jvalen/pixel-art-react
Pixel Art React
Pixel Art React is a browser-based pixel art editor that runs entirely client-side with no server dependency. It provides a grid canvas for drawing and editing pixel art, along with a frame-based animation engine that cycles through multiple frames with configurable playback speed controls.
The editor distinguishes itself through its export capabilities, offering multi-format downloads as static images, animated GIFs, or sprite sheets. It also generates CSS code using box-shadow and keyframe techniques, allowing pixel art and animations to be embedded directly into web pages. Projects are persisted locally in the browser's storage, enabling session-free save and load without any backend infrastructure.
The application includes anonymous usage tracking that collects visit statistics through server logs and client-side page visibility events, avoiding cookies or personal identifiers. The rendering pipeline uses CSS box-shadow on a single DOM element rather than a grid of HTML elements, and exports by rendering grid data onto an off-screen canvas element.
Features
- Grid Canvas Editors - Provides a grid canvas for drawing and editing pixel art with tools for placing and removing individual pixels.
- Sprite Sheet Generators - Exports pixel art as animated GIFs or sprite sheets for use in games and web projects.
- Canvas Data Exports - Exports pixel art by rendering grid data onto an off-screen canvas and converting to PNG, GIF, or sprite sheets.
- Local Storage Persistence - Saves pixel art projects in the browser's local storage so they persist across sessions without a server.
- Browser Storage Persistence - Persists project data as JSON blobs in the browser's localStorage API for session-free save and load.
- Frame-Based Animation Engines - Provides a frame-based animation engine that cycles through pixel art frames with configurable playback speed.
- Pixel Art Editors - Draws pixel art on a grid canvas with tools for placing and removing individual pixels.
- Animation Tools - Provides a browser-based pixel art editor with frame-by-frame animation and configurable playback speed controls.
- Pixel Art Animation Tools - Animates pixel art by defining multiple frames and controlling playback speed.
- Multi-Format Asset Exports - Downloads pixel art as static images, animated GIFs, or sprite sheets for diverse project use.
- Box-Shadow Renderers - Renders pixel art using CSS box-shadow on a single DOM element instead of a grid of HTML elements.
- Browser-Based Drawing Applications - Runs entirely in the browser as a drawing application with local storage persistence and no server dependency.
- Pixel Art CSS Toolkits - Generates ready-to-use CSS code that renders pixel art via box-shadow and keyframes.
- CSS Code Generators - Generates CSS code using box-shadow and keyframes to render pixel art and animations on web pages.
