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Pixels.style

a tiny watercolor-style pixel art maker

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I built this over my Christmas break: pixels.style, a simple browser-based pixel art tool that gives your drawings a soft, watercolor vibe instead of sharp pixels. No signup, just open and draw. Installable as a PWA.Try it: https://pixels.styleWould love feedback on whether it feels fun/useful and what you’d want next!

HN · launched Dec 28, 2025 · 8 upvotes (top 58%) · 0 views

Niche: digital painting and drawing software · 68 launches, 9 in the last 7 days ▲ +80% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Media & entertainment
  • Content generation
  • B2C
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

Yes Pixels.style is a client-side HTML5 canvas pixel art drawing tool styled with soft watercolor shaders, easily built as a standalone web app or PWA.

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Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 666 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #236 of 667 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 60 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Image to pixel art · ph · 2026-09-21 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • Pixelmint · ph · 2026-10-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • Pixel Art Maker · ph · 2026-11-03 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • PixelateImg · ph · 2026-10-30 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.55
  • PixelArt Converter · ph · 2026-10-03 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.55
  • Pixel Art Base · ph · 2026-09-09 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.54
  • Pixelkit · ph · 2026-10-16 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.53
  • PixAssets · ph · 2026-09-25 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52

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