awesome-pixel-art

Paid and source-available, works on Linux, macOS and Windows. Awesome UI with a lot of nifty tools to ease pixel art creation.

Make 9-patch borders, export as CSS.

Open source and free, works on Linux, macOS and Windows. Not specifically for creating pixel art but is more than capable to do so.

Pixel art recreation challenges, practice solo or compete in real-time 1v1 matches.

Open source and free, works in the browser. Easy to try out in the browser and as a PWA offline.

Small character generator, including basic animation.

German, pixel art group founded in 1997 by Kai Vermehr, Steffen Sauerteig and Svend Smital. They are regarded as the “Godfathers of Pixel Art”.

Australian, creating cute, sometimes cosmic and psychedelic, and sometimes weird nightmarish pixel art.

Explore a 2D retrofuturistic world by rotating in the third dimension. The minimalistic style, bright vibrant colors and dynamic lighting bring the 16-bit era into the future.

Top-down action in a sci-fi world that radiates light and warmth. Using a colorful palette and kaleidoscopic neon yet setting a grim ambiance.

Collection of color palettes for pixel art with examples and artist information.

With a minimalistic design (only two colors palette). Minit is an adventure where each exploration journey is limited to 60 seconds.

Creative videos & streams including tips, discussions and tutorials.

Explore a detailed steampunk world in the clouds. With it's range of endearing animations and expressions the world and it's characters come to life.

Walks you step-by-step through the available tools, pixel art techniques, the importance of shapes, colors, shading, and how to turn your art into animation.

Pixel Logic is an in-depth pixel art tutorial book.