The Revolutionary Way To Design Pixel Art

No longer choose between pixel art and 2D map design. This professional-level drawing app comes complete with drawing tools, palettes, animations, tile maps, and stages.

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Manabit available on desktop and mobile — visit www.manabit.app

Documentation

Guides and references for tools, panels, features, and getting started with Manabit.

Tutorials

Step-by-step guides for pixel art workflows, palettes, tilesets, and animation.

Updates

Release notes, new features, and what's changed in recent Manabit versions.

Tutorials

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What makes retro character portraits look so good

A visual guide to pixel art character portraits from Game Boy Advance, DS, SNES, Genesis, PlayStation, TurboGrafx-16, Game Boy, and PC-98 — cast mugshots, battle cut-ins, expressions, hip-up posing, cell shading, dithering, contrast, and cast consistency.
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How to draw clean pixel-perfect lines in Manabit

See Pixel Perfect on vs off — keep 1px outlines thin on diagonals and curves without chunky corner pixels.
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How to hue-shift pixel art palettes in Manabit

Build on-hue shadows and highlights with Hue Shifter — lock an anchor, tune dark/light steps, and avoid gray muddy ramps.

Updates

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v4.1.1375

Layer opacity, brush rectangle & random tiles, select Actions, pointer quick-use, canvas resize paths, and desktop multi-instance polish.
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v4.1.1199

Animated GIF import into layer animations, and stronger Aseprite and PSD open.
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v4.1.1195

Pixel shift, multi-layer selection edits, menu accessibility, and local project polish.

Assets

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Starter palettes

Curated color ramps for characters, environments, and UI.
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Tileset templates

Base grids and sample tiles to jump-start level art.
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Sprite sheets

Example sheets for animation and game engine import.