BlockPixelArt

Free pixel art maker

Free here means the whole thing: no watermark on the export, no cap on how many you make, no account, and no feature held back for a paid tier that does not exist.

Drop an image here

Or choose a file. Your image is processed in your browser and never uploaded.

How to use it

  1. Load a picture and get a result immediately

    There is no trial to start and no tour to sit through. The first conversion happens the moment a file lands on the canvas.

  2. Use every control, including the ones others charge for

    Palettes, dithering modes, colour matching, the editing tools and both export sizes are all available now. Nothing is greyed out with a padlock.

  3. Download as many times as you want

    Try twelve palettes and download all twelve. There is no counter, because conversion runs on your machine and costs nothing to repeat.

  4. Close the tab and owe nothing

    No account was created, no email was collected, and no file was kept. There is nothing to cancel later.

What people use it for

  • Hobby projects with no budget

    Game jams, mods, fan art, Discord servers. The work is worth doing whether or not anyone is funding it.

  • Trying pixel art before committing to it

    Aseprite costs money and takes a weekend to learn. Finding out whether you enjoy this should not require either.

  • Classroom and workshop use

    Thirty students, no licences to buy, no accounts to create, and nothing installed on machines you do not administer.

  • Client work that needs a clean export

    A watermarked export is unusable professionally. Files from here carry no mark, so they can go straight into deliverables.

  • Bulk-converting a whole batch

    Tools that limit free exports to three a day make a set of twenty assets impossible. Here the twentieth costs the same as the first.

Why this one

  • No watermark, ever

    The exported PNG contains your artwork and nothing else. A watermark on a free tier is a way of selling you the removal, and there is no removal to sell here.

  • No export limit and no daily quota

    Rate limits exist because server-side conversion costs the operator money per image. This runs on your device, so there is no meter to run.

  • No account, so no data to monetise

    There is no sign-up, no email capture, and no profile. The usual free-tool business model needs an audience to sell to, and we never collect one.

  • No feature held back

    Every palette, every dither mode and every editing tool is on this page right now. There is no pro tier waiting to reveal what you have been missing.

  • Free because it is cheap to run, not as bait

    Nothing is uploaded, so there are no servers doing the work and no per-image cost. That is the actual reason this can stay free, rather than a promise about the future.

Frequently asked questions

What is the catch?
The honest answer is that images are processed on your own device, so serving this page costs about the same whether ten people use it or ten thousand. There is no per-image cost to recover.
Will the exported image have a watermark?
No. The PNG contains exactly the pixels shown on the canvas and no added mark, badge, or signature of any kind.
Is there a paid version with more features?
There is no paid tier today, and nothing on this page is disabled pending one. If that ever changes, what is free now stays free — features would be added, not taken away.
How many images can I convert per day?
As many as you like. There is no counter, no daily quota and no queue, because nothing about a conversion touches a server we would have to pay for.
Can I use the exports in something I sell?
Yes, as far as this tool is concerned — we claim no rights over anything you make. Whether you have the rights to the source image is a separate question, and that one is on you.

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