Pixel Art Prompt Generator
Describe a character, item or scene, pick the console era, the view and the palette, and copy a pixel art prompt for your image model. The examples below cover sprites, environments, items and isometric rooms.
Your prompt
pixel art, a knight with a blue cape standing in a forest clearing, 16-bit, SNES-era style, side view, bright cheerful colors, clean dark outlines --ar 1:1 --no blur, gradient, photo, text, watermark
Paste into Midjourney. --no reads each word separately, so it works best with single words.
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32 Pixel Art prompts to copy
Written in keyword style, so they work in Midjourney, Stable Diffusion and Flux as they are. For ChatGPT or Gemini you can paste them as well, or rebuild one in the generator above with the ChatGPT / Gemini format.
Characters and sprites
pixel art, single game sprite of a red-hooded rogue holding two daggers, idle pose, 16-bit, plain solid background
pixel art, sprite sheet of a slime monster with four bounce animation frames, bright green, plain background
pixel art, wizard with a pointy purple hat casting a fireball, side view, 16-bit, clean dark outlines
pixel art, cute fox adventurer with a tiny backpack, 8-bit, chunky pixels, plain background
pixel art, armored boss knight with a giant axe, dark fantasy, detailed modern pixel art, side view
pixel art, astronaut character in a white suit, front view, 16-bit, plain solid background
pixel art, shopkeeper behind a wooden counter full of potions, cozy, warm palette
pixel art, character portrait of an old pirate captain with an eye patch, 64x64 style, detailed shading
Environments
pixel art, retro city street at night, rain, neon shop signs, side view, 16-bit, dark blue palette
pixel art, forest with tall pine trees and a river, side-scrolling game background, parallax layers
pixel art, cozy farm with crops and a red barn, top-down view, bright cheerful colors
pixel art, underwater cave with glowing jellyfish, detailed modern pixel art, blue and teal palette
pixel art, desert canyon at sunset, purple and orange dusk palette, wide scene
pixel art, snowy mountain village with lit windows, night, falling snow, 16-bit
pixel art, dungeon corridor with torches on stone walls, top-down view, earthy palette
pixel art, space station interior with blinking control panels, side view, cool colors
Items and icons
pixel art, game item icon of a red health potion in a round bottle, plain background, clean dark outlines
pixel art, set of RPG weapon icons, sword, bow, axe, staff and dagger, plain background
pixel art, treasure chest open with gold coins spilling out, centered, 16-bit
pixel art, set of food icons, bread, apple, cheese, fish and pie, cozy palette, plain background
pixel art, glowing magic crystal on a stone pedestal, centered, dark background
pixel art, set of gemstone icons in six colors, shiny highlights, plain background
pixel art, old map scroll with a red X, item icon, earthy colors
pixel art, Game Boy style key item icon, four shades of green, plain background
Isometric rooms and buildings
pixel art, isometric tavern interior with wooden tables and a fireplace, cozy warm lighting
pixel art, isometric gamer bedroom with a glowing computer and posters, night, purple light
pixel art, isometric small island with a lighthouse, surrounded by water, bright palette
pixel art, isometric blacksmith workshop with an anvil and glowing forge
pixel art, isometric japanese house with a cherry tree in the garden, spring
pixel art, isometric coffee shop with plants and a counter, soft pastel palette
pixel art, isometric wizard tower with floating books, magical glow, night
pixel art, isometric tiny greenhouse full of plants, sunny day, bright colors
Tips
- Image models paint pixel art at full resolution, so the “pixels” come out uneven and colors drift. For a clean grid, downscale with nearest-neighbor, reduce the palette, then scale up the same way. The Pixel Art XL LoRA card suggests downscaling its output 8 times.
- On SDXL, a pixel art LoRA such as Pixel Art XL (trigger word “pixel art”) is the most direct way to get the style.
- For sprites, ask for a plain solid background and remove it in Aseprite, Photoshop or Krita. Expect to clean up by hand before using a sprite in a game.
- Naming an era (8-bit, 16-bit, Game Boy) steers the palette, but models do not count colors exactly.
Need a longer negative prompt? Use the negative prompt generator. For any other subject, the main prompt generator has more styles and settings.