Show HN: I just built a tool to turn any photo into pixel art

z946719919 | 6 points

My feedback: there's more to pixel art than just reducing the resolution of an image. If you look at art like that found in Pokemon Emerald intro[0], the artists really squeezed every ounce they could from the palette available and worked with the constraints to make very beautiful artwork.

Here's an example I worked with: Original image: https://i.imgur.com/9nbqLCV.jpeg phototopixel.art: https://i.imgur.com/99qRwcy.png

More what I was probably looking for: https://i.imgur.com/oqSNNDt.jpeg

I generated this image above using ChatGPT by giving it the original image above and this prompt: "Convert this to pixel art, as if it had been made for the gameboy advance."

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shUkq1sfSyU

neuralkoi | 18 days ago

Thanks for sharing! I liked it that it runs locally.

I do have a use case that you probably did not consider: Color By Numbers [1]. Might be something that is useful for educators and parents.

[1]: https://www.mindware.orientaltrading.com/color-by-number-mys...

slig | 17 days ago