minia.art is a browser-based pixel art generator that turns a typed sentence into finished pixel art in seconds, aimed at people who ship, post and sell. It accepts text prompts, reference photos and existing art as input, and outputs still pixel art, looping MP4 clips, tiling textures, animated GIFs and sprite sheets.
What is minia.art?
minia.art is a web app that generates pixel art from text prompts, producing hero art, OG cards, thumbnails, banners, profile pictures and ad creative in every ratio. It takes a sentence, a reference photo or a clip's still as input and returns finished pixel art in seconds, plus short looping MP4s, tiling textures and sprite sheets. It runs in the browser and offers 20 free generations a month without a credit card.
Key Features
- Prompt-to-pixel generation — type a sentence such as "a tiny astronaut floating past a ringed planet" and get finished pixel art back in seconds.
- Eighteen styles — Sprite, Scene, Icon, Item Sheet, Character and 13 more, so the same idea renders for different jobs.
- Batch generation — generate ten takes in one run and pick a winner from a carousel instead of re-rolling one at a time.
- Photo to pixel art — drop in any photo and dial a strength value (e.g. 0.60) to keep the likeness while converting to pixels; a palette image steers the colours.
- Scenes that move — turn a still into a short looping MP4 for a reel, story or hero section; 5s (1 clip) or 10s (2 clips) options, Pro and Studio tiers run a video model.
- Tiling textures — one toggle wraps edges so a 128×128 tile repeats without a seam for backgrounds, patterns and surfaces.
- Seed locking — reuse a seed (e.g. 424242) so composition holds while the prompt changes, producing variations that belong to one set.
- Sprite animation — walk cycles, idles and effects animated from a prompt or from art made in the tool; download a looping GIF or the sprite sheet for your engine.
- Canvas with connected nodes — drop art on a board, wire it into a prompt; a note becomes direction, an image becomes a reference, a clip stands in for the still it came from.
Who is it for?
- Product teams and developers: hero art, OG cards, blog covers and in-app scenes without a Figma session or stock search.
- Creators: profile pictures, banners, thumbnails and vertical art that reads as made rather than generated.
- Marketers: ad creative in every ratio with enough variations to test, without a designer in the loop.
- Game and sprite makers: walk cycles, idles and effects exported as looping GIFs or sprite sheets for an engine.
What can you do with minia.art?
- Ship product visuals: generate hero art, OG cards and in-app scenes from a sentence, in the ratio the page needs.
- Post social art: produce profile pictures, banners and thumbnails, or convert a portrait photo into a pixel-art avatar at a chosen strength.
- Test ad creative: batch concepts across every ratio and pick from ten takes per run.
- Animate a still: turn a pixel-art scene into a 5s or 10s looping MP4 for a reel, story or hero section.
How does minia.art work?
Type a sentence into the generator and finished pixel art appears in seconds. For animation, choose what should move (ambient, camera drift, character or action), pick 5s or 10s length, and make a loop; the 10-second MP4 takes a minute or two and you can leave the page and come back. On the canvas, you drop art on a board and wire it into a prompt, with each node showing what it picked up before you press generate.
Pricing
Freemium: 20 free generations a month with no credit card needed. Paid Pro and Studio tiers exist (Studio runs the video model for animated loops); specific prices are not stated on the page.
