Pixel Art Gallery

A few pixel-art scenes to show what the different palettes actually look like. I drew each one, then ran it through the converter using one of the retro palettes, so you can see how much a palette changes the mood before making your own from a real photo.

From source to pixel art

Here's the same scene before and after conversion, so you can see the effect. The tool shrinks the image into big square pixels, then snaps every colour to the nearest one in the chosen palette.

A smooth painted sunset over mountains, before conversion

The same sunset scene converted to 8-bit pixel art in the PICO-8 palette

SOURCE→PICO-8 PIXEL ART

The gallery

Pixel-art sunset over mountains in the PICO-8 palette — Sunset over the mountainsPICO-8

Pixel-art beach at golden hour in the Commodore 64 palette — Beach at golden hourCommodore 64

Pixel-art rolling green hills with trees in the NES palette — Rolling green hillsNES

Pixel-art neon city skyline at night in the ZX Spectrum palette — City skyline at nightZX Spectrum

Pixel-art palm tree silhouette at sunset in the CGA palette — Palm at sunsetCGA

Pixel-art snowy mountain peaks keeping their original colours — Snowy peaksOriginal colours

Pixel-art astronaut in the four-green Game Boy palette — AstronautGame Boy

Pixel-art cat face in the PICO-8 palette — CatPICO-8

Your turn — make one of your own from any photo, free and in your browser.

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A note on these images

To be upfront: these are example scenes I drew and then ran through the converter's palettes, not photos anyone uploaded (your photos never leave your device, so I couldn't show those even if I wanted to). They're here to demonstrate what each palette does to an image. Want to see your own cat, landscape or selfie like this? That's exactly what the converter is for. If you make something you're proud of, I'd love to see it — get in touch.

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