Pixquare - Pixel Art 4+
Pixel art, sprite, animation
Son Nguyen
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
Screenshots
Description
NO SUBSCRIPTION. BUY ONCE AND USE FOREVER!
Pixquare is a powerful pixel art app for anyone who loves drawing on iPads and iPhones, from beginners to professionals. Pixquare is praised for its simple UI, easy workflow, and advanced features for pixel art.
With Pixquare, you can create static or animated pixel art sprites anytime, anywhere. Pixquare also has assistive tools for isometric and tileset. I've improved Pixquare based on feedback from 1000+ pixel artists, making sure it's the perfect tool for both beginners and pros to start their pixel art journey:
• HIGHLIGHTS:
- Support both iPads & iPhones
- Highly customizable and intuitive UI with left-hand mode available
- RGB and Indexed mode
- Tileset/Tilemap system
- Timelapse recording
- Apple Pencil support: gestures, sensitivity, touch rejection
- Manual & auto-save modes
- Shortcut options: keyboard, gesture pad, joystick
- Custom themes
• VERSATILE TOOLS:
- Brush: spray, pixel perfect, pressure sensitivity, contour, dithering, custom brush, jumble, blur
- Eraser: pixel perfect, pressure sensitivity, dithering
- Move: transformation and snapping supported
- Line: straight & curve mode, perfect angle
- Shape: ellipse & rectangle mode, filled, perfect ratio
- Selection: 5 types & 5 modes
- Color: solid/gradient fill, contiguous/non-contiguous, and more
- Color picker: 4 modes (HSV, HSL, Wheel, RGB), history, drag-to-fill
- All tools offer shading
- Additional tools:
+ Color replace
+ Color adjustment
+ Outline
+ Text with font import capability
+ Custom object
• LAYER/TIMELINE PANEL:
- Optimized for animation & organized layers
- Multi-selection, layer grouping, frame tagging, and bulk operations
- Visibility and editing-lock toggle
- Supports reference layers
- Frame duration and cel opacity
- Linked cells, onion skin, and clipping mask
• ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
- Symmetry tool with unlimited axes
- Reference images
- Color palette: save/load from Lospec, import/export, color gradient generator
- Blending modes, alpha lock
- Preview with a separate animation loop
- Canvas rotation, Finder-like file system
- Guideline
• FILE IMPORT/EXPORT:
- Aseprite file compatibility (importing & exporting)
- GIF importing with all frames
- PNG, GIF, MOV, Sprite sheet export options (layers, frames, size, and animation)
- Import Photos and files as reference layers and images
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WHY ARTISTS LOVE PIXQUARE?
"Genuinely the best pixel art app for the iPad that I would recommend anyone to get!" - Jon Davies, Pixel Artist on Super House of Dead Ninjas, Binding of Isaac.
"Pixquare has more than meets the eye. A seemingly simple interface that has the intuitive control you look for. The gesture pad is comparable to a desktop keypad." - Michael, Pixel Artist, Author of Pixel Logic book
"I've been sharing it with basically everyone I know with an iPad because I think it's one of the best software out there for creating pixels on the iPad." - CupOhJoe, Game Developer
"This is one fine app to pixel on the iPad! You can tell there's a lot of love for the craft poured in here" - Ota Jaider, Pixel Artist
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• SCREENSHOT ARTWORK AUTHORS：
- Mossy (@ArtNature_it)
- chili (@ryviolie)
- Lesma (@pixe_lesma)
- Fariis (@fariis_art)
- ue_voxel (@UeVoxel)
- Huy B (@bit5andpiece5)
- Sunny (@minisunnyworld)
- Manytle (@manytle)
- TransientCode (@TransientCode)
- And special thanks to Naocraf (@NaocrafPixel), Hyuk Choi (@anti_rocker), Eka (@EkaSetyaNugraha), Cetaceaqua (@cetaceaqua) and TML (@fluffy_tml), Tonio (@TonioPxl) for helping with the Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Chinese, French translation.
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SUPPORT:
User guide: https://sonnguyen.gitbook.io/pixquare/
Email: info@pixquare.art
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pixquare_app
Website: https://www.pixquare.art/
What’s New
Version 2.18.1
Enhancements:
- Canvas grid and guide line's minimum size is 1 instead of 8
- Added undo/redo to handy joystick and gesture pad
- Added multitab selection to gesture pad
- Enhanced gesture pad delay time
- Selection preview color
- Undo/redo gestures can be turned off
- Frame duration can be set in terms of FPS
- Adjustable drawing tip preview show/hide size threshold
Fix:
- Layer selection in export not matching the correct order if there are reference layer(s)
- Frame content not showing after undoing frame removal
- Swipe to navigate frames and quick layer selection not working well together
- Some rare cases where new artwork size text fields cannot be cleared completely
Ratings and Reviews
fantastic app for pixel art
i’ve struggled to find a good pixel art app, but this one was suggested by an artist on tumblr and it works really well! i’ve found it easy to use as a beginner, though it seems like a fairly advanced program as far as the scope of its abilities. my favorite feature by far is the “generate gradient” tool, which has been an absolute lifesaver. other highlights include: complete RGB/HSL/hex color selection tool, easily accessible eyedropper, layers, and blending mode options.
my one complaint is that i’d like to be able to merge layers and delete individual saved color swatches without having to clear the whole palette — but it’s very possible that those functionalities do already exist and i just haven’t figured out how to do them yet.
Developer Response ,
Hi,
In order to merge layers, you'll need to select 2 or more layers, after that, the merge option will show.
And to delete a color in the palette, you'll have to unlock it first.
You can read more about the app in the user guide here: https://sonnguyen.gitbook.io/pixquare/
Thank you
Finalllly
I’m an illustrator who enjoys making pixel art for fun, and to connect with the online community through game dev. Working mobile has always been a challenge, I never liked the free or paid pixel art apps I had tried before since they often had very confusing user interfaces, or were missing workflow features. Online editors were not helpful in airport or travel situations. But finally, here’s an app I am 100 percent behind. It saves in popular file formats including Aseprite, which means I can transfer work back and forth between home and iPad. It also features powerful tools like pixel perfect pen, and animation layout. Thanks for such a great app, and a SOLID recent update adding new features. I’ll be using this for a long time to come.
Developer Response ,
Hi Corwin, your wonderful review made my day :) It's fantastic to hear that Pixquare has addressed your needs for pixel art creation on the go. I'll keep working hard to continually improve and innovate Pixquare to make it a valuable tool for the pixel art community. Reach out to me anytime on Twitter or join our Discord if you want to give any feedback or feature requests for Pixquare, I hope to connect with you!
Finally…
I’ve tried just about every pixel art app on the app store as well as pixel art in Procreate and nothing really felt great for working seriously on pixel art. Additionally, features were severely lacking like animating, palettes, etc. There’s Aseprite obviously, but for mobile there just was a bit of a void until this came out. The animation feature is fantastic and very easy to use. I love the fact that i can just pull palettes from Lospec, saving me a ton of time, particularly when switching palettes often. Everything feels super intuitive and easy to use. Looking forward to see how development continues!
Developer Response ,
Hey Cydney, thanks a great deal for sharing your experience with us! It's a pleasure to hear that Pixquare is hitting the spot for serious pixel art on mobile. Can't wait to bring you more cool feature updates! 😉
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Information
- Seller
- Son Nguyen
- Size
- 36.3 MB
- Category
- Graphics & Design
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2023 Son Nguyen
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Life-time full access $19.99
- Full access for iPads $17.99
- Full access for iPhones $7.99
- Buy me a coffee $1.99
- Life-time full access 70% off $6.99
- Life-time full access 30% off $12.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
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