Pikapixel — pixel art studio

PIKAPIXEL

scroll = zoom · space-drag = pan pinch to zoom · two fingers to pan

Panels

Colour

Opacity

R G B O

HEX

In this drawing

Recent

Palette

Tool options

Size 1

Brush

Paint

Blend paints over what is already there, so a purple at half opacity on brown gives a purple-brown. Replace sets the pixel to exactly the colour and opacity you picked — for making genuinely see-through pixels on top of solid ones.

Shape

Tolerance 0

Scope

Layers

Opacity 100

Reference photo none

float is a window you drag anywhere · below puts it in its own panel under the canvas, nothing overlapping · trace pins it over the canvas, following pan and zoom, ignoring every touch so you draw straight through it. The photo is stored with this drawing.

Animation 1 / 1

Speed 12 fps

Onion

Onion skin ghosts the neighbouring frames under your work — pink is where you've been, blue where you're going. Layers are shared by every frame; only the pixels differ. Export a GIF or a spritesheet from the Export panel.

View

Theme

Backdrop

Colour

Backdrop is what sits behind the art itself. On theme it follows the app; pin it to dark or light when you're drawing pale or dark pixels and need the contrast. Either way it's a viewing aid only — transparent pixels stay transparent in PNG, SVG and GIF exports.

Selection none

Lasso: draw a free shape. Shift = add, Alt = subtract. Drag inside a selection with Move to float it, Enter to drop.

Canvas 32 × 32

Your art is kept, and you choose which corner or edge it stays anchored to. Undo puts it back if you cut something off. To start a fresh drawing instead, use + New in your drawings.

Backup

not backed up yet

One file with every drawing in it. Send it to Google Drive from the share sheet — clearing Safari never touches Drive. Restoring merges: newer drawings win, nothing already on this device is lost.

Export & open

Scale

SVG merges same-coloured pixels into rectangles — tiny files, infinitely scalable. Share opens your phone's own share sheet — pick Drive, Photos or Files to save straight there; Pikapixel never sees your Google account.

size 1

tol 0

Pick from

Scale 100%