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Pixel Art Sprite: 16-bit example
16-bit · example
16-bit

16-bit era pixel art, the character about 48 pixels tall, a limited palette of around 16 colours with clean shading ramps

Describe it or add a sketch to start

Behind the scenes

How this template works

Image Studio draws your character as an idle game sprite in the pixel style you pick. Use the same style for the hero, the shopkeeper and the slime and they'll match.

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    Step 1 · Image Studio

    Draw the sprite

    Image Studio draws one full-body character in an idle pose with hard square pixels, a dark outline and a limited palette, on a flat background that's easy to remove.

    Nano Banana 2.1 (text) or GPT Image 2.5 Flare (sketch) · 1K

    Open Image Studio

Tips for the best result

  • Describe one character with one standout detail: a huge hat, a glowing eye, a pet on the shoulder.
  • 8-bit works best for simple silhouettes; hi-bit for detailed heroes.
  • A sketch works too; the design and colours are kept.

Do it yourself for more control

  • Remove the background in Image Studio for a transparent sprite.
  • Use the sprite as the reference for walk and attack frames in Aseprite.
  • Make the whole cast with the same style option so the palette stays consistent.

Good to know

You get one idle frame, not an animated sprite sheet; the pixel grid is approximate, so clean it up in a pixel editor for pixel-perfect assets.

Real results

Made with this template

The card in the corner shows what went in.

Pixel Art Sprite: example
From a sentence
Pixel Art Sprite
8-bit fox rogue sprite
8-bit fox rogue sprite
16-bit slime king sprite
16-bit slime king sprite
Hi-bit cyberpunk hacker sprite
Hi-bit cyberpunk hacker sprite

Each example is an actual run of this template at Standard quality, made from a typed idea or a sketch.

MCP connector

Run this template from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Connect the 3D AI Studio MCP to your AI assistant and paste the brief into the chat. It runs the same steps with the same prompts and settings, shows you the result in the conversation and saves it to your library.

Style
Pose
  1. Connect the MCP once in your account settings. It's included in every paid plan.
  2. Copy the brief and swap the example in the first line for your own.
  3. Paste it into a new chat. Your assistant runs every step and shows you each result.
Tools it calls
generate_image_nano_2_1upload_imageedit_image_gptget_generationshow_generation
What the MCP connector doesSetup guides
Chat brief · Pixel Art Sprite
Use the 3D AI Studio MCP to run the "Pixel Art Sprite" template (https://www.3daistudio.com/templates/pixel-art-sprite-generator) for me.

My idea: A young knight with a blue cape and a too-big sword
Style: 16-bit
Pose: Idle

Follow these steps in order. The prompts and settings are the template's own, so use them word for word and only put my idea where it says {MY IDEA}.

1. Draw the sprite
Call generate_image_nano_2_1 with aspect_ratio "1:1", resolution "1K", output_format "png" and this prompt:
"""
Character: {MY IDEA}. Style: 16-bit era pixel art, the character about 48 pixels tall, a limited palette of around 16 colours with clean shading ramps. One single full-body game sprite of the character in a neutral idle pose, facing three-quarter front like a classic RPG or platformer sprite, centered with an even margin. Crisp hard-edged square pixels on a clear pixel grid, no anti-aliasing, no blur, no gradients, a clean 1-pixel dark outline around the character. No background scene, no ground, no text, no UI. Plain flat light grey (#E6E6E6) background.
"""
If I want to start from a sketch or reference image instead, call upload_image so I can hand it over, then call edit_image_gpt with the upload in images, quality "low", output_format "png" and this prompt:
"""
Turn the character in the reference image into a pixel art game sprite, keeping its design, outfit and colours. Style: 16-bit era pixel art, the character about 48 pixels tall, a limited palette of around 16 colours with clean shading ramps. One single full-body game sprite of the character in a neutral idle pose, facing three-quarter front like a classic RPG or platformer sprite, centered with an even margin. Crisp hard-edged square pixels on a clear pixel grid, no anti-aliasing, no blur, no gradients, a clean 1-pixel dark outline around the character. No background scene, no ground, no text, no UI. Plain flat light grey (#E6E6E6) background.
"""

After each generation call, keep polling get_generation with its task_id until it completes, then show me the result with show_generation before you start the next step.

Or automate it with the API

The same tools are available through the 3D AI Studio API. Call them from your own code to make hundreds at once, build them into your app or run them in your pipeline.

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