Every pixel art editor on the planet uses the same square grid. Pixelol doesn't. The pixel here is a diamond — rotated 45°, built in from scratch, not as a filter or a trick.
▶ Open in browser — draw right now No install. No account. Works offline.
In any other editor, if you want a diagonal pixel look, you rotate the canvas 45°. That creates two problems: drawing becomes awkward, and when you export — the image is tilted.
In Pixelol, the diamond is the native pixel. The coordinate system is normal. You draw left, right, up, down — exactly like usual. But the result looks like nothing else in pixel art.
The contour of any character or object drawn in Pixelol is immediately recognizable as something different. Not because of a filter. Because the shape of every single pixel is different. There is currently no other editor built specifically around this concept.
🔷 Diamond pixel grid — diagonal diamond-shaped pixels as the native format, not a rotation hack
🗂️ Full layer system — pixel layers, reference image layers, folder groups, drag-and-drop reordering, per-layer opacity, lock, clipping
🖊️ Stroke engine — add outlines to any layer: color, width, style (solid / dashed / dotted), corner type, inside / outside / center position
🎭 Palette extraction — drop any photo into the editor and it pulls out the color palette automatically
⏪ Visual history — a visual timeline of every action, click any point to jump back
✏️ Sketch mode — Alt + pen draws a non-destructive overlay without touching actual pixels
📐 Reference layers — import images as drawing references with crop, rotate, resize, opacity
💾 Export — PNG, SVG, or native .lol project format
🎨 Drawing tools — pen, eraser, fill, eyedropper, line, rectangle, select
🔊 Sound feedback — subtle audio on interactions
Or download index.html and open locally — fully standalone, works without internet.
Vanilla JavaScript · HTML5 Canvas · CSS3 Single HTML file · Zero dependencies · Zero build step
- Complete User Guide — tools, hotkeys, layers, export, everything
docs/ contains the AI audit prompts used during development —
structured bug-detection checklists covering every subsystem.
Found a bug? Have an idea or suggestion? Write to me on Telegram: @lexbay
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Free to use and share for non-commercial purposes with credit. Commercial use requires explicit permission from the author.