Retro game AI photo
Pixel Art Converter turns one photo into 16-bit retro video game pixel art: you as a pixel character with your hairstyle, skin tone and jacket in a limited colour palette on a pixel city street at sunset, or your pet on a pixel grassy hill under a blue pixel sky, in crisp square pixels with no blur. Photo to pixel art in one step.
Updated By the Vidlark teamWorks in Google Gemini · ChatGPT
16-bit character on a sunset street
1 photo · Nano Banana 2.1 · 40 credits
Pixel art is the look of the 8-bit and 16-bit games: small square pixels, a handful of colours, every shape built block by block. An 8 bit filter only shrinks a photo into blocks; this page redraws you as a game character, with a pixel scene around you.
It makes it from one photo of you or of your pet. The prompt keeps your hairstyle, skin tone and clothes, or a pet’s fur colours and ears, in a limited palette, and asks for crisp pixels with no blur.
One photo of you or your pet; the pixel style and the scene are in the prompt.
The prompts behind the two cards: copy one, or open it with your photo and press Generate.
Convert the person from the photo into 16-bit retro video game pixel art: a pixel character with their hairstyle, skin tone and green varsity jacket in a limited color palette, standing on a pixel city street at sunset with pixel clouds. Crisp square pixels, no blur. Vertical 3:4. No text, no logos, no watermark.
Convert the pet from the photo into 16-bit retro video game pixel art: a pixel corgi with its fur colors and ears in a limited color palette, sitting on a pixel grassy hill under a pixel blue sky. Crisp square pixels, no blur. Vertical 3:4. No text, no logos, no watermark.
At a glance
Copying a prompt is free. Making it here uses 40 credits for one Nano Banana 2.1 image at 1K, so the 100 credits you get when you sign up make 2. On monthly plans Starter pays 32 credits an image and Pro 20. Unlimited makes Nano Banana 2.1 images without using credits.
A clear full-body photo of one adult or one pet in good light; bold colours and simple shapes read best in pixels.
Yes. Change “16-bit” to “8-bit” in the prompt for bigger pixels and fewer colours.
Yes. Pick the hill card and upload a pet photo: the prompt keeps its fur colours and ears in pixels. For another breed, change “corgi” to it.
It is a picture with a scene behind you, not a sprite sheet. Ask for “on a plain white background” in the prompt for a single character to cut out.
Yes. Under your result, tap Animate it: the picture opens on image to video as the first frame, and you can make a short clip of it.
About one to two minutes for one picture. It is saved in My creations, so you can leave the page while it works.
Not to read or copy a prompt. To make it here, sign up for a free account: the card, the prompt and your photos are still there when you come back.