PIXELFORGE01 / FEATURE
Draw pixel by pixel
Pencil, eraser, bucket, eyedropper, line and rectangle tools with mirror drawing.
ARCHIVE / CREATIVE TOOL
SMALL CANVAS, BIG IDEAS
PIXELFORGE
Make the tiny things matter.
A layered pixel art editor with practical drawing tools, mirror mode, undo history, and editable project files.
CASE FILE — 07
- STATUS
- LIVE
- YEAR
- 2025
- TYPE
- Creative Tool
ART DIRECTION / PIXELFORGESTYLIZED CONCEPT MOCKUP
01
THE STARTING POINT
The idea behind it.
Provide a small, approachable studio for creating pixel art without installing a desktop application.
THE CHALLENGE
Keep drawing precise across mouse and touch while making edits undoable and layered work manageable.
THE APPROACH
Build a grid-based editor with stroke-level history, familiar drawing tools, layer compositing and an editable project format.
02
WHAT WENT INTO IT
Built with intention.
02 / FEATURE
Work in layers
Show, hide, lock, reorder, duplicate and adjust opacity for each layer.
03 / FEATURE
Undo by stroke
Undo and redo whole drawing gestures rather than individual pixels.
04 / FEATURE
Save something editable
Save a project JSON file and export composited transparent PNG art.
03
STATE OF THE BUILD
Where it stands.
CURRENT STATUS / LIVE
PIXELFORGE V2 is live with multiple drawing tools, symmetry, editable layers, image import, project saves and PNG export.
04
THE NEXT ITERATION
Never really finished.
01
Animation timeline experiments
02
Sprite sheet export
03
Improve complex layer editing