AniPixel AI redraws anime art and portrait photos into clean pixel art — readable edges and compact palettes, not a Photoshop-style pixelate filter. Free browser tools for remove-background, fix pixel grid, and classic mosaic pixelate.

Hey Product Hunt 👋 I'm the maker of AniPixel AI (anipixel.xyz). I kept wanting “photo → pixel art” that still looked like pixel art — clean blocks, readable silhouette — instead of a blunt mosaic / pixelate filter. So I built a small web app that redraws anime illustrations and portrait photos with AI, then added free browser tools for the cleanup steps people actually need: remove background, fix soft pixel grids, and classic pixelate if you want the mosaic look on purpose. What you can try today: • Pixelize — upload → pick a preset → download PNG • Free tools — remove background, fix pixel grid, mosaic pixelate (no credits) • Not a video/streaming site, not a full game-sprite pipeline — playful personal redraws (avatars, posts, wallpapers) Would love feedback on: 1) Which presets feel useful vs noisy 2) Whether the “AI redraw ≠ pixelate” distinction is clear on first visit 3) Anything confusing in the free-tool vs credits flow Thanks for checking it out — happy to answer anything in the comments.

The edge detection on hair strands looks genuinely clean instead of just blurring everything into blocks, which is honestly the hardest part to get right with anime stuff. Nice that the grid alignment tool is included too since that usually breaks everything.

@graina55903751 Thanks Helen! Hair edges are the part I’m most paranoid about with anime-style images, so this lands. The grid tool is free in the app, it built on theamusing/perfectPixel (huge credit): https://github.com/theamusing/perfectPixel

Any feedback is okay! Your opinions can really help me improves the product immediately!

AniPixel AI

Turn photos into AI pixel art, not mosaic

Turn photos into AI pixel art, not mosaic