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Tutorials, guides, and updates from the pixel art kitchen.

Slice sprite sheets and animations into separate assets
May 7th, 2026
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Slice sprite sheets and animations into separate assets

Generate a packed sheet of sprites or frames in one go, then slice it into clean individual assets. Auto detect, fixed grid, custom selection, plus a smart alpha mode for overlapping frames.

Save Your Generation Setup as a Preset
April 26th, 2026

Save Your Generation Setup as a Preset

Stop rebuilding the same model, aspect ratio, palette, and style guides every time. Save your setup once, apply it with one click.

GPT-Image-2 vs Nano Banana 2 for Game Art
April 22nd, 2026

GPT-Image-2 vs Nano Banana 2 for Game Art

OpenAI's GPT-Image-2 just dropped. Here's how it stacks up against Nano Banana 2 on characters, icons, UI, and detailed art.

From Prompt to Animated Character, Step by Step
April 19th, 2026

From Prompt to Animated Character, Step by Step

How to take a character from a one-line prompt to a full animation set, step by step.

How to Nail Tiny Pixel Art Animations
April 14th, 2026

How to Nail Tiny Pixel Art Animations

The checkerboard trick for getting clean 16x16 and 32x32 pixel art characters, and how to animate them after.

How to Vibe Code a Browser Game with Phaser.js
April 6th, 2026

How to Vibe Code a Browser Game with Phaser.js

A beginner-friendly guide to building a browser game using Phaser.js and an AI coding agent. No prior game dev experience needed.

Let Your AI Agent Generate Sprites and Animations
March 29th, 2026

Let Your AI Agent Generate Sprites and Animations

How to connect your AI coding agent to SpriteCook so it can generate pixel art and animations directly inside your project.

How to Generate Pixel Art Game Assets with AI
March 23rd, 2026

How to Generate Pixel Art Game Assets with AI

A quick walkthrough of generating pixel art characters, props, and icons from a text prompt, with the key settings that actually matter.

How to Animate Detailed and HD Art with prompting
March 22nd, 2026

How to Animate Detailed and HD Art with prompting

How to animate HD illustrations, painted characters, and detailed game art using the /animate page's detailed mode.

Turn Your Pet into a Playable Pixel Art Character
March 20th, 2026

Turn Your Pet into a Playable Pixel Art Character

Upload a photo of your dog, cat, or whatever you have. Get back an animated pixel art character you can play with immediately.

Turning Nano Banana 2 AI Images into Actual Pixel Art
March 19th, 2026

Turning Nano Banana 2 AI Images into Actual Pixel Art

How to prompt Google's Nano Banana 2 model for pixel art and fix the output so it's usable in a game engine.

How to Animate a Custom Pixel Art Sprite
March 16th, 2026

How to Animate a Custom Pixel Art Sprite

Turn any sprite into a custom motion. Works for characters, props, and environment pieces.

Unity Pixel Art Import Settings - Crisp Sprites in Minutes
November 10th, 2025

Unity Pixel Art Import Settings - Crisp Sprites in Minutes

Configure Unity to render pixel art sharply with correct sprite import, camera, and project settings.