Tippins

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“Very nice Pixel Editor and community, although the app is oddly buggy sometimes”
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Smiling cat pixel art questions

Why does my smiling cat look angry?

Check the brow and eye angle. Strong inward-sloping brows or narrowed eyes can overpower a curved mouth; relax the eyes and keep the cheeks less compressed.

How do I keep a big grin from becoming a white rectangle?

Use a clear dark mouth border and only a few internal divisions. Separate the outer cheek shape from the teeth so the muzzle still reads as a cat.

Try your own smiling cat design

Keep the nose distinct from the top edge of the smile. Start with that shape in the pixel art maker.